Table 2 Association between education and food handling practices for all study participants (main effects Only)

Level of Education

 Illiterate

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Primary

0.82

[0.59, 1.14]

0.95

[0.67, 1.35]

0.87

[0.62, 1.20]

1.02

[0.71, 1.45]

 Secondary

1.02

[0.71, 1.47]

0.91

[0.63, 1.32]

0.81

[0.55, 1.18]

1.40

[0.97, 2.01]

Household Type

 Agriculture

1.69

[1.24, 2.32] **

1.60

[1.15, 2.23] **

1.74

[1.27, 2.37] **

0.44

[0.31, 0.61] **

Improved Water

 Yes

1.03

[0.80, 1.34]

1.14

[0.87, 1.49]

1.05

[0.80, 1.36]

1.19

[0.90, 1.56]

Children

 Yes

0.85

[0.62, 1.15]

1.02

[0.75, 1.39]

1.32

[0.92, 1.89]

0.69

[0.51, 0.93] *

Marital Status

 Married

1.33

[1.03, 1.72] *

1.41

[1.08, 1.83] **

1.18

[0.88, 1.59]

0.80

[0.61, 1.04]

Sex

 Female

1.22

[0.71, 2.08]

1.48

[0.87, 2.53]

3.56

[1.27, 9.97] *

1.03

[0.60, 1.78]

Household Income

 < 2,000

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 2000–4000

0.91

[0.66, 1.27]

1.29

[0.91, 1.83]

0.97

[0.71, 1.33]

1.80

[1.29, 2.50] **

 4000–6000

0.32

[0.22, 0.45]

0.51

[0.35, 0.72] **

1.21

[0.83, 1.76]

2.10

[1.45, 3.03] **

 6000–8000

0.17

[0.11, 0.26]

0.40

[0.26, 0.61] **

0.72

[0.41, 1.28]

2.26

[1.45, 3.52] **

 8000–10000

0.17

[0.10, 0.28] **

0.22

[0.14, 0.37] **

1.24

[0.69, 2.23]

2.87

[1.73, 4.74] **

 > 10,000

0.31

[0.19, 0.49] **

0.39

[0.24, 0.62] **

1.35

[0.78, 2.37]

1.77

[1.08, 2.89] *

Age [Years]

 15–19

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 20–29

1.12

[0.65, 1.91]

1.19

[0.69, 2.07]

0.75

[0.43, 1.30]

1.35

[0.74, 2.48]

 30–39

1.33

[0.76, 2.33]

1.12

[0.63, 1.97]

0.61

[0.35, 1.09]

1.86

[1.00, 3.46] *

 49–49

0.96

[0.53, 1.74]

0.92

[0.51, 1.69]

0.68

[0.37, 1.24]

1.66

[0.86, 3.19]

 > 50

0.73

[0.41, 1.31]

0.93

[0.51, 1.69]

0.77

[0.42, 1.41]

2.07

[1.09, 3.95] *

Baseline Odds

2.74

[1.20, 6.26] *

1.74

[0.76, 4.00]

0.06

[0.02, 0.21] **

0.20

[0.08, 0.47] **