Table 6 Association of participants’ knowledge towards cutaneous leishmaniasis and sand fly vector with their sociodemographic factors
Variables | Good knowledge about CLa | Good knowledge about sand flya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | n (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
Age (years) | ||||||
> 40 | 45 (28.1) | 1.64 (1.05, 2.56)* | 2.40 (1.05, 5.50)* | 64 (40.0) | 1.60 (1.07, 2.39)* | 1.51 (0.75, 3.04) |
18–40 | 59 (19.3) | 1 | 1 | 90 (29.4) | 1 | 1 |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 74 (25.3) | 1.63 (1.02, 2.62)* | 1.50 (0.88, 2.57) | 88 (30.1) | 0.71 (0.48, 1.05) | 0.51 (0.32, 0.82)* |
Female | 30 (17.2) | 1 | 1 | 66 (37.9) | 1 | 1 |
Education | ||||||
Tertiary | 17 (17.5) | 0.61 (0.31, 1.20) | – | 35 (36.1) | 0.78 (0.44, 1.38) | 1.41 (0.57, 3.51) |
Secondary | 39 (21.1) | 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) | – | 58 (31.4) | 0.63 (0.38, 1.05) | 0.71 (0.31, 1.60) |
Primary | 22 (26.2) | 1.01 (0.52, 1.96) | – | 19 (22.6) | 0.40 (0.21, 0.77)* | 0.43 (0.17, 1.08) |
Non educated | 26 (26.0) | 1 | – | 42 (42.0) | 1 | 1 |
Occupation | ||||||
Employees | 21 (23.3) | 1.18 (0.67, 2.07) | – | 27 (30.0) | 0.96 (0.57, 1.60) | 0.52 (0.23, 1.21) |
Farmers | 20 (29.0) | 1.58 (0.88, 2.85) | – | 32 (46.4) | 1.93 (1.13, 3.28)* | 1.39 (0.66, 2.93) |
Not working (students & housewives) | 63 (20.5) | 1 | – | 95 (30.9) | 1 | 1 |
No. of household members | ||||||
> 9 | 28 (21.2) | 0.96 (0.50, 1.86) | – | 41 (31.1) | 0.81 (0.46, 1.44) | – |
5–9 | 57 (23.1) | 1.07 (0.60, 1.93) | – | 82 (33.2) | 0.90 (0.54, 1.50) | – |
< 5 | 19 (21.8) | 1 | – | 31 (35.6) | 1 | – |