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. 2015 Aug 20;4:33. doi: 10.1186/s13756-015-0075-2

Table 2.

Predictors of summary factor scores of respondent opinions about health services from multivariate logistic regressions

Outcomes odds ratios [95 % confidence intervals]
Predictors n Services in ADDOs Services in public health facilities Services in ADDOs vs. other facilities Medicine affordability
Region (vs. Mbeya)
 Morogoro 284 1.61**** [1.24,2.08] 1.13 [0.93,1.38] 1.38**** [1.24,1.53] 1.02 [0.94,1.11]
 Singida 299 0.94 [0.71,1.24] 1.20* [0.97,1.48] 0.97 [0.86,1.09] 1.02 [0.93,1.12]
 Tanga 300 0.81 [0.59,1.10] 0.96 [0.78,1.17] 1.04 [0.91,1.19] 0.96 [0.88,1.05]
Distance from ADDO
  < 5 km (vs. 5 km and over) 844 1.13 [0.97,1.32] 1.03 [0.86,1.23] 1.12** [1.01,1.24] 1.05 [0.98,1.12]
Household size (vs. median size)
  < median household size 468 1.01 [0.86,1.18] 1.01 [0.81,1.26] 0.95 [0.83,1.09] 1.02 [0.94,1.11]
  > median household size 499 0.97 [0.83,1.12] 1.02 [0.87,1.19] 0.94 [0.84,1.06] 0.95 [0.87,1.05]
Respondent
 Male (vs. female) 583 1.08 [0.94,1.24] 0.82*** [0.72,0.92] 1.02 [0.91,1.13] 0.96 [0.90,1.01]
 Age (vs. <25 years)
  25-50 years 702 0.96 [0.73,1.25] 0.81* [0.65,1.01] 1.05 [0.90,1.23] 0.93* [0.85,1.01]
   > 50 years 386 1.01 [0.75,1.37] 0.87 [0.70,1.08] 1.03 [0.88,1.20] 0.90* [0.81,1.01]
  No secondary school education (vs. at least some secondary school education) 1009 1.31** [1.03,1.66] 1.55**** [1.36,1.78] 0.99 [0.88,1.10] 0.89*** [0.82,0.95]

This table shows predictors of summary factor scores of respondent opinions about health services delivered in ADDOs, in public healthcare facilities, in other healthcare facilities, and medicines affordability from multivariate logistic regressions

* p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01, **** p < 0.001