Table 3.

association of socio-demographic characteristics, and comprehensive knowledge, attitude and practice with prevalence of cautery

Demographic characteristics		Have you ever had traditional cautery in your life? N=858		p-value	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age group	Count	Yes (%)	No (%)
18-39	345	37.4	62.6	<0.001	1
40-59	407	49.6	50.4		1.65 (1.23 - 2.21)
60 and above	106	57.5	42.5		2.27 (1.46 - 3.53)
Sex
Male	472	45.1	54.9	0.716	1
Female	386	46.4	53.6		1.05 (0.8 - 1.38)
Religion
Christian	134	8.2	91.8	<0.001	1
Muslim	724	52.6	47.4		12.42 (6.59 - 23.41)
Education
No education	420	59.5	40.5	<0.001	1
Primary	178	44.4	55.6		0.54 (0.38 - 0.77)
Middle & above	260	45.7	54.3		0.22 (0.15 - 0.31)
Marital status
Single	127	29.1	70.9	<0.001	1
Ever married	731	48.6	51.4		2.3 (1.53 - 3.46)
Access to health facility
Accessible	353	30.9	69.1	<0.001	1
Moderately accessible	456	53.9	46.1		2.62(1.96-3.51
Not Accessible	49	75.5	24.5		6.90(3.46-13.75)
Ethnicity
Tigrigna	139	6.5	93.5	<0.001	1
Afar	206	55.3	44.7		17.90(8.63-37.11)
Tigre	273	50.5	49.5		14.77(7.22-30.21)
Saho	180	50.6	49.4		14.77(7.07-30.83)
Rashaida	54	68.5	31.5		31.44(12.95-76.30)
Comprehensive knowledge
Good knowledge	339	20.4	79.6	<0.001	1
Poor knowledge	519	62.2	37.8		6.45 (4.69 - 8.87)
Comprehensive attitude
Good attitude	383	19.1	80.9	<0.001	1
Poor attitude	475	67.2	32.8		8.68 (6.31 - 11.95)
Comprehensive practice
Good practice	576	30.6	69.4	<0.001	1
Bad practice	282	76.6	23.4		7.44 (5.36 - 10.32)