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. 2024 Feb 29;11:e31. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2024.27

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.