Table 4 Determinants of correct and adequate knowledge about tuberculosis transmission among adult men and women
Variable | Univariate | Multivariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CrOR 95% (CI) | P-value | AOR 95% (CI) | P-value | |
Individual-level factors | ||||
Sex | ||||
Male | 1.150 (1.085–1.218) | <.0001 | 1.012 (0.949–1.079) | 0.7118 |
Female | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Age (years) | ||||
< 25 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
25–34 | 1.279 (1.206–1.357) | <.0001 | 1.219 (1.145–1.297) | <.0001 |
35–44 | 1.256 (1.175–1.342) | <.0001 | 1.275 (1.187–1.371) | <.0001 |
≥ 45 | 1.173 (1.064–1.293) | 0.0014 | 1.239 (1.116–1.375) | <.0001 |
Educational level | ||||
No education | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Primary | 1.181 (1.083–1.286) | 0.0002 | 1.253 (1.144–1.371) | <.0001 |
Secondary or high | 2.225 (2.022–2.447) | <.0001 | 2.000 (1.793–2.232) | <.0001 |
Wealth index† | ||||
Poorest | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Poorer | 1.140 (1.048–1.240) | 0.0022 | 1.081 (0.993–1.176) | 0.0734 |
Middle | 1.238 (1.139–1.346) | <.0001 | 1.106 (1.016–1.205) | 0.0205 |
Richer | 1.324 (1.218–1.439) | <.0001 | 1.096 (1.005–1.196) | 0.0387 |
Richest | 1.822 (1.670–1.987) | <.0001 | 1.166 (1.053–1.292) | 0.0032 |
Religion | ||||
Roman catholic | 1.063 (0.828–1.364) | 0.6319 | 0.957 (0.743–1.232) | 0.7339 |
CCAP | 1.212 (0.944–1.557) | 0.1322 | 1.037 (0.804–1.338) | 0.7768 |
Anglican | 1.110 (0.845–1.459) | 0.4523 | 1.145 (0.868–1.510) | 0.3365 |
Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist | 1.305 (1.006–1.693) | 0.0452 | 1.073 (0.824–1.398) | 0.6004 |
Other Christian | 0.964 (0.754–1.231) | 0.7675 | 0.951 (0.742–1.219) | 0.6936 |
Muslim | 1.042 (0.804–1.352) | 0.7541 | 1.020 (0.777–1.339) | 0.8855 |
No religion/other | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Amount of media exposure‡ | ||||
0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 1.103 (1.038–1.172) | 0.0015 | 1.010 (0.948–1.076) | 0.7571 |
2 | 1.306 (1.218–1.399) | <.0001 | 1.056 (0.978–1.140) | 0.1621 |
3 | 1.787 (1.636–1.959) | <.0001 | 1.190 (1.076–1.315) | 0.0007 |
Occupation | ||||
Not working | 0.934 (0.864–1.010) | 0.0885 | 1.011 (0.931–1.097) | 0.7992 |
Professional/technical/managerial | 1.911 (1.676–2.180) | <.0001 | 1.336 (1.166–1.531) | <.0001 |
Clerical/sales/services | 1.028 (0.917–1.153) | 0.6346 | 0.893 (0.795–1.004) | 0.0588 |
Agricultural employee | 0.841 (0.780–0.907) | <.0001 | 0.909 (0.843–0.981) | 0.0143 |
Skilled manual | 1.125 (0.976–1.296) | 0.1032 | 0.983 (0.850–1.137) | 0.8176 |
Unskilled manual | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Tuberculosis can be cured | ||||
No | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Yes | 2.088 (1.960–2.223) | <.0001 | 1.708 (1.600–1.823) | <.0001 |
Community-level factors | ||||
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 1.674 (1.528–1.835) | <.0001 | 1.165 (1.063–1.277) | 0.0011 |
Rural | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Geographical region | ||||
Northern | 0.588 (0.533–0.650) | <.0001 | 0.581 (0.512–0.659) | <.0001 |
Central | 0.777 (0.715–0.845) | <.0001 | 0.896 (0.819–0.980) | 0.0161 |
Southern | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Chewa | 1.214 (1.025–1.439) | 0.0249 | 1.052 (0.878–1.259) | 0.5836 |
Tumbuka | 1.125 (0.941–1.345) | 0.1956 | 1.054 (0.886–1.253) | 0.5553 |
Lomwe | 1.709 (1.434–2.036) | <.0001 | 1.286 (1.066–1.551) | 0.0086 |
Tonga | 0.919 (0.738–1.145) | 0.4520 | 0.898 (0.727–1.108) | 0.3158 |
Yao | 1.423 (1.184–1.710) | 0.0002 | 1.122 (0.911–1.382) | 0.2769 |
Sena | 1.387 (1.120–1.719) | 0.0028 | 1.100 (0.881–1.373) | 0.4018 |
Nkhonde | 1.199 (0.914–1.572) | 0.1900 | 1.146 (0.878–1.497) | 0.3156 |
Ngoni | 1.398 (1.168–1.673) | 0.0003 | 1.063 (0.882–1.281) | 0.5220 |
Mang’anja | 1.484 (1.173–1.877) | 0.0010 | 1.086 (0.850–1.386) | 0.5110 |
Nyanja | 1.251 (0.979–1.599) | 0.0735 | 0.997 (0.780–1.274) | 0.9807 |
Other | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||