Table 4.
Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals from bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis predicting use of health professionals or media as the most important GWG sourcea
| n = 181 | Sought GWG information | Bivariate associationsb | Multivariate associationsb,c | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health prof (n/%) | Media (n/%) | OR | 95 % CI | p | OR | 95 % CI | p | |
| Total | 80 | 101 | ||||||
| Maternal age | ||||||||
| ≤30 years | 35 (43.7) | 55 (54.5) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| 31–35 years | 23 (28.8) | 27 (26.7) | 0.75 | 0.37, 1.50 | 0.41 | |||
| ≥36 years | 22 (27.5) | 19 (18.8) | 0.83 | 0.26, 1.16 | 0.12 | |||
| Country of birth | ||||||||
| Australia | 59 (73.8) | 48 (47.5) | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | ||
| Overseas | 21 (26.2) | 53(52.5) | 3.10 | 1.65, 5.84 | <0.01 | 3.20 | 1.76, 6.85 | <0.01 |
| Language | ||||||||
| English | 58 (72.5) | 60 (59.4) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| LOTE | 22 (27.5) | 41 (40.6) | 1.80 | 0.96, 3.39 | 0.07 | |||
| Education | ||||||||
| Secondary or less | 9 (11.2) | 6 (5.9) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| Trade/Certificate Diploma | 17 (21.3) | 28 (27.7) | 2.47 | 0.75, 8.17 | 0.14 | |||
| Tertiary | 54 (67.5) | 67 (66.3) | 1.73 | 0.88, 3.40 | 0.28 | |||
| Main daily activity | ||||||||
| Working full time | 35 (43.7) | 52 (51.5) | 0.69 | 0.31, 1.51 | 0.34 | 1.02 | 0.44, 2.37 | 0.96 |
| Working part time | 27 (33.8) | 17 (16.8) | 0.29 | 0.12, 0.72 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.16, 1.03 | 0.06 |
| Raising children | 13 (16.3) | 28 (27.7) | 1.00 | Ref | 1.00 | Ref | ||
| Unemployed/studying | 5 (6.2) | 4 (4.0) | 0.37 | 0.09, 1.62 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.07, 1.57 | 0.17 |
| Household income | ||||||||
| <$51,999 | 12 (15.0) | 17 (16.8) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| $52–77,999 | 11 (13.8) | 17 (16.8) | 1.10 | 0.38, 3.15 | 0.87 | |||
| $78–99,999 | 13 (16.3) | 18 (17.8) | 0.98 | 0.35, 2.73 | 0.97 | |||
| >$99,999 | 29 (36.2) | 37 (12.9) | 0.90 | 0.38, 2.12 | 0.82 | |||
| Did not answer | 15 (18.7) | 12 (11.8) | 0.56 | 0.20, 1.63 | 0.29 | |||
| Parity | ||||||||
| 0 | 49 (61.3) | 70 (69.3) | 1.43 | 0.77, 2.65 | 0.26 | |||
| ≥1 | 31 (38.7) | 31 (30.7) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| BMI kg/m2 | ||||||||
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (3.0) | 2.11 | 0.21, 21.02 | 0.52 | |||
| Healthy weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m2) | 43 (53.8) | 61 (60.4) | 1.00 | Ref | ||||
| Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2) | 13 (16.2) | 21 (20.8) | 1.14 | 0.51, 2.52 | 0.75 | |||
| Obese (30–34.9 kg/m2) | 23 (28.7) | 16 (15.8) | 0.49 | 0.23, 1.04 | 0.06 | |||
Ref. reference category, LOTE language other than English
a Reference category – health professional
b Analysis adjusted for access to technology
c Characteristics significantly (p ≤ 0.05) associated with outcome in bivariable analysis were included in multivariable analyses