Table 7.

Logistic regression results of KAP GAP by different background characteristics

Background characteristics	Crude odds ratio	Confidence interval (95 %)		Adjusted odds ratio	Confidence interval (95 %)
		Lower	Upper		Lower	Upper
Age group
15–19	Ref			Ref
20–24	0.627**	0.463	0.848	0.989*	0.767	1.47
25–29	0.368**	0.273	0.497	0.734*	0.526	1.023
30–34	0.273**	0.202	0.369	0.573**	0.406	0.809
35–49	0.379**	0.282	0.509	0.766*	0.542	1.082
Educational status
No education	Ref			Ref
Primary education	0.614**	0.521	0.724	0.683**	0.575	0.812
Secondary education	0.529**	0.475	0.588	0.688**	0.602	0.788
Higher education	0.324**	0.286	0.367	0.499**	0.417	0.597
Place of residence
Non Slum	Ref			Ref
Slum	1.435**	1.283	1.606	1.134	1.007	1.276
No of living children
No child	Ref			Ref
One child	0.247**	0.191	0.32	0.247**	0.188	0.323
Two children	0.178**	0.138	0.229	0.205**	0.155	0.269
Three children	0.214**	0.165	0.279	0.206**	0.153	0.277
Four & more than 4 children	0.328**	0.255	0.422	0.231**	0.171	0.314
Religion
Non Muslim	Ref			Ref
Muslim	1.415**	1.285	1.559	1.106	0.986	1.239
Caste
Sc/St	Ref			Ref
OBC	0.906**	0.801	1.023	0.972	0.847	1.115
Others	0.608**	0.536	0.691	0.967	0.834	1.121
Wealth index
Poor	Ref			Ref
Medium	0.688**	0.611	0.776	0.900**	0.79	1.024
Rich	0.425**	0.384	0.469	0.680**	0.597	0.774
Media exposure
No Exposure	Ref			Ref
Exposure to atleast one form of Media	0.514**	0.467	0.565	0.725**	0.652	0.807
Husband education
Not educated	Ref			Ref
Educated	0.531**	0.474	0.594	1.051	0.919	1.202

* p < 0.05

** p < 0.01