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Table 4 Influence of socio-demographic and obstetric factors on pregnant women’s full knowledge level on MTCT of HIV, SNNPR, 2012

From: Awareness and knowledge on timing of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among antenatal care attending women in Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Full knowledge on timing of MTCT

Crude OR (95% CI)*

Adjusted OR (95% CI)*

Yes

No

Age in completed years

    

   15-24

70

470

1.00

 

   25-34

73

632

0.78 (0.55, 1.10)

0.87 (0.57, 1.36)

   35-49

9

71

0.85 (0.41, 1.78)

1.60 (0.66, 3.91)

Maximum level of education

    

   Not able to read and write

25

412

1.00

 

   Able to read and write only

9

58

2.56 (1.14, 5.75)

2.97 (1.28, 6.88)**

   Grade1-6

29

384

1.25 (0.72, 2.16)

1.31 (0.72, 2.39)

   Grade 7-12

50

253

3.26 (1.97, 5.40)

2.52 (1.34, 4.73)**

   College and above

39

66

9.74 (5.54, 17.14)

3.68 (1.49, 9.08)**

Occupation

    

   House wife

71

661

1.00

 

   Farmer

8

166

0.45 (0.21, 0.95)

0.46 (0.20, 1.03)

   Pastoralist

0

6

-

-

   Merchant

10

205

0.45 (0.23, 0.90)

0.42 (0.21, 0.84)**

   Government employee

44

77

5.32 (3.41, 8.29)

2.50 (1.23, 5.07)**

   Student

13

34

3.56 (1.80, 7.06)

2.44 (1.09, 5.47)**

   Daily laborer

6

19

2.94 (1.14, 7.60)

3.05 (1.11, 8.34)**

   Others

0

5

-

-

Estimated average monthly income

    

   < 670 Eth. Birr

66

726

1.00

 

   ≥ 671 Eth. Birr

81

409

2.18 (1.54, 3.08)

1.03 (0.66, 1.61)

Gravidity

    

   One

58

302

1.00

 

   Two-four

75

661

0.59 (0.50, 0.85)

0.83 (0.53, 1.30)

   Five-seven

19

189

0.52 (0.30, 0.91)

1.11 (0.54, 2.29)

   Eight and above

0

21

-

-

Gestational age in weeks

    

   ≤ 16 weeks

2

40

1.00

 

   17-24 weeks

33

273

2.42 (0.56, 10.47)

1.69 (0.38, 7.61)

   25-35 weeks

87

669

2.60 (0.62, 10.95)

1.96 (0.45, 8.53)

   ≥ 36 weeks

30

191

3.14 (0.72, 13.68)

2.06 (0.45, 9.32)

  1. All variables were controlled for each other.
  2. *p-value < 0.05, **Statistically significant.