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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.