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Table 2 Socio demographic factors associated with the frequency of AMT uptake among eligible participants to all campaigns, in Injibara town and Banja districts of Awi zone, July 2013

From: Coverage of azithromycin mass treatment for trachoma elimination in Northwestern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Socio demographic variables [N = 5266]

Frequency of AMT uptake

95% Confidence Interval

> 3 Times

≤ 3 Times

COR

AOR

Residence

 Rural

2222

1700

1.37 [1.22–1.56]

1.69 [1.44–1.98]

 Urban

654

690

1.00

 

Sex

 Female

1450

1217

0.98 [0.88–1.09]

0.92 [0.82–1.04]

 Male

1426

1173

1.00

 

Age

  > 60 years

165

98

3.70 [2.75–4.97]

4.40 [2.96–6.56]

 41–60 years

532

309

3.78 [3.06–4.67]

4.71 [3.38–6.58]

 21–40 years

968

634

3.35 [2.78–4.04]

4.04 [3.01–5.42]

 16–20 years

543

377

3.16 [2.47–3.89]

2.77 [2.15–3.57]

 11–15 years

447

487

2.01 [1.64–2.47]

1.76 [1.40–2.22]

 7–10 years

221

485

1.00

1.00

Job

 Farmer

1074

734

1.45 [1.28–1.64]

1.04 [0.81–1.33]

 Merchant

83

62

1.32 [0.94–1.86]

1.03 [0.70–1.52]

 Government employee

156

125

1.23 [0.96–1.58]

0.94 [0.62–1.43]

 Housewife

234

129

1.79 [1.42–2.26]

1.49 [1.08–2.06]

 Jobless

48

40

1.19 [0.77–1.82]

1.00 [0.63–1.58]

 Others

140

173

0.80 [0.630.28–1.04]

0.77 [0.58–1.03]

 Student

1141

1127

1.00

1.00

Educational Status

 College and above

183

154

0.87 [0.69–1.10]

1.26 [0.85–1.85]

 Grade 9–12

416

257

1.19 [0.99–1.43]

1.78 [1.39–2.28]

 Grade 4–8

712

607

0.86 [0.75–0.99]

1.21 [0.98–1.50]

 Grade 1–4

288

449

0.47 [0.40–0.56]

0.62 [0.49–0.78]

 Able to read and write

240

162

1.09 [0.87–1.36]

1.01 [0.79–1.28]

 Unable to read and write

1037

761

1.00

1.00

Marital Status

 Married

1277

853

1.51 [1.35–1.69]

1.41 [1.15–1.74]

 Divorced

79

39

2.05 [1.38–3.02]

1.89 [1.21–2.94]

 Widowed

88

52

1.71 [1.20–2.43]

1.54 [1.02–2.34]

 Single

1432

1446

1.00

1.00