Table 6. Factors associated with a belief that traditional healers and herbal medicine cures rabies, in a study of rabies knowledge, attitudes and practices in Jimma Town, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 (n = 384).

Factor	No. (%)	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		Crude OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age of respondent
>30 years	123 (0.79)	1.33 (0.82, 2.16)	0.246	1.30 (0.76, 2.22)	0.338
≤30 years	168 (0.74)	1.0		1.0
Sex of respondent
Female	85 (0.71)	0.68 (0.42, 1.12)	0.127
Male	206 (0.78)	1.0
Religion
Protestant	46 (0.85)	2.34 (1.03, 5.32)	0.039	2.43 (1.04, 5.69)	0.041
Muslim	127 (0.77)	1.40 (0.85, 2.30)	0.187	1.20 (0.70, 2.06)	0.505
Orthodox	118 (0.71)	1.0		1.0
Educational status
Tertiary	17 (0.59)	0.38 (0.16, 0.90)	0.025	0.58 (0.22, 1.52)	0.265
Secondary	30 (0.75)	0.80 (0.35, 1.87)	0.616	1.10 (0.44, 2.71)	0.843
Primary	151 (0.77)	0.88 (0.51, 1.53)	0.656	0.89 (0.48, 1.67)	0.726
No formal education	93 (0.79)	1.0		1.0
Type of employment
Farmer	174 (0.81)	2.37 (1.39, 4.07)	0.001	1.39 (0.70,2.77	0.344
Student	53 (0.75)	1.61 (0.82, 3.16)	0.165	1.15 (0.53, 2.51)	0.721
Working professional	64 (0.65)	1.0
Residence
Rural	240 (0.80)	2.71 (1.61, 4.56)	<0.001	2.12 (1.16, 3.88)	0.015
Urban	51 (0.60)	1.0		1.0
Pet ownership
Yes	138 (0.74)	0.85 (0.53, 1.35)	0.482
No	153 (0.77)	1.0
Know someone who has been exposed to rabies or a suspect rabid animal
Yes	158 (0.80)	1.64 (1.03, 2.64)	0.038	1.55 (0.94, 2.54)	0.085
No	133 (0.71)	1.0		1.0