. 2020 Jun 22;22(6):e14714. doi: 10.2196/14714

Table 3.

Multivariable analysis showing predictors of text messaging within the male and female study participants (N=904).

Variables		Text messaging
		Males (n=305)		Females (n=599)
		OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)
	18-30	—^a	—	1.81 (0.86-3.81)	.12
	31-40	—	—	1.95 (0.92-4.16)	.08
	41-50	—	—	2.18 (0.92-5.15)	.08
	50+^b	—	—	—	—
Education
	No school	—	—	0.24 (0.06-0.97)	.04
	Incomplete school	—	—	0.57 (0.15-2.24)	.42
	High school diploma	—	—	1.37 (0.26-7.12)	.71
	Some College or college graduate^b	—	—	—	—
Household education
	No school	0.05 (0.02-0.18)	<.001	0.10 (0.04-0.25)	<.001
	Incomplete school	0.23 (0.09-0.54)	.001	0.23 (0.12-0.46)	<.001
	High school diploma	0.47 (0.17-1.28)	.14	0.47 (0.21-1.02)	.06
	Some College or college graduate^b	—	—	—	—
Type of family
	Broken^b	—	—	—	—
	Extended	—	—	0.57 (0.07-4.48)	.59
	Joint	—	—	1.81 (0.30-10.89)	.52
	Nuclear	—	—	0.80 (0.13-4.82)	.81
Total earning members in the household
	No earning member	0.04 (0.004-0.43)	.01	—	—
	1 earning member	0.47 (0.19-1.16)	.10	—	—
	2 earning members	0.77(0.29-2.03)	.59	—	—
	3 or more earning members^b	—	—	—	—
Housing type
	Nonconcrete^b	—	—	—	—
	Concrete	2.99 (0.99-9.03)	.05	1.66 (0.81-3.43)	.17
	Semiconcrete	3.94 (1.28-12.09)	.02	0.50 (0.24-1.06)	.07
Type of toilet facility
	In-house^b	—	—	—	—
	Public place	0.90 (0.48-1.68)	.74	1.14 (0.73-1.79)	.56
	Open defecation	0.42 (0.15-1.23)	.11	0.79 (0.39-1.62)	.53
Television ownership
	No^b	—	—	—	—
	Yes	1.81 (0.52-6.34)	.35	1.29 (0.59-2.82)	.52
Television ownership with satellite television service
	No^b	—	—	—	—
	Yes	2.01 (0.66-6.11)	.22	2.06 (1.08-3.93)	.03
Smoking
	No^b	—	—	—	—
	Yes	—	—	0.45 (0.26-0.79)	.01

^aEmpty cells indicate that the variables were not significant in the bivariate analysis for the respective gender group.

^bReference group.