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

Table 5.

Factors affecting face-mask use practices

Demographics Own face mask Reuse face mask
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
Age-group (years)
 14–23
 24–33 2.78 (1.23–6.31) 0.014 2.05 (0.88–4.76) 0.097 0.74 (0.33–1.66) 0.462
 34–43 2.60 (1.07–6.31) 0.035 1.61 (0.64–4.09) 0.311 0.57 (0.24–1.33) 0.193
 44–53 2.54 (0.93–6.91) 0.068 1.63 (0.58–4.59) 0.352 0.68 (0.27–1.67) 0.394
 54–63 6.05 (0.75–48.95) 0.092 4.45 (0.54–36.92) 0.167 1.12 (0.31–4.02) 0.868
 64–73 1.47 (0.17–12.92) 0.730 2.21 (0.24–20.17) 0.483 0.46 (0.08–2.70) 0.391
Gender
 Female
 Male 0.82 (0.45–1.49) 0.508 1.15 (0.76–1.75) 0.508
Education level
 Complete secondary
 Complete primary 0.49 (0.15–1.58) 0.230 5.36 (1.55–18.49) 0.008 2.11 (0.57–7.80) 0.263
 Incomplete primary 0.35 (0.11–1.11) 0.074 3.30 (1.09–10.00) 0.034 1.14 (0.35–3.78) 0.826
 Incomplete secondary 0.49 (0.17–1.16) 0.097 1.48 (0.82–2.66) 0.194 0.94 (0.49–1.81) 0.861
 No formal education 0.60 (0.11–3.13) 0.540 2.01 (0.56–7.25) 0.286 0.73 (0.19–2.90) 0.659
 Technical/vocational 1.64 (0.19–14.07) 0.654 1.29 (0.48–3.45) 0.609 1.04 (0.37–2.94) 0.932
 University/tertiary 1.14 (0.36–3.63) 0.824 0.81 (0.46–1.44) 0.480 0.92 (0.49–1.72) 0.802
Religion
 Catholic 1.49 (0.73–3.07) 0.277 1.28 (0.78–2.09) 0.325
 Moslem 0.86 (0.39–1.92) 0.720 1.81 (0.91–3.59) 0.090
 SDA 1
 Pentecostal/born again 1.78 (0.58–5.46) 0.316 1.10 (0.55–2.10) 0.832
 Protestant 1 1
 Other religions 1 1
Site category 1
 Hospital 0.82 (0.46–1.46) 0.503 0.78 0.424
 Police station 1 4.61 (2.47–8.59) < 0.001 3.92 (1.97–7.82) < 0.001
 Market 0.34 (0.15–0.78) 0.010 0.38 (0.16–0.88) 0.025
Received information on face-mask use
 No 1
 Yes 3.44 (1.87–6.32) < 0.001 2.85 (1.53–5.32) 0.001

OR = odds ratio.