Table 8.

The mean of knowledge, attitudes and practices scores and multiple linear regression analysis of KAP scores among sociodemographic factors in selected districts of Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia(N = 199)

Variables		Knowledge score			Attitude score			Practice score
		Mean(SD)	β value	p value	Mean(SD)	β value	p value	Mean(SD)	β value	p value
Sex	Male	13.93(3.08)	1		9.12 (3.03)	1		7.71 (2.56)	1
	Female	13.97(3.00)	0.27	0.569	8.81 (3.28)	-0.03	0.99	8.06 (2.33)	0.74	0.067
Age (years)	18–29	14.35(2.63)	1		9.04 (2.82)	1		7.84 (2.21)	1
	30–44	13.88(3.17)	0.15	0.750	8.83 (3.43)	0.39	0.443	7.69 (2.72)	0.03	0.945
	45–59	12.56(3.40)	-0.77	0.284	9.68 (2.67)	1.57	0.040	8.32 (2.19)	0.84	0.164
	60 or above	13.25(3.53)	0.23	0.837	9.15 (3.80)	1.08	0.374	7.63(3.42)	0.02	0.984
Ethnicity	Afar	13.79(2.99)	1		8.70 (2.9.)	1		7.16 (2.52)	1
	Non-Afar	13.93(3.09)	-0.90	0.113	9.22 (3.23)	-0.3	0.378	8.22 (2.38)	0.35	0.458
Religion	Muslim	13.54(2.99)	1		8.79 (3.19)	1		7.42 (2.52)	1
	Christians	14.35(3.08)	0.72	0.196	9.37(2.99)	0.44	0.456	8.41(2.32)	0.52	0.263
Marital status	Married	13.61(3.12)	1		8.71 (3.22)	1		7.69 (2.54)	1
	Single	14.88(2.54)	0.53	0.350	10.21 (2.38)	1.46	0.015	8.33 (2.34)	0.61	0.202
Education status	Illiterate	12.33(2.90)	1		7.98 (2.85)	1		7.05 (2.57)	1
	Grade 1-8th	13.46(2.87)	0.84	0.210	9.10 (3.06)	0.93	0.192	8.04 (2.39)	0.53	0.345
	Grade 9-12th	14.62(3.90)	1.60	0.016	9.73 (2.93)	1.45	0.038	8.02 (2.55)	0.61	0.267
	College or above	14.77(3.00)	1.78	0.012	8.93 (3.47)	0.59	0.433	8.07 (2.33)	0.65	0.277
Occupational status	Agro/pastoralist	12.37(2.99)	1		7.37 (4.00)	1		7.00 (2.65)	1
	Gov./private worker	14.07(2.96)	0.88	0.223	9.34 (2.91)	1.38	0.074	8.13 (2.48)	0.34	0.572
	Housewife	12.95(3.15)	0.02	0.980	8.52 (2.83)	1.13	0.270	7.05 (1.93)	-0.87	0.282
	Students	17.29(1.38)	3.49	0.009	9.14 (3.29)	0.74	0.599	6.0 (1.63)	-1.87	0.095
Districts	Amibara	14.28(3.11)	1		9.04 (3.07)	1		8.04 (2.59)	1
	Awash Sebat	13.56(2.97)	-0.66	0.145	9.02 (3.17)	0.29	0.578	7.66 (2.39)	-0.06	0.874