Table 5 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with FGM knowledge and attitude in Degadamot district
Characteristic | Knowledge | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | Attitude | AOR (95%CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | favorable | Unfavorable | |||||
Income | ||||||||
≥ 300birr | 113 | 64 | 2.15 (1.24,3.73) | 0.006 | 78 | 99 | 5.52 (3.18,9.56) | 0.031 |
< 300birr | 71 | 77 | 1 | 83 | 65 | 1 | ||
Marital status | ||||||||
Married | 161 | 84 | 5.64 (1.78,10.94) | 0.001 | 102 | 143 | 2.33 (1.85,4.32) | 0.002 |
Divorced | 14 | 29 | 1.42 (0.52,3.87) | 0.49 | 29 | 14 | 0.45 (0.17,1.36) | 0.692 |
Widowed | 9 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 1 | ||
Belief | ||||||||
No | 124 | 94 | 2.74 (1.72,4.27) | 0.001* | 115 | 49 | 4.77 (2.75,8.26) | 0.001 |
yes | 60 | 47 | 1 | 105 | 56 | 1 | ||
Custom | ||||||||
No | 123 | 55 | 3.14 (1.82,5.43) | 0 .001* | 63 | 115 | 3.99 (2.31,6.89) | 0.001 |
yes | 61 | 86 | 1 | 98 | 49 | 1 | ||
Value | ||||||||
No | 130 | 54 | 0.28 (0.16,0.49) | 0.001* | 64 | 123 | 2.12 (1.22,3.66) | 0.007 |
yes | 54 | 87 | 1 | 97 | 41 | 1 | ||