Table 5.

Association between the respondents and the household’s characteristics and “Palu” prevention by the HM or PM, Cotonou, 2016

Variables	No		Yes		OR brut	IC95%		p
	n	%	n	%
Respondent information
Age group (years)								0.0615
< 25	42	14.89	22	10.05	1
(25–35)	94	33.33	63	28.77	1.32	0.71	2.44	0.4259
(35–45)	66	23.4	57	26.03	1.69	0.89	3.19	0.1174
(45–55)	33	11.7	39	17.81	2.31	1.14	4.68	0.0215
(55–65)	31	10.99	17	7.76	1.17	0.53	2.60	0.9089
> = 65	16	5.67	21	9.59	2.80	1.20	6.52	0.0301
Sex
Male	98	34.75	72	32.88	1
Female	184	65.25	147	67.12	1.09	0.74	1.59	0.6602
School level								0.0465
None	48	17.14	58	26.48	1
Primary	75	26.79	58	26.48	0.64	0.38	1.07	0.0885
Secondary	97	34.64	66	30.14	0.56	0.34	0.92	0.0227
University	60	21.43	37	16.89	0.51	0.29	0.89	0.0187
Religion								0.5703
Catholic	138	49.46	120	54.79	1
Other Christians	80	28.67	60	27.4	0.86	0.57	1.30	0.4844
Muslims	44	15.77	30	13.7	0.78	0.46	1.33	0.3635
Others	17	6.09	9	4.11	0.60	0.26	1.42	0.2493
Place of birth
Cotonou	124	44.13	100	46.95	1
Other	157	55.87	113	53.05	0.9	0.62	1.28	0.5330
Household information
Type of the households
Monoparental	227	80.5	151	68.95	1
Biparental	55	19.5	68	31.05	1.89	1.23	2.80	0.0031
Health insurance
No	243	87.41	192	89.30	1
Yes	35	12.59	23	10.70	0.83	0.48	1.46	0.5183
“Tontine” group
No	171	62.87	129	60.28	1
Yes	101	37.13	85	39.72	1.12	0.77	1.61	0.5602
Wealth index								< 0.0001
Very poor	3	1.65	24	27.7	1
Poor	36	19.78	107	29.58	0.37	0.11	1.30	0.1230
Intermediate	73	40.11	143	30.99	0.24	0.07	0.84	0.0253
Rich	55	30.22	51	11.74	0.12	0.03	0.41	0.0008
Very rich	15	8.24	5	1.52	0.04	0.01	0.20	< 0.0001