Table 6.
Bivariate and multivariate analysis on the association between respondents’ demographic characteristics and their pattern of TM use. Ethnicity: Others*: Hidareb, Saho, Bilen, Nara, Afar
| Variables | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COR | 95% CI | p-value | AOR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Preference of TM as a primary healthcare | ||||||
| Ever visited THP | ||||||
| Yes | 8.30 | (3.25, 21.20) | < 0.0001 | |||
| No | Ref | |||||
| Ever visited THPs | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 1.78 | (0.99, 3.17) | 0.052 | 1.85 | (1.01, 3.38) | 0.046 |
| Male | Ref | |||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Tigre | 0.85 | (0.42, 1.73) | 0.655 | 0.97 | (0.47, 2.01) | 0.934 |
| Kunama | 2.05 | (0.88, 4.78) | 0.097 | 2.30 | (0.97, 5.46) | 0.600 |
| Others* | 0.60 | (0.25, 1.47) | 0.263 | 0.64 | (0.26, 1.59) | 0.338 |
| Tigrigna | Ref | |||||
| Future use of TM | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 2.60 | (1.17, 5.75) | 0.018 | 2.26 | (0.92, 5.14) | < 0.0001 |
| Male | Ref | |||||
| Ever visited THP | ||||||
| Yes | 4.73 | (2.13, 10.50) | < 0.0001 | 4.40 | (1.97, 9.83) | < 0.0001 |
| No | Ref | |||||
| Use of TM to induce diarrhea and/or vomiting for “cleansing purposes” | ||||||
| Level of Education | ||||||
| No formal education | 2.48 | (1.11, 5.54) | 0.026 | |||
| Elementary or higher | Ref | |||||
| Willingness to disclose use of TM to CHPs | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Tigrigna | 9.03 | (2.98, 27.36) | < 0.0001 | 8.74 | (2.85, 26.75) | < 0.0001 |
| Tigre | 1.81 | (0.59, 5.52) | 0.300 | 1.72 | (0.56, 5.31) | 0.345 |
| Kunama | 7.02 | (2.20, 22.41) | 0.001 | 5.97 | (1.84, 19.37) | 0.003 |
| Others* | Ref | |||||