Table 3 Factors associated with high-level knowledge regarding mosquito LSM methods among respondents in Nthache area, Mwanza district
Factors | Categories | High-level knowledge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | P-value | ||
Sex | Female | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Male | 1.35 | 0.89–2.06 | 1.08 | 0.65–1.77 | 0.772 | |
Marital status | Married | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Single | 0.85 | 0.35–2.08 | 0.43 | 0.13–1.38 | 0.155 | |
Widowed | 0.38 | 0.20–0.73 | 0.74 | 0.33–1.67 | 0.468 | |
Divorced/separated | 0.71 | 0.36–1.42 | 0.89 | 0.42–1.89 | 0.757 | |
Education status | Primary | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Secondary | 3.38 | 1.48–7.73 | 3.54 | 1.45–8.63 | 0.005 | |
None | 0.40 | 0.25–0.62 | 0.38 | 0.23–0.64 | 0.000 | |
Informal/pre-primary | 0.73 | 0.12–4.41 | 0.92 | 0.13–6.86 | 0.939 | |
Occupation | Crop farming | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Mixed-farming/pastoralist | 5.55 | 2.83–10.85 | 6.95 | 3.39–14.23 | 0.000 | |
Business/self-employed | 3.72 | 1.60–8.66 | 3.61 | 1.47–8.86 | 0.005 | |
Unemployed/student | 0.56 | 0.12–2.54 | 0.57 | 0.10–3.22 | 0.523 | |
Employed | 0.95 | 0.42–2.16 | 0.88 | 0.36–2.11 | 0.768 | |
Housewives | 0.62 | 0.26–1.48 | 0.58 | 0.22–1.52 | 0.267 | |
Other | 0.25 | 0.03–2.41 | 0.32 | 0.03–3.62 | 0.359 | |
Household wall | Brickwall | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Mudwall | 0.52 | 0.34–0.78 | 0.50 | 0.30–0.86 | 0.011 | |
Household floor | Natural/earth | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Cement/tiles | 1.99 | 1.15–3.47 | 1.30 | 0.65–2.60 | 0.466 | |
Household roof | Grass/thatch | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | |
Iron sheets | 1.62 | 1.10–2.41 | 1.17 | 0.67–2.04 | 0.590 | |