Table 5.

predictors of good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice

Characteristics	COR	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Good knowledge^a
Age	1.02	1.03	1.01-1.04	<0.01
Male Sex (vs. female)	1.45	1.20	0.82-1.76	NS
Post-Secondary Education (vs. <post-secondary)	2.09	2.08	1.27-3.42	<0.01
Professional Occupation (vs. non-professional)	1.84	1.65	1.06-2.56	0.03
Positive attitude^b
Male Sex (vs. female)	1.42	1.00	0.62-1.63	NS
Post-Secondary Education (vs. <post-secondary)	3.31	2.80	1.43-5.49	<0.01
Professional Occupation (vs. non-professional)	2.24	1.76	0.99-3.12	NS
Good Knowledge (vs. poor knowledge)	17.65	16.96	10.55-27.27	<0.001
Good practice^c
Male Sex (vs. female)	1.46	1.35	0.93-1.96	NS
Professional Occupation (vs. non-professional)	1.37	1.14	0.75-1.74	NS
Good Knowledge (vs. poor knowledge)	2.04	1.79	1.15-2.79	0.01
Positive Attitude (vs. negative attitude)	1.76	1.19	0.75-1.88	NS

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; NS: not significant

Reference categories: ^a Poor knowledge, ^b Negative attitude, ^c Poor practice