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. 2012 Sep 26;12:20. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-20

Table 3.

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for knowledge of diarrhoea prevention amongst all 628 participants

  N (%) yes / no Unadjusted Multiply adjusted1
Wash hands before eating
Non-RBA
98 (31.5) / 213
1.00
1.00
RBA
171 (53.9) / 146
2.55 (1.84, 3.53)
2.51 (1.79, 3.53)
P value
 
<0.001
<0.001
Wash hands with soap after toilet
Non-RBA
67 (21.5) / 244
1.00
1.00
RBA
158 (49.8) / 159
3.62 (2.55, 5.13)
3.76 (2.60, 5.42)
P value
 
<0.001
<0.001
Drink clean water
Non-RBA
152 (48.9) / 159
1.00
1.00
RBA
217 (68.5) / 100
2.27 (1.64, 3.14)
2.23 (1.59, 3.14)
P value
 
<0.001
<0.001
Don’t eat stale food
Non-RBA
190 (61.1) / 121
1.00
1.00
RBA
204 (64.4) / 113
1.15 (0.83, 1.59)
1.25 (0.89, 1.76)
P value
 
0.40
0.19
Cover food
Non-RBA
63 (20.3) / 248
1.00
1.00
RBA
113 (35.7) / 204
2.18 (1.52, 3.12)
2.11 (1.44, 3.09)
P value
 
<0.001
<0.001
Don’t overeat
Non-RBA
55 (17.7) / 256
1.00
1.00
RBA
64 (20.2) / 253
1.18 (0.79, 1.76)
1.03 (0.68, 1.56)
P value
 
0.42
0.90
 
N (%) no / yes2
Unadjusted
Multiply adjusted1
Don’t know how to prevent
Non-RBA
285 (91.6) / 26
1.00
1.00
RBA
303 (95.6) / 14
1.97 (1.01, 3.86)
2.13 (1.03, 4.41)
P value   0.05 0.04

1 For caste, gender, education, food sufficiency, marital status, birth in last 3 years, number of children in household; 2 Outcome is “positive” i.e. negative response to “Don’t know how to prevent”.