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. 2020 Dec 14;104(2):502–513. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1174

Table 3.

Factors associated with knowing the right procedure and receipt of information on the use of face-masks

Demographics Know correct procedure of wearing a mask Received information on face-mask use
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-values
Age-group (years)
 14–23
 24–33 1.78 (1.00–3.17) 0.052 1.36 (0.72–2.57) 0.341 2.05 (1.20–3.51) 0.009 1.90 (1,08–3.35) 0.025
 34–43 1.87 (1.00–3.50) 0.048 1.50 (0.76–2.96) 0.245 1.92 (1.09–3.40) 0.025 1.68 (0.28–1.19) 0.091
 44–53 1.44 (0.74–2.80) 0.286 1.04 (0.50–2.16) 0.923 2.14 (1.14–4.02) 0.018 2.12 (1.09–4.14) 0.027
 54–63 2.77 (0.95–8.11) 0.061 1.95 (0.62–6.17) 0.254 2.82 (1.12–7.08) 0.027 3.39 (1.29–8.89) 0.013
 64–73 0.39 (0.94–1.56) 0.181 0.60 (0.13–2.75) 0.514 0.25 (0.05–1.28) 0.096 0.28 (0.05–1.52) 0.139
Gender
 Female
 Male 0.730 (0.5–1.05) 0.097 0.62 (0.44–0.86) 0.005 0.58 (0.40–0.83) 0.003
Education level
 Complete secondary
 Complete primary 1.52 (0.70–3.26) 0.286 1.16 (0.60–2.24) 0.665 1.12 (0.55–2.28) 0.761
 Incomplete primary 1.05 (0.50–2.20) 0.904 0.57 (0.30–1.08) 0.085 0.57 (0.28–1.19) 0.133
 Incomplete secondary 0.71 (0.42–1.18) 0.189 0.86 (0.53–1.39) 0.536 0.83 (0.49–1.40) 0.483
 No formal education 0.70 (0.28–1.76) 0.444 0.28 (0.12–0.66) 0.004 0.25 (0.09–0.63) 0.003
 Technical/vocational 1.19 (0.47–3.01) 0.709 0.93 (0.41–2.09) 0.854 0.93 (0.41–2.14) 0.873
 University/tertiary 1.81 (0.98–3.36) 0.059 1.49 (0.87–2.56) 0.148 1.21 (0.69–2.12) 0.515
Religion
 Catholic 0.37 (0.05–2.94) 0.346 0.48 (0.10–2.29) 0.361
 Moslem 0.21 (0.03–1.67) 0.139 0.36 (0.07–1.75) 0.205
 SDA
 Pentecostal/born again 0.50 (0.06–4.25) 0.526 0.80 (0.16–4.04) 0.785
 Protestant 0.33 (0.04–2.66) 0.298 0.42 (0.09–2.00) 0.278
 Other religions 1 0.44 (0.03–7.67) 0.577
Site category
 Hospital
 Police station 0.86 (0.44–1.67) 0.660 0.51 (0.26–0.98) 0.044 0.56 (0.28–1.12) 0.102
 Market 0.68 (0.37–1.26) 0.220 0.36 (0.19–0.66) 0.001 0.47 (0.24–0.93) 0.029
Received information on face-mask use
 No
 Yes 6.96 (4.66–10.40) 0.000 6.72 (4.47–10.08) < 0.001

OR = odds ratio; SDA = Seventh-day adventists.