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. 2015 Nov 5;15:1100. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2471-1

Table 5.

Association of demographic variable with the attitudes of participants towards Polio immunization

Variables Attitudes (%) OR (95 % CI) P value
Negative Positive
Age (years)
 18–30 83 17 Ref
 31–40 82.3 17.7 2.34 (1.1–4.8) 0.021
 41–50 91.3 8.7 0.33 (0.14–0.78) 0.012
 51–60 88.3 11.7 0.87 (0.38–1.98) 0.752
 >60 80.4 19.6 1.50 (0.57–3.93) 0.405
Gender
 Female 85.5 14.5 Ref
 Male 84.3 15.7 0.61 (0.34–1.08) 0.094
Qualification
 Nil 94 6 Ref
 Primary 76.8 23.2 3.03 (1.14–8.0) 0.025
 Secondary 91.3 8.7 2.01 (0.76–5.31) 0.157
 Religious 79.1 20.9 5.89 (2.17–15.9) <0.001
 Tertiary 77.2 22.8 9.14 (3.39–24.6) <0.001
Employment
 Unemployed 83.7 16.3 Ref
 Paid-employed 94.2 5.8 0.10 (0.04–0.23) <0.001
 Self-employed 77.2 22.8 1.29 (0.72–2.31) 0.390
Income (Pakistani rupees)
 <10000 88.4 11.6 Ref
 10000–40000 80.6 19.4 3.55 (1.34–9.41) 0.002
 >40000 85.9 14.1 2.67 (1.44–4.94) 0.011
Residential Status
 Rural 77.2 22.8 Ref
 Urban 90.6 9.4 3.29 (1.87–5.79) <0.001
Marital status
 Single 73.7 26.3 Ref
 Married 86.3 13.7 0.71 (0.29–1.69) 0.441
Participants having children less than 5 years of age
 No 89 11 Ref
 Yes 79.9 20.1 2.49 (1.28–4.87) 0.015
Past experience with polio patients
 No 82.4 17.6 Ref
 Yes 87.7 12.3 0.53 (0.27–1.01) 0.057
Residence
 Peshawar 86.2 13.8 Ref
 Quetta 83.1 16.9 1.38 (0.65–2.91) 0.396

Note: Overall predictive accuracy of the model is 87.4 %

Omnibus tests of model coefficients: Chi-square value = 152.11, p<0.001

-2 Log Likelihood= 503.375, Nagelkerke R square= 0.313