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Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression analysis among adult males in Ethiopia, 2016

From: Factors affecting current khat chewing among male adults 15–59 years in Ethiopia, 2016: a multi-level analysis from Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Variable

Khat chewing

COR(95% CI)

AOR(95% CI)

AOR(95% CI)

Yes

No

Individual-level factors

Age

 15–19

331

2241

1.00

1.00

1.00

 20–24

394

1486

3.0 (2.35, 3.83)

2.66 (2.00, 3.52)

2.68 (2.02, 3.56)*

 25–29

577

1398

6.11 (4.84, 7.72)

6.27 (4.58, 8.59)

6.24 (4.55, 8.56)*

 30–34

500

1114

6.72 (5.26, 8.57)

6.74 (4.75, 9.56)

6.59 (4.64, 9.36)*

 35–39

375

996

5.77 (4.43, 7.51)

5.19 (3.56, 7.57)

4.92 (3.37, 7.18)*

 40–44

317

871

5.94 (4.57, 7.73)

5.05 (3.45, 7.42)

4.99 (3.40, 7.34)*

 45–49

222

711

4.01 (2.98, 5.39)

2.91 (1.92, 4.39)

2.89 (1.91, 4.37)*

 50–54

141

434

4.60 (3.25, 6.49)

3.91 (2.45, 6.24)

3.81 (2.38, 6.10)*

 55–59

116

371

4.49 (3.15, 6.40)

4.74 (2.94, 7.65)

4.66 (2.89, 7.57)*

Educational level

 No education

1078

2695

2.09 (1.59, 2.75)

1.43 (0.97, 2.11)

1.62 (1.10, 2.39)*

 Primary education

1419

4457

1.39 (1.09, 1.79)

1.72 (1.21, 2.43)

1.85 (1.30, 2.62)*

 Secondary education

302

1544

0.95 (0.74, 1.24)

1.28 (0.91, 1.18)

1.32 (0.94, 1.87)

 Higher education

176

923

1.00

1.00

1.00

Occupation

 Not working

86

858

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Professional/technical/managerial

114

517

5.54 (3.74, 8.19)

3.44 (2.10, 5.65)

3.59 (2.18, 5.91)*

 Clerical

17

80

7.09 (3.54, 14.19)

8.21 (3.59, 18.77)

8.49(3.68, 19.55)*

 Sales

152

525

5.20 (3.55, 7.60)

2.47 (1.58, 3.86)

2.53 (1.61, 3.97)*

 Agriculture – employee

2168

6168

4.66 (3.43, 6.34)

2.50 (1.74, 3.59)

2.57 (1.78, 3.72)*

 Services

48

162

6.17 (3.68, 10.33)

3.23 (1.74, 5.98)

3.16 (1.70, 5.89)*

 Skilled manual

205

619

9.92 (6.88, 14.32)

5.48 (3.57, 8.40)

5.68 (3.68, 8.76)*

 Unskilled manual

52

227

5.27 (3.14, 8.83)

3.75(2.02, 6.98)

4.01 (2.14, 7.54)*

 Others

132

466

5.11 (3.40, 7.68)

3.69 (2.31, 5.89)

3.70 (2.30, 5.96)*

Religion

 Orthodox

325

5352

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Catholic

11

79

0.15 (0.06, 0.38)

0.19 (0.06, 0.60)

0.16 (0.05, 0.48)*

 Protestant

98

2648

0.13 (0.09, 0.19)

0.26 (0.17, 0.40)

0.2 (0.13, 0.31)*

 Muslin

2505

1411

8.78 (7.04, 10.94)

21.59 (16.00, 9.19)

18.30 (13.54, 4.74)*

 Traditional+other

37

129

0.50 (0.06, 0.09)

0.60 (0.20, 1.85)

0.43 (0.14, 1.31)

Sex of household head

 Male

2658

8376

1.56 (1.30, 1.88)

1.01 (0.81, 1.27)

1.03 (0.82, 1.30)

 Female

317

1244

1.00

1.00

 

Wealth Index

 Poorest

621

1358

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Poorer

660

1634

0.64 (0.50, 0.81)

0.71(0.54, 0.93)

0.67(0.51, 0.89)*

 Middle

616

1811

0.69(0.54, 0.88)

0.84(0.63, 1.12)

0.80(0.60, 1.08)

 Richer

495

2217

0.56(0.43, 0.72)

0.81(0.60, 1.10)

0.76(0.56, 1.03)

 Richest

582

2600

0.74(0.55, 1.00)

1.18(0.83, 1.68)

0.94(0.63, 1.39)

Current marital status

 Never in union

854

4036

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Married

1814

5154

2.40 (2.09, 2.75)

0.81 (0.63, 1.04)

0.83 (0.64, 1.06)

 Living with partner

245

176

2.98 (1.89, 4.70)

1.44 (0.83, 2.50)

1.27 (0.74, 2.19)

 Widowed

12

32

4.69 (1.75, 12.58)

1.20 (0.36, 4.020

1.17 (0.34, 3.94)

 Divorced

36

189

1.29 (0.76, 2.19)

0.35 (0.19, 0.65)

0.38 (0.21, 0.69)*

 No longer living together/separated

13

33

3.17 (1.27, 7.88)

1.86 (0.64, 5.37)

1.88 (0.62, 5.65)

Alcohol drinking in the last 30 days

 Yes

478

4949

1.12(0.95, 1.33)

1.91(1.50, 2.43)

2.15(1.69, 2.73)*

 No

2496

4671

1.00

1.00

1.00

Smoking cigarette in the last 30 days

 Yes

526

129

21.62 (16.01, 29.18)

16.87 (12.30, 23.14)

10.79 (8.61,13.51)*

 No

2449

9491

1.00

1.00

1.00

Community-level factors

Residence

 Urban

482

2014

2.13(1.31, 3.45)

1.01(0.58, 1.75)

1.17(0.66, 2.07)

 Rural

2493

7606

1.00

  

Region

 Oromia

1875

2839

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Tigray

19

776

0.01 (0.01,0.03)

0.01 (0.01,0.03)

0.03 (0.01, 0.07)*

 Afar

28

54

0.93 (0.35, 2.45)

0.93 (0.35, 2.45)

0.28 (0.11, 0.68)*

 Amhara

304

2902

0.04 (0.02, 0.09)

0.04 (0.02, 0.09)

0.07 (0.04, 0.14)*

 Somali

142

184

1.60 (0.76, 3.39)

1.60 (0.76, 3.39)

0.36 (0.18, 0.70)*

 Benishangul

22

102

0.26 (0.10, 0.68)

0.26 (0.10, 0.68)

0.14 (0.06, 0.35)*

 SNNPR

392

2194

0.10 (0.05, 0.21)

0.10 (0.05, 0.21)

0.53 (0.29, 0.99)*

 Gambella

8

29

0.30 (0.08, 1.10)

0.30 (0.08, 1.11)

0.78 (0.21, 2.94)

 Harari

23

8

11.04 (3.11,39.16)

10.99 (3.02, 40.00)

6.97 (1.91, 25.43)*

 Addis Ababa

118

503

0.41 (0.19, 0.87)

0.41(0.17, 0.99)

0.30 (0.14, 0.66)*

 Dire Dawa

45

27

4.65 (1.74, 12.37)

4.62 (1.64, 13.02)

2.77 (1.05, 7.30)*

  1. * P-value < 0.05