Table 2.

Summary of the final multivariable models examining the association between community, age, gender and reported health risk beliefs and choices for bottle water consumption in three groups of Canadian communities reported as odds ratios (OR) adjusted for all other variables in the final models and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Variables Considered in the Final Multivariable Models	Outcomes of Interest
	Believe Someone was Sick	Health Concerns with Tap Water	Believe Bottled Water is Safer than Tap	High Monthly Bottled Water Expenditures	100% Bottled Water Drinker
Communities Surveyed
Ontario FN vs. Non-FN	3.64	2.36	1.63	4.93	9.14
	(2.51–5.28)	(2.01–2.77)	(1.38–1.93)	(3.56–6.83)	(6.91–12.12)
	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Non-FN vs. Saskatchewan FN	3.84	1.49	2.00	1.14	0.81
	(3.45–4.17)	(1.28–1.75)	(1.82–2.22)	(0.77–1.67)	(0.63–1.05)
	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p = 0.53	p = 0.11
Ontario FN vs. Saskatchewan FN	13.9	3.55	3.29	5.59	7.41
	(9.26–20.8)	(3.54–3.56)	(3.04–3.56)	(5.16–6.02)	(7.19–7.63)
	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Age
18–24 vs. ≥55	4.60		4.11	2.83	0.68
	(3.76–5.62)	na	(2.96–5.71)	(1.92–4.19)	(0.54–0.85)
	p < 0.001		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
25–54 vs. ≥55	2.19		2.08	1.48	0.94
	(1.95–2.46)	na	(1.90–2.27)	(1.31–1.66)	(0.71–1.23)
	p < 0.001		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p = 0.65
18–24 vs. 25–54	2.10		1.98	1.92	0.71
	(1.64–2.67)	na	(1.37–2.86)	(1.39–2.65)	(0.60–0.83)
	p < 0.001		p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001
Gender
Female vs. Male	1.51			1.26
	(1.04–2.19)	na	na	(1.08–1.47)	na
	p = 0.031			p = 0.003