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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ecohealth. 2014 May 21;11(4):534–543. doi: 10.1007/s10393-014-0942-y

Table 1.

Multiple logistic regression results identifying individual-level risk factors for animal contact, animal injury and primate contact in communities around Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Any Animal Contact Animal Injury Primate Contact
Predictor Variable Odds Ratio (CI) p-value Odds Ratio (CI) p-value Odds Ratio (CI) p-value
Intercept 0.04 (0.02–0.09) <0.0001 0.07 (0.03–0.15) <0.0001 0.01 (0.001–0.02) <0.0001
Current Age
Age in years 1.02 (1.02–1.04) <0.0001 1.02 (1.02–1.04) <0.0001 1.01 (1.0–1.02) 0.12184
Sex
Female ref ref ref
Male 2.53 (1.82–3.53) <0.0001 1.95 (1.34–2.86) 0.000517 3.57 (2.22–5.96) <0.0001
Community
Control ref ref ref
Forest Edge 1.87 (0.99–3.81) 0.06628 1.38 (0.70–2.90) 0.370523 2.55 (0.84–11.10) 0.14148
Forest Fragment 3.08 (1.67–6.12) 0.00062 1.71 (0.99–3.50) 0.120771 6.53 (2.28–27.73) 0.00235
Cultural Group
Mutooro ref ref ref
Mukiga 1.01 (0.69–1.46) 0.97134 0.60 (0.37–0.95) 0.032420 1.93 (1.18–3.13) 0.00781
Munyankole 1.07 (0.46–2.34) 0.86538 1.23 (0.50–2.78) 0.628027 1.56 (0.44–4.38) 0.43627
Other 1.41 (0.58–3.14) 0.42439 1.23 (0.43–3.02) 0.67445 1.56 (0.43–4.35) 0.44181
Occupation
Farmer ref ref ref
Student 0.74 (0.47–1.16) 0.19377 0.52 (0.31–0.88) 0.015699 0.98 (0.52–1.84) 0.93794
Low Wage 1.43 (0.68–2.97) 0.33871 0.97 (0.42–2.11) 0.940889 1.55 (0.56–3.84) 0.36390
None 0.22 (0.11–0.40) <0.0001 0.18 (0.08–0.37) <0.0001 0.30 (0.12–0.69) 0.00747
Tradesman 0.57 (0.26–1.21) 0.15868 0.40 (0.14–0.96) 0.056794 0.97 (0.34–2.42) 0.94625
Business 1.37 (0.52–3.48) 0.51467 0.91 (0.31–2.43) 0.862077 2.22 (0.58–7.03) 0.20014
High Wage 1.33 (0.48–3.52) 0.56716 0.65 (0.18–1.88) 0.458534 2.78 (0.80–8.49) 0.08405
High Social Tier 1.55 (0.28–11.85) 0.62962 1.28 (0.22–7.60) 0.773898 1.71 (0.22–9.59) 0.55682
Dog Ownership
No ref ref ref
Yes 1.06 (0.78–1.45) 0.69635 0.92 (0.64–1.32) 0.656638 1.54 (1.01–2.36) 0.04696