Agony resulting from cultural practices of canine bud extraction among children under five years in selected slums of Makindye: a cross sectional study

Table 1 Study Participants’ characteristics

Characteristic	Frequency (N = 298)	Percentage	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Zone
Namuwongo	102	34.2	1
Kisugu central	88	29.5	0.4 (0.2–1.1)	0.089
KibuliKisaga	48	16.1	2.0 (0.4–9.6)	0.407
Kikubamutwe	32	10.7	1.3 (0.3–6.3)	0.765
Wabigalo	28	9.4	0.7 (0.2–2.9)	0.630
Sex
Male	36	12.1	1
Female	262	87.9	0.5 (0.1–2.3)	0.376
Age
14–19	6	2.0	1
20–25	59	19.8	1.3 (0.1–12.4)	0.834
26–31	115	38.6	1.7 (0.2–15.9)	0.635
32–38	75	25.2	2.8 (0.3–28.8)	0.387
39+	43	14.4	2.7 (0.2–30.8)	0.432
Education level
None	52	17.5	1
Primary	108	36.2	0.4 (0.1–1.7)	0.186
Secondary	106	35.6	0.3 (0.1–1.6)	0.178
Tertiary	32	10.7	0.2 (0.0–1.2)	0.078
Religion
Catholic	118	39.6	1
Protestant	90	30.2	0.5 (0.2–1.4)	0.183
Muslim	58	19.5	0.5 (0.2–1.4)	0.165
Other	32	10.7	0.3 (0.1–1.2)	0.084
Marital status
Single	36	12.1	1
Married	227	76.2	1.1 (0.3–3.2)	0.922
Sep/div/wid¹	35	11.7	4.3 (0.5–40.1)	0.207
Employment
Unemployed	110	36.9	1
Employed	188	63.1	1.2 (0.6–2.7)	0.600
Tribe
Western	57	19.1	1
Northern	61	20.5	4.1 (0.8–20.8)	0.081
Central	95	31.9	0.7 (0.3–2.0)	0.553
Eastern	64	21.5	1.7 (0.5–5.5)	0.415
Other	21	7.1	–	–
No of children
One	129	43.3	1
Two or more	169	56.7	2.3 (1.1–5.1)	0.036^a

^aStatistically significant at p = 0.05, 1 sep/div/wid separated/widow/divorced

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