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. 2019 Sep 11;14(9):e0220834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220834

Table 4. Univariate analysis assessing association between equity factors and "Whether or not received".

  Number of respondents in category (n) Number of respondents who received SMS (%) Odds Ratio: SMS was actually received (95% CI, two-tailed)* P-value**
Age (years) of respondents        
Younger than 40 23 20 (13.04%) 1.00 (reference group)
40–49 120 36 (30.00%) 2.86 (0.80–10.22) 0.11
50–59 120 41 (34.17%) 3.46 (0.97–12.33) 0.06
60–69 75 31 (41.33%) 4.70 (1.28–17.19) 0.02
70–79 30 17 (56.67%) 8.72 (2.12–35.78) 0.01
Older than 80 16 13 (18.75%) 28.89 (5.04–165.58) <0.001
Sex of respondents        
Male 146 41 (28.08%) 1.00 (reference group)
Female 238 100 (42.02%) 1.86 (1.19–2.89) 0.006
Level of education (grade) of respondents        
Less than primary school 96 48 (50.00%) 1.00 (reference group)
Primary school 151 44 (29.14%) 0.41 (0.24–0.70) 0.001
Secondary School 45 10 (22.22%) 0.29 (0.13–0.64) 0.002
Level of income (Kshs) of respondents        
Less than 1,000 37 19 (51.35%) 1.00 (reference group)
1,000 to 2,499 71 17 (23.94%) 0.30 (0.13–0.69) 0.005
2,500 to 4,999 97 33 (34.02%) 0.49 (0.23–1.05) 0.07
5,000 to 7,499 51 20 (39.22%) 0.61 (0.26–1.44) 0.26
7,500 or greater 36 7 (19.44%) 0.23 (0.08–0.65) 0.006
Type of work        
Own business (formal or informal) 191 63 (32.98%) 1.00 (reference group)
Salaried 35 5 (14.29%) 0.34 (0.13–0.91) 0.03
Casual 73 29 (39.73%) 1.34 (0.77–2.34) 0.31
None 78 39 (50.00%) 2.03 (1.19–3.47) 0.01
Number of hours worked        
Less than 8 hours 109 36 (33.03%) 1.00 (reference group)
8–10 hours 120 49 (40.83%) 1.40 (0.82–2.40) 0.22
Greater than 10 hours 45 8 (17.78%) 0.44 (0.19–1.04) 0.06
Quality of air in home        
Very High 13 4 (30.77%) 1.00 (reference group)
High 72 25 (34.72%) 1.20 (0.33–4.28) 0.78
Moderate 178 59 (33.15%) 1.12 (0.33–3.77) 0.86
Low 75 34 (45.33%) 1.87 (0.53–6.59) 0.33
Very low 45 18 (40.00%) 1.50 (0.40–5.62) 0.55

*Univariate Odds Ratios comparing the odds of being "Willing to receive SMS" for each non-baseline group to the odds in the baseline (“reference”) group

**P values represent results of Wald test for the Odds Ratios comparing individual levels to baseline ("reference") group within each variable