Table 2.

Predictors for the Presence of S. aureus on the Hands of the Puerto Rican Meal Preparers at the Household Level (n = 60)^a

Predictors	n	OR	95% CI	Pb
Age
18 to 30 y	21	.43	0.091 – 2.05	.290
31 to 40 y	18	.60	0.146 – 2.50	.486
41 y and above	21	1.00
Income
$1,000 or less	34	4.15	1.03 – 16.875	.045c
$1,001 or more	26	1.00
Education
Less than high school	33	0.33	0.082 – 1.401	.117
High school or more	27	1.00
Attitude
Important or somewhat important	14	4.95	1.10 – 22.30	.037c
Very important	46	1.00
Language spoken at home
English only or English and Spanish	24	1.54	0.435 – 5.503	.501
Spanish only	36	1.00

CI indicates confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; y, years.

^aS. aureus on hands (dependent variable): Absence (0), n = 35; Presence (1), n = 25;

^bMultivariate logistic regression;

^cSignificant.