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Table 5 Factors associated with Level of knowledge on blood donation among Health Science students in Arsi University, Ethiopia, April 11–May 2, 2016

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice of students towards blood donation in Arsi university and Adama science and technology university: a comparative cross sectional study

Variables

Knowledge level

COR(95% CI)

AOR(95% CI)

Good

Poor

Gender

Malea

118

24

1

1

Female

25

13

2.557(1.148,5.696) b

3.150(1.313,7.554) b

Age

18-24a

118

34

1

1

25–30

25

3

0.416(0.119,1.464)

0.391(0.100,1.528)

Religion

Orthodoxa

91

25

1

1

Protestant

27

7

0.944(0.368,2.420)

0.871(0.310,2.449)

Others

25

5

0.728(0.253,2.096)

0.749(0.242,2.320)

Ethnicity

Amharaa

48

15

1

1

Oromo

74

16

0.692(0.313,1.528)

0.823(0.347,1.951)

Others

21

6

0.914(0.312,2.683)

0.896(0.270,2.974)

Year of study

Third yeara

59

13

1

1

Fourth year

47

18

1.738(0.773,3.906)

2.400(0.993,5.804)

Fifth year

37

6

0.736(0.257,2.105)

0.890(0.286,2.774)

Residence

Rurala

69

18

1

1

Urban

74

19

0.984(0.477,2.029)

1.027(0.465,2.266)

  1. aReference Category, bSignificant association