Factors Influencing Brucellosis Preventive Behaviors among Marginalized Iranian Women: An Application of the Health Belief Model

Table 4

The relationship of Health Belief Model with demographic and background characteristics (n = 289).

Variables	Mean	SD	95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
Perceived susceptibility
Age (year)
≤20	9.83	2.91	9.21	10.2	0.015
21–30	10.10	2.19	9.46	10.30
31–40	10.47	2.51	10.1	10.88
41–50	10.69	2.18	10.12	11.01
≥51	12.36	2.51	12.03	12.63
Marital status
Married	10.31	2.41	10.01	10.78	0.039
Single	10.89	2.34	10.23	11.21
Divorced or widowed	12.30	1.49	12.02	12.46
Perceived severity
Education status
Illiteracy	27.86	2.07	27.23	28.12	0.025
Elementary school	24.65	4.34	24.12	25.10
Middle school	25.42	4.41	25.05	25.67
Diploma	26.02	4.40	25.38	26.56
≥ college	25.12	3.87	24.89	25.45
Benefits perceived
Women’s job
Housewife	15.43	3.18	15.14	15.88	0.016
Working	17.09	2.69	16.85	17.32
Self-efficacy
Education status
Illiteracy	15.14	4.13	14.78	15.64	0.003
Elementary school	17.93	3.37	17.13	18.41
Middle school	18.33	3.53	18.14	18.65
Diploma	18.88	3.74	18.25	19.10
≥ college	16.44	3.32	16.15	16.77
Prevention behaviors
Age (year)
≤20	23.28	3.26	23.09	23.74	0.026
21–30	21.71	3.39	21.14	21.98
31–40	22.67	3.52	22.16	22.79
41–50	23.69	3.63	23.17	23.88
≥51	24.18	4.07	23.98	24.56
Education status
Illiteracy	22.79	3.72	22.19	23.14	0.014
Elementary school	23.30	3.29	23.00	23.56
Middle school	21.85	3.74	21.42	22.11
Diploma	20.92	3.78	20.78	21.32
≥College	21.91	3.44	21.74	22.30
Husband’s job
Farmer or laborer	23.14	3.23	22.89	23.43	0.010
Working	21.42	3.37	21.01	21.66
Free	22.48	3.42	22.13	22.79
No husband	21.90	3.77	21.46	22.37

Note: SD = standard deviation.