Table 5.

Factors associated with parental use of TM for children in Harar City, Eastern Ethiopia, 2024 (n = 348).

Variable	Response	Parental TM use for children		cOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
		No	Yes
Sex	Male	26	105	1	1
	Female	57	160	1.44 (0.85–2.43)*	2.03 (0.96–4.29)	0.065
Age	≤20	4	5	1	1
	21–30	41	79	1.54 (0.39–6.05)	0.77 (0.17–3.57)	0.74
	31–40	16	110	5.50 (1.34–22.7)*	2.47 (0.47–12.86)	0.28
	41–50	17	51	2.40 (0.58–9.97)*	1.11 (0.21–5.81)	0.89
	>50	5	20	3.20 (0.62–16.5)*	1.69 (0.28–10.33)	0.57
Religion	Orthodox	47	125	0.75 (0.30–1.84)
	Muslim	27	114	1.18 (0.46–3.02)
	Catholic	2	1	0.14 (0.01–1.78)
	Protestant	7	25	1
Marital status	Single	2	9	1
	Married	77	246	0.71 (0.15–3.36)
	Divorced	2	7	0.78 (0.09–6.98)
	Widowed	2	3	0.33 (0.03–3.52)
Education	Cannot read and write	10	42	0.83 (0.33–2.06)	1
	Can read and write	31	69	0.44 (0.21–0.91)*	0.71 (0.25–1.96)	0.5
	Primary school	29	88	0.59 (0.29–1.24)*	0.49 (0.19–1.28)	0.15
	High school and above	13	66	1	0.69 (0.27–1.74)	0.43
Occupation	House wife	39	86	0.55 (0.11–2.72)
	Farmer	1	4	1.00 (0.07–14.6)
	NGO	3	17	1.42 (0.19–10.23)
	Government employee	21	70	0.83 (0.16–4.23)
	Merchant	17	80	1.18 (0.23–6.04)
	Daily laborer	2	8	1
House hold monthly income	≤2,000	18	93	2.87 (1.14–7.23)*	0.68 (0.34–1.4)	0.28
	2,001–10,000	55	154	1.56 (0.68–3.58)	0.50 (0.17–1.52)	0.22
	>10,000	10	18	1	1
Number of children below 18	1–2	42	93	1	1
	3–4	35	109	1.41 (0.83–2.38)*	1.28 (0.68–2.42)	0.44
	>4	6	63	4.74 (1.9–11.82)*	3.24 (1.13–9.28)	0.028*
Self-TM use	Yes	31	134	1.72 (1.04–2.85)*	0.96 (0.50–1.85)	0.91
	No	52	131	1	1
Attitude	Good attitude	41	189	2.55 (1.54–4.23)*	1.98 (1.02–3.86)	0.045*
	Poor attitude	42	76	1	1
Member of CBHI	Yes	60	114	0.29 (0.17–0.49)*	0.34 (0.19–0.63)	0.001*
	No	23	151	1	1

TM, traditional medicine; cOR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; NGO, non-governmental organization.

^*p-value <0.05 (significance).