Table 2.
Sociodemographic factors associated with water security among participants in Mumbai and Bangkok (N = 650)
| Characteristics | Mumbai, India (n = 290) | Bangkok, Thailand (n = 360) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water insecurity | Water insecurity | |||||||
| No | Yes | Odds ratio/95% CI | No | Yes | Odds ratio/95% CI | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | Crude | Adjusted | N (%) | N (%) | Crude | Adjusted | |
| Age | 30.1 (7.2) | 29.0 (6.6) | 0.98 (0.94, 1.02) | 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) | 31.4 (7.9) | 31.9 (7.2) | 1.01 (0.97, 1.04) | 1.01 (0.98, 1.05) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Cisgender | 139 (79.9) | 35 (20.1) | Ref | Ref | 202 (83.1) | 41 (16.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Transgender | 67 (57.8) | 49 (42.2) | 2.90 (1.72, 4.90)** | 3.35 (1.90, 5.92)** | 91 (77.8) | 26 (22.2) | 1.41 (0.81, 2.44) | 1.21 (0.68, 2.16) |
| Education status | ||||||||
| None/primary/elementary | 17 (70.8) | 7 (29.2) | Ref | Ref | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | Ref | Ref |
| Secondary/high school | 112 (70.0) | 48 (30.0) | 1.04 (0.41, 2.67) | 1.23 (0.45, 3.33) | 71 (73.2) | 26 (26.8) | 0.32 (0.11, 0.97)* | 0.29 (0.09, 0.92)* |
| College/university | 77 (72.6) | 29 (27.4) | 0.91 (0.34, 2.43) | 1.53 (0.53, 4.42) | 215 (86.7) | 33 (13.3) | 0.13 (0.05, 0.39)** | 0.14 (0.05, 0.44)** |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| No | 72 (66.1) | 37 (33.9) | Ref | Ref | 61 (75.3) | 20 (24.7) | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 133 (73.9) | 47 (26.1) | 0.69 (0.41, 1.15) | 0.88 (0.50, 1.54) | 232 (83.2) | 47(16.9) | 0.62 (0.34, 1.12) | 0.87 (0.46, 1.66) |
| HIV status | ||||||||
| Negative | 187 (70.6) | 78(29.4) | Ref | Ref | 273 (81.1) | 64 (18.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Positive | 19 (76.0) | 6 (24.0) | 0.76 (0.29, 1.97) | 0.90 (0.33, 2.47) | 20 (86.9) | 3 (13.1) | 0.64 (0.18, 2.22) | 0.59 (0.16, 2.11) |
| COVID-19 job loss | ||||||||
| No | 159 (69.7) | 69 (30.3) | Ref | Ref | 47 (67.1) | 23 (32.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 47 (75.8) | 15 (24.2) | 2.23 (1.28, 3.87)** | 2.52 (1.41, 4.53)** | 246 (84.8) | 44 (15.2) | 2 (1.15, 3.50)* | 1.71 (0.94, 3.12) |
CI, confidence interval.
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01.