Knowledge, Attitude, and Prevention Practices towards Common Zoonotic Diseases in and around Bahir Dar City, North Western Ethiopia
Table 5
Multivariable logistic regression of factors affecting the knowledge of people in and around Bahir city.
Variables
Knowledge level
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Good
Poor
Education
Illiterate
26
70
−Ref
−Ref
Primary (1–8)
89
80
2.99 (1.74–5.15)
2.14 (1.14–4.02)
Secondary (9–12)
42
24
4.71 (2.40–9.24)a
3.31 (1.51–7.28)
College and university
55
18
8.23 (4.1–16.52)a
3.71 (1.63–8.44)
Age
19–30
40
82
Ref
Ref
31–50
88
71
2.54 (1.56–4.15)a
3.09 (1.72–5.53)
>50
44
39
4.42 (2.58–7.55)a
3.16 (1.69–5.90)
Residence
Urban
176
110
3.64 (2.3–5.76)a
2.34 (1.32–4.14)
Peri-urban
36
82
Ref
Ref
Training
Yes
41
4
11.27 (3.95–32.11)a
3.79 (1.23–11.69)
No
171
188
Ref
Ref
Type of farm
Beef
24
72
Ref
Ref
Dairy
76
62
3.68 (2.08–6.50)a
4.14 (2.18–8.89)
Mixed
17
21
2.43 (1.1–5.35)a
4.37 (1.75–10.89)
Poultry
78
18
12.99 (6.525.91)a
7.1 (3.4–15.21)
CI = confidence Interval, COR = crude odds ratio, and AOR = adjusted odds ratio. = significant at 5% (),a = significant at 25% (); and Ref = reference.
