Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards COVID-19 among Mothers in Dessie Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020

Table 6

Factors associated with the knowledge of mothers about COVID-19 in Dessie town, Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable	Level of knowledge, N (%)		Odds ratio, at 95% CI
	Poor (%)	Good (%)	Crude OR	value	Adjusted OR	value
Main caregiver of the family
Mother	65	100	1
Father	9	25	1.806 (0.793, 4.114)	0.160	1.659 (0.587, 4.683)	0.339
Both	94	307	2.123 (1.440, 3.131)	0.000	1.847 (1.136, 3.004)	0.013
Apart from parents	0	10	1050058661.791	0.999
Educational status of mother/caregiver
No formal education	14	12	1
Grade 1–12	113	325	3.355 (1.507, 7.469)	0.003	1.707 (0.627, 4.651)	0.295
College and above	41	105	2.988 (1.275, 7.000)	0.012	1.521 (0.523, 4.424)	0.441
Number of children
Having one child	65	210	1
Having two children	57	142	0.771 (0.509, 1.167)	0.219	0.923 (0.553, 1.542)	0.760
Above 3 children	46	90	0.606 (0.386, 0.951)	0.029	0.790 (0.450, 1.388)	0.412
Use sanitizer
No	88	63	1
Yes	80	379	6.617 (4.420, 9.906)	0.000	3.159 (1.612, 6.190)	0.001
Regularly use face mask
No	98	125	1
Yes	70	317	3.550 (2.452, 5.140)	0.000	0.788 (0.410, 1.517)	0.476
Maintain social distance
No	87	104	1
Yes	81	338	3.491 (2.402, 5.074)	0.000	0.839 (0.457, 1.540)	0.571
Practice
Poor	126	146	1
Good	42	296	6.082 ⟶ 4.071 ⟶ 9.088	0.000	3.059 (1.581, 5.918)	0.001
Attitude
Unfavorable	134	122	1
Favorable	34	320	10.338 (6.723, 15.896)	0.000	7.763 (4.850, 12.425)	0.000