Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariable analysis assessing patient socio-demographic factors and self-referral in Stanger Hospital

Variable	Bivariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	Un-adjusted OR	P-Value	95% CI	Adjusted OR	P-Value	95% CI
Age
40 years and below	2.31	<0.001*	1.51-3.54	3.29	<0.001**	1.98-5.47
Gender
Female	0.52	0.003*	0.34-0.80	0.46	0.001**	0.29-0.72
Race
African	0.64	0.043*	0.42-0.99	0.41	<0.001**	0.25-0.67
Marital status
Single	0.94	0.792	0.62-1.44
Level of education
High school and above	0.65	0.159	0.35-1.19
Source of income
Permanent employment	0.67	0.061*	0.44-1.02	0.44	0.002**	0.26-0.73
Monthly income
Below R3000	0.86	0.472	0.57-1.30
Family support
Yes	0.64	0.16	0.34-1.20
Awareness of referral procedure
Yes	0.66	0.057*	0.43-1.01	1.02	0.939	0.58-1.79
Knowledge regarding referral letter
Yes	0.46	0.005*	0.26-0.79	0.54	0.091	0.27-1.10

^*= level of statistical significance p<0.1

^**= level of statistical significance p<0.05