Response to COVID-19 recommended preventive behavioral messages among Guraghe zone communities, South Ethiopia: using constructs of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM)

Table 10 Multivariable logistic regression analysis for response to COVID-19 recommended preventive behavioral messages among Gurage zone town administration communities, South Ethiopia, July 2020 (n = 633)

Variables	Categories	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Occupation of the respondent	Government employed		1
	Merchant	0.44 (0.29,0.68)	1.86 (1.17, 2.96)	0.01*
	Farmer	0.29 (0.15,0.57)	0.53 (0.25, 1.14)	0.10
	Daily laborer	0.39 (0.20,0.74)	0.77 (0.37, 1.61)	0.48
	Housewife	0.43 (0.26,0.73)	1.14 (0.61, 2.14)	0.68
	Student	0.86 (0.53,1.39)	1.72 (0.98, 3.04)	0.06
Cues to action	β = 0.57	0.51 (0.43,0.62)	0.57 (0.47, 0.69)	< 0.001**
Self- efficacy	β = 0.20	1.24 (1.17,1.32)	1.22 (1.14, 1.30)	< 0.001**
Response-efficacy	β = 0.13	1.01 (0.44,1.12)	1.05 (1.03,1.09)	0.00*

Hosmer and Lemeshow’s goodness-of-fit test was chi square of 12.94 with P-value of 0.11
AOR Adjusted odds ratio
*Variables statistically significant at p-value < 0.05
**Variables statistically significant at p-value < 0.001

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