Table 2.

Multivariable analysis of study completion by women in fishing communities

Variable	No.	Those who completed			Crude analysis				Multivariable analysis
		%	95%CI		Odds ratio	95%CI		p-values	Odds ratio	95%CI		p-value
All women	449	73.9	69.9	78.0				0.108 1				p < 0.001++2
Age-group
13-24 yrs	204	67.2	60.7	73.7					Ref
25-29 yrs	97	77.3	68.8	85.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	0.073+	1.9	1.0	3.5	0.043++
30+ yrs	148	81.1	74.7	87.5	2.1	1.3	3.5	0.004++	2.2	1.2	3.9	0.009++
Religion
Catholic	184	79.3	73.4	85.3	1.7	1.0	3.0	0.047++	1.7	1.0	3.0	0.068+
Anglican	106	68.9	59.9	77.8					Ref
Other	47	66.0	51.9	80.0	0.9	0.4	1.8	0.72	0.9	0.4	1.9	0.75
Muslim	112	73.2	64.9	81.5	1.2	0.7	2.2	0.48	1.4	0.8	2.7	0.27
Duration in community
5-45 yrs	150	84.7	78.8	90.5					2.1	1.2	3.6	0.007++
<5 yrs	292	68.5	63.1	73.9	2.5	1.5	4.2	p < 0.001++	Ref
Occupation
Fishing & related tasks	185	77.3	71.2	83.4	1.9	1.0	3.6	0.041++	1.9	1.0	3.8	0.063+
Bar workers	61	63.9	51.5	76.3					Ref
Business/trade	54	75.9	64.1	87.7	1.8	0.8	4.0	0.17	1.8	0.8	4.3	0.19
Farming	59	72.9	61.2	84.6	1.5	0.7	3.3	0.29	1.2	0.5	2.9	0.63
Other jobs	29	65.5	47.1	83.9	1.1	0.4	2.7	0.88	1.1	0.4	3.1	0.81
Not earning	61	77.0	66.2	87.9	1.9	0.9	4.2	0.12	2.4	1.0	5.7	0.048++
Marital status
Single	43	72.1	58.1	86.1	1.3	0.6	2.9	0.57	2.3	0.9	5.8	0.069+
Married	330	75.8	71.1	80.4	1.5	0.9	2.6	0.12	1.6	0.9	3.0	0.11
Divorced/Widowed	76	67.1	56.3	77.9					Ref

⁺⁺P-value < = 0.05,

⁺0.05 < p-value < 0.1.

¹p-value comparing completion rates between males and females.

²p-values from the multivariable analysis. Not earning occupation were participants who did activities that never involved any form of income