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Table 6 Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) for the association between socio-demographic parameters and treatment-seeking patterns among construction workers in Mangaluru, India, June–September 2012 (n = 119)

From: Construction site workers’ malaria knowledge and treatment-seeking pattern in a highly endemic urban area of India

 

Prefer public healthcare facility

Prefer allopathic treatment

Crude OR

95 % CI

Adjusteda OR

95 % CI

Crude OR

95 % CI

Adjusteda OR

95 % CI

Age (years)

 <25

1.280

0.584–2.809

1.692

0.644–4.45

 ≥25

1

   

1

   

Gender

 Male

8.817

2.844–27.33b

7.207

2.259–22.98b

5.42

1.81–16.2

3.496

0.95–12.9

 Female

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Type of worker

 Migrant

4.823

0.423–54.985

0.634

0.032–12.7

 Local

1

   

1

   

Marital status

 Married

0.592

0.262–1.339

0.490

0.176–1.37

 Unmarried

1

   

1

   

Literacy status

 Literate

2.75

1.231–6.143b

1.984

0.831–4.736

3.6

1.33–9.76

2.946

0.945–9.188

 Illiterate

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Caste categoryc

 SC/ST

0.947

0.431–2.08

0.542

0.20–1.46

 General/OBC

1

   

1

   

History of malaria within 1 year

 Yes

1.302

0.591–2.87

11.19

2.47–50.66

11.21

2.378–52.84b

 No

1

   

1

 

1

 
  1. Nagelkerke R Square = 0.21(Prefer public healthcare facility)
  2. Nagelkerke R Square = 0.33 (Prefer allopathic treatment)
  3. aBy binomial logistic regression
  4. bSignificant (p < 0.05)
  5. c SC scheduled caste, ST scheduled tribe, OBC other backward caste