Table 3.
Factors associated practice level of students in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020
| List of variable | Category of variables |
Practice levels | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Good (%) | Poor (%) | ||||
| Age category | 16–20 | 102(38.5) | 64(44.8) | 0.77(0.51, 1.16) | 1.06(0.63, 1.76) |
| (in years) | > 20 years | 163(61.5) | 79(55.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Residence | Urban | 189(71.3) | 64(44.8) | 3.07(2.01,4.68) | 2.89(1.85, 4.53)* |
| Rural | 76(28.7) | 79(55.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Sex of participants | Females | 145(54.7) | 69(48.3) | 1.29(0.86, 1.94) | 1.15(0.71, 1.85) |
| Males | 120(45.3) | 74(51.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Marital status | Single | 227(85.7) | 133(93.0) | 0.45(0.22, 0.93) | 0.86(0.32, 2.27) |
| Married | 38(14.3) | 10(7.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Education | Diploma (TVET) | 131(49.4) | 84(58.7) | 0.68(0.45, 1.03) | 0.81(0.45, 1.43) |
| enrollment type | Degree (first) | 134(50.6) | 59(41.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Program | Regular | 238(89.8) | 139(97.2) | 0.25(0.18, 0.74) | 0.26(0.18, 0.81)* |
| Extension | 27(10.2) | 4(2.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Field of study | Health related | 146(55.1) | 87(60.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Business | 85(32.1) | 44(30.8) | 1.15(0.73, 1.81) | 0.71(0.38, 1,33) | |
| Technology | 34(12.8) | 12(8.4) | 1.68(0.83, 3.43) | 0.63(0.25, 1.53) | |
| Academic year | Year I | 85(32.1) | 66(46.2) | 0.15(0.12, 0.67) | 0.17(0.14, 0.82)* |
| Year II | 113(42.6 | 67(46.9) | 0.19(0.14, 0.88) | 0.22(0.14, 1.05) | |
| Year III | 50(18.9) | 8(5.6) | 0.73(0.14, 3.81) | 0.84(0.15, 4.52) | |
| Year IV+ | 17(6.4) | 2(1.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Family size < 5 | 126(47.5) | 72(50.3) | 0.89(0.59, 1.34) | 0.72(0.45, 1.17) | |
| 5+ | 139(52.5) | 71(49.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Living with; | Family | 207(78.1) | 133(93.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Relatives | 24(9.1) | 4(2.8) | 3.85(1.31, 11.36) | 3.50(1.13, 10.83)* | |
| Others+ | 34(12.8) | 6(4.2) | 3.64(0.89, 8.29) | 1.42(0.44, 4.57) | |
| Monthly income for | < 1000 | 219(82.6) | 130(90.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| education (in ETB) | 1000–1500 | 38(14.3) | 9(6.3) | 2.51(1.17, 5.35) | 1.21(0.44, 3.31) |
| > 1500 | 8(3.0) | 4(2.8) | 1.18(0.35, 4.02) | 0.44(0.19, 2.16) | |
| Knowledge level | poor | 78(29.4) | 46(32.2) | 0.88(0.57, 1.36) | 1.04(0.62, 1.74) |
| Good | 187(70.6) | 97(67.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Attitude towards | Negative | 113 (42.6) | 65(45.5) | 0.89(0.59, 1.34) | 0.89(0.54, 1.49) |
| Positive | 152(57.4 | 78(54.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Key: COR- Crude Odds Ratio, AOR- Adjusted Odds Ratio, * - P-value < 0.05, Others+ (friends, alone, sister/son-in-laws)