Table VII.

Factors associated with inappropriate practices.

		Other	Inappropriate
		practices	practices
Variables	All n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	cOR (95% CI)	P value	aOR (95% CI)	P value
Age groups
≥60	12 (1.2)	2 (0.9)	10 (1.3)	1
15-29	632 (63.45)	121 (52.4)	511 (66.8)	0.55 (0.41-0.74)	0.000	1.04 (0.53-2.07)	0.905
30-44	302 (30.32)	94 (40.7)	208 (27.2)	1.84 (1.35-2.5)	0.000	1.37 (0.71-2.65)	0.351
45-59	50 (5.0)	14 (6.0)	36 (4.7)	0.51 (0.1-2.64)	0.4268
Gender
Female	489 (49.1)	110 (47.6)	379 (49.5)	1
Male	507 (50.9)	121 (52.4)	(0.5)	1.08 (0.8-1.45)	0.608
Level of education
Primary	6 (0.6)	2 (0.9)	4 (0.5)	1
Without level	2 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.3)	NA	NA
Hitm School	91 (9.14)	30 (6.9)	61(8)	1.72 (1.08-2.74)	0.022	1.13 (0.2-6.31)	0.888
Higher Education	897 (90.06)	497 (88.4)	400 (92.2)	0.65 (0.42-1)	0.052
Profession
Students	227 (22.79)	41 (17.7)	186 (24.3)	0.67 (0.46-0.98)	0.038	1.1 (0.71-1.7)	0.673
Health workers	206 (20.68)	69 (29.9)	137 (17.9)	1.95 (1.39-2.73)	0.000	1.52 (1.03-2.23)	0.034
Unprecized	128 (1.50)	60 (3.0)	68 (1.0)	0.25 (0.086-0.72)	0.011	0.32 (0.1-0.94)	0.039
No health-related work	435 (43.67)	110 (47.6)	325 (42.5)	2.96 (1.06-8.24)	0.038	2.65 (0.91-7.72)	0.075
Activity
Employee	381 (38.25)	121 (52.4)	260(34)	2.14 (1.59-2.88)	0.000	2.43 (1.38-4.28)	0.002
No activity	488(49)	91 (39.4)	397 (51.9)	0.6 (0.45-0.81)	0.001	1.56 (0.88-2.77)	0.132
Informal sector	127 (12.75)	19 (8.2)	108 (14.1)	0.55 (0.33-0.91)	0.02	0.64 (0.42-0.98)	0.042