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. 2018 Apr 30;2018:3485967. doi: 10.1155/2018/3485967

Table 6.

Adjusted association between socioeconomic characteristics and feed aflatoxin awareness variables.

Socioeconomic characteristics Having heard about aflatoxin(s) Perceiving aflatoxin presence in feeds Being able to detect feed mould Perceiving aflatoxin detoxification in feeds
AOR (95% CI) p value AOR (95% CI) p value AOR (95% CI) p value AOR (95% CI) p value
Gender
Female 1.6 (0.7–3.5) 0.27 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 0.82 1.1 (0.3–4.3) 0.93 1.6 (0.7–3.5) 0.23
Male (r)

Respondents' age
≤45 yrs 1.6 (0.6–4.1) 0.36 1.1 (0.6–2.0) 0.74 4.1 (0.6–27.6) 0.15 1.1 (0.4–2.7) 0.83
>45 yrs (r)

Education level
High 1.5 (0.3–8.2) 0.65 2.0 (1.2–3.3) 0.01 1.4 (0.6–3.2) 0.50 1.4 (0.2–8.0) 0.72
Low (r)

Education stage
≤secondary (r)
Secondary 1.6 (0.3–7.7) 0.53 2.4 (0.6–10.0) 0.21 1.0 (0.01–93.5) 0.93 3.2 (0.3–33.6) 0.32
Tertiary 2.4 (0.4–17.0) 0.37 1.1 (0.4–3.3) 0.85 1.9 (0.8–4.5) 0.13 2.3 (0.3–16.0) 0.38

Field of specialization
Life/social sc. 5.8 (2.7–12.6) 0.00 1.3 (0.4–4.0) 0.66 1.4 (0.1–1.5) 0.77 1.3 (0.3–6.0) 0.71
None/other fields (r)

Employment category
Formal 1.2 (0.2–6.8) 0.81 1.3 (0.4–3.9) 0.62 4.8 (1.0–23.5) 0.05 5.8 (0.8–43.7) 0.09
Informal (r)

Occupation category
Farming (r)
Nonfarming 1.9 (0.5–6.8) 0.33 1.1 (0.5–2.50) 0.79 1.2 (0.1–22.5) 0.91 1.0 (0.3–3.8) 0.94

Animal keeping experience
≤10 yrs 1.4 (0.5–3.8) 0.50 1.5 (0.8–2.8) 0.16 1.6 (0.3–10.3) 0.60 2.9 (1.4–6.3) 0.01
>10 yrs (r)

Location (wards)
Ambureni (r)
Imbaseny 6.0 (1.4–25.5) 0.01 0.3 (0.1–1.2) 0.09 0.4 (0.1–2.5) 0.31 1.9 (0.4–7.0) 0.48

AOR: adjusted odd ratio; (r): reference.