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. 2021 Feb 28;18(1):42–51. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2021.1883101

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