Table 4.
Social economic variables and their effects on choice of treatment for false teeth and millet disease in Bushenyi district
| Variable | Type of treatment sought for false teeth (N=126) |
Crude Odds Ratio (COR) |
P-value | |
| Modern alone | *Traditional | |||
| Education status | ||||
| Not Educated | 3 | 44 | ||
| Educated | 9 | 70 | 0.53 (0.11–2.31) | 0.54 |
| Type of housing (walls) | ||||
| Mud and Wattle | 10 | 109 | ||
| Brick | 2 | 5 | 0.27 (0.03–1.97) | 0.27 |
| Type of housing (floor) | ||||
| Not Cemented | 9 | 104 | ||
| Cemented | 3 | 10 | 0.29(0.06–1.60) | 0.11 |
| Type of treatment sought for millet disease (N=77) | ||||
| Modern alone | *Traditional | |||
| Education Status | ||||
| Educated | 6 | 19 | ||
| Not Educated | 8 | 44 | 1.74 (0.45–6.58) | 0.55 |
| Type of housing (walls) | ||||
| Mud and Wattle | 13 | 62 | ||
| Brick | 1 | 1 | 0.21 (0.01–8.30) | 0.80 |
| Type of housing (floor) | ||||
| Not Cemented | 10 | 59 | ||
| Cemented | 3 | 5 | 0.28(0.05–1.79) | 0.25 |
95% CI = 95% confidence interval
*
Either traditional medicine alone or in combination with modern medicine