Table 3.
Association between demographic characteristics of Barbers and odds of knowledge.
| Variables | Knowledge | Chi-square X2 (p-value) |
aCOR (95% CI) p-value |
bAOR (95% CI) p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | Good knowledge [N = 77] |
Poor knowledge [N = 44] |
|||
| <20 | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | |||
| 20–29 | 50 (61.7) | 31 (38.3) | 0.97(0.21, 4.33)0.966 | 1.18 (0. 15, 8. 80) 0.868 | |
| 30+ | 22 (68.7) | 10 (31.3) | 4.27 (0.233) | 1.3 (0. 26, 6.63) 0.736 | 1.09 (0. 09, 13.16) 0.944 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 49 (71.0) | 20 (29.0) | |||
| Married | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) | 0. 65 (0. 28, 1.48) 0.310 | 0. 30 (0 .07, 1. 29) 0.108 | |
| Cohabiting | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 8.90 (0.031) | 0. 20 (0. 06, 0.67) 0.010 | 0. 07 (0.01, 0.50) 0. 008 |
| Educational level | |||||
| None | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | |||
| Primary | 27 (64.3) | 15 (35.7) | 3.43 (1.16, 10.09) 0.025 | 4. 61 (0. 95, 22.20) 0.057 | |
| Secondary | 43 (74.1) | 15 (25.9) | 12.34 (0.006) | 5.42 (1.88, 15.58) 0.002 | 10.22 (2.24, 46.64) 0.003 |
| Religion | |||||
| Christian | 63(65.6) | 33(34.4) | |||
| Muslim | 13(65.0) | 7(35.0) | 0.97 (0.35, 2.67) 0.957 | 0.68 (0.20, 2.36) 0.552 | |
| Traditional | 1(20.0) | 4(80.0) | 4.29(0.117) | 0.13 (0. 01, 1.22) 0.074 | 0.20 (0.02, 1. 84) 0.158 |
| Work experience | |||||
| <5 years | 32 (54.2) | 27 (45.8) | |||
| 5–10 years | 33 (76.7) | 10 (23.3) | 2.78 (1.16, 6.66) 0.022 | 13.56 (2.73, 67.25) 0.001 | |
| > 10 years | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | 5.44 (0.066) | 1.44 (0.49, 4.18) 0.496 | 4.46 (0. 45, 43. 90) 0.200 |
| Number of apprentice per barber | |||||
| <5 Assistants | 73 (64.6) | 40 (35.4) | |||
| >5 Assistants | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 0.68 (0.407) | 0. 54 (0. 13, 2.30) 0.412 | 0. 20 (0.02, 2.07) 0.179 |
| Number of client attendance per day | |||||
| <10 | 35 (77.8) | 10 (22.2) | |||
| 10–19 | 29 (54.7) | 24 (45.3) | 0.34 (0.14, 0.83) 0.019 | 0.13 (0.03, 0.52)0.004 | |
| 20+ | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 6.21 (0.045) | 0.37 (0.12, 1.09) 0.073 | 0.30 (0.06, 1.47)0.139 |
| Location | |||||
| Urban | 60 (64.5) | 33 (35.5) | |||
| Rural | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | 0.13 (0.714) | 0.85 (0.35, 2.02) 0.714 | 0.33 (0.08, 1.23)0.101 |
| Mode of operation | |||||
| Apprenticeship | 45 (64.3) | 25 (35.7) | |||
| Barbering school | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 2.77 (0. 30, 25.11) 0.363 | 2.64 (0.03, 190.14) 0.655 | |
| On the job training | 15 (48.4) | 16 (51.6) | 0.52 (0. 22, 1.22) 0.136 | 0.45 (0.13, 1.58) 0.218 | |
| Others | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | 7.08 (0.069) | 3.33 (0. 69, 16.09) 0.134 | 7.00 (0.58, 83.91) 0.125 |
| Attitude | |||||
| Poor attitude | 28 (56.0) | 22 (44.0) | |||
| Good attitude | 16 (22.5) | 55 (77.5) | 14.19 (<0.001) | 4.37 (1.98, 9.62) <0.001 | 4.07 (1.27, 13.08) 0.018 |