Assessment of socio-behavioural correlates and risk perceptions regarding anthrax disease in tribal communities of Odisha, Eastern India

Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis output of factors associated with knowledge of anthrax

Characteristic	Comparison	Knowledge of anthrax	Total	Unadjusted odds ratio	95% C.I.	p-value	Adjusted odds ratio	95% C.I.	p-value
Age	18–29	138	714	Reference
	30–39	162	633	1.43	1.11–1.85	< 0.01	1.48	1.08–2.03	0.02
	40–49	105	542	1	0.75–1.33	0.98	0.96	0.69–1.42	0.96
	50–59	73	397	0.94	0.68–1.28	0.7	1.07	0.72–1.57	0.73
	60 & above	63	384	0.81	0.59–1.13	0.23	0.98	0.65–1.49	0.95
Gender	Female	60	634	Reference
Gender	Male	481	2036	2.95	2.22–3.93	< 0.01	2.20	1.50–3.22	< 0.01
Education	Illiterate	191	1432	Reference
Education	Literate	350	1238	2.56	2.10–3.11	< 0.01	2.17	1.68–2.79	< 0.01
Occupation	Non-agriculture	243	1260	Reference
Occupation	Agriculture	298	1410	1.12	0.92–1.35	0.23	1.09	0.85–1.39	0.47
Livestock	Absent	138	763	Reference
Livestock	Present	403	1907	1.21	0.97–1.50	0.07	1.17	0.93–1.47	0.18
Experience of handling livestock	Less than 10 years	103	624	Reference
Experience of handling livestock	More than 10 years	300	1283	1.54	1.20–1.97	0.01	1.49	1.14–1.94	< 0.01
Meat consumption	No	31	277	Reference
Meat consumption	Yes	510	2393	2.14	1.46–3.16	< 0.01	1.79	1.13–2.82	0.01

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