Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with unfavorable attitude toward mental illness among Mattu town residents, South West Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 649).

Variable	Category	Unfavorable attitude		COR,95% (CI)	AOR,95% (CI)
		No N (%)	Yes N (%)
Gender	Male	198 (55.8)	157 (44.3)	1	1
	Female	194 (66.0)	100 (34.0)	0.65 (0.47,0.89)	0.86 (0.59,1.24)
Educational status	Unable to read and write	82 (82.0)	18 (18.0)	0.19 (0.10, 0.35)	0.48 (0.23, 0.98)
	Can read and write	112 (62.2)	68 (37.8)	0.54 (0.35,0.82)	0.68 (0.41,1.12)
	1–8	47 (69.1)	21 (30.9)	0.39 (0.22,0.71)	0.30 (0.14,0.66)
	9–12	69 (54.8)	57 (45.2)	0.73 (0.46,1.15)	0.64 (0.36,1.15)
	College and above	82 (46.9)	93 (53.1)	1	1
Age of the respondents	18–25	99 (66.4)	50 (33.6)	0.83 (0.51, 1.34)	0.19 (0.08,0.46)
	26–35	138 (54.8)	114 (45.2)	1.36 (0.89,2.07)	0.53 (0.29,0.94)
	36–45	68 (63.0)	40 (37.0)	0.97 (0.58,1.62)	0.79 (0.43,1.45)
	≥46	87 (62.1)	53 (37.9)	1	1
Marital status	Single	129 (55.8)	102 (44.3)	1	1
	Widowed/divorced	46 (71.9)	18 (28.1)	0.49 (0.27,0.90)	0.69 (0.27,1.79)
	Married	217 (61.3)	137 (38.7)	0.79 (0.57,1.12)	0.59 (0.33,1.08)
Family Hx of mental illness	Yes	10 (90.9)	1 (9.1)	1	1
	No	382 (59.9)	256 (40.1)	6.70 (0.85,52.7)	3.06 (0.37,25.54)
Heard about mental illness from social media	Yes	164 (82.8)	34 (17.2)	1	1
	No	228 (50.6)	223 (49.4)	4.72 (3.12,7.13)	3.44 (1.98,5.99)**
Current use of substance	Yes	310 (68.3)	144 (31.7)	1	1
	No	82 (42.1)	113 (57.9)	2.97 (2.09,4.19)	1.64 (1.09,5.98)*
Monthly income	< 2,300	291 (64.0)	164 (36.0)	0.61 (0.44,0.86)	0.81 (0.55,1.19)
	≥2,300	101 (52.1)	93 (47.9)	1	1
Occupational status	Self employed	321 (65.4)	170 (34.6)	1.52 (1.27,1.83)	0.53 (0.29, 0.93)
	Government employed	71 (44.9)	87 (55.1)	1	1

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, reference category = 1, Hx, history. The bold values indicate the variable associated in the final regression model.