Table 6.

Factors associated with knowledge about RVF transmission, symptoms and prevention (n = 452)

Variable	No. with knowledge/Total (%)	Crude OR (95 % CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)	p-value
District
Kilombero	15/215 (7.0)	Reference		Reference
Kongwa	36/237 (15.2)	2.39 (1.27 – 4.50)	0.01	2.45 (1.29 -4.63)	0.01
Sex
Male	32/223 (14.4)	Reference		Reference
Female	19/229 (8.3)	0.54 (30 – 0.98)	0.04	0.54 (0.29 - 0.99)	0.047
Age group (years)
18-29	9/111 (8.1)	Reference	0.49
30-39	17/145 (11.7)	1.51 (0.64 – 3.52)
40-49	14/90 (15.6)	2.09 (0.86 – 5.08)
50-59	6/46 (13.0)	1.70 (0.57 – 5.09)
60+	5/60 (8.3)	1.03 (0.33 – 3.23)
Education level
None	18/147 (12.2)	Reference	0.69
Primary	29/279 (10.4)	0.83 (0.44 – 1.55)
Secondary+	4/26 (15.4)	1.30 (0.40 – 4.21)
Marital status
Single	4/45 (8.9)	Reference	0.73
Married	42/354 (11.9)	1.38 (0.47 – 4.05)
Widow/divorced	5/53 (9.4)	1.07 (0.27 – 4.24)
Occupation
Peasant/Pastoralist	50/420 (11.9)	Reference	0.16	Reference	0.19
Business/employed	1/32 (3.1)	0.24 (0.03 – 1.79)		0.26 (0.03 – 1.93)
Religion
Muslim	3/37 (8.1)	Reference	0.37
Christian	46/408 (11.3)	1.44 (0.43 – 4.88)
Pagan	2/7 (28.6)	4.53 (0.60 – 34.2)