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Table 4 Association between the Practice Score, Sociodemographic Characteristics and Knowledge

From: Occupational safety practice among metal workers in Bangladesh: a community-level study

Variables (n)

Univariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis (1)

Multivariate Analysis (2)

Beta

P-value

Beta

P-value

Beta

P-value

Intercept

  

1.84

< 0.001***

2.09

< 0.001***

Age

(0 = “< 25”, 1 = “> = 25”)

0.09

0.721

  

−0.03

0.894

Education

(0 = No/ Primary, 1 = Above Primary)

0.53

0.002***

0.56

0.001***

0.62

< 0.001***

Occupation

(0 = Owner, 1 = Other)

−0.29

0.104

  

−0.42

0.056*

Marital Status

(0 = Unmarried, 1 = Married)

0.08

0.747

  

0.19

0.513

Monthly Family Income

(0 = “< 15,000”, 1 = “> = 15,000”)

−0.33

0.041**

−0.36

0.028**

−0.40

0.020**

Number of workers in factory

(0 = “<=3”, 1 = “> 3”)

− 0.09

0.604

  

− 0.09

0.607

Age of factory

(0 = “< 10”, 1 = “> = 10”)

0 .12

0.461

  

0.09

0.590

Knowledge Score

(0 = “< 4”, 1 = “4”)

−0.25

0.312

  

−0.36

0.162

  1. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1