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Table 2 Multilevel logistic regression analysis of both individual and community-level factors associated with alcohol use in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

From: Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use among adult males in Ethiopia: multilevel analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016

Individual and community-level variables

Models

Null model

Model I

Model II

Model III

AOR (95%CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Men age

 15–29 years

 

1

 

1

 30–44 years

 

1.28 (1.07, 1.54)

 

1.30 (1.08, 1.56)*

 45–59 years

 

1.38 (1.09, 1.74)

 

1.38 (1.10, 1.74)*

Household head

 Male

 

1

 

1

 Female

 

1.05 (0.87, 1.27)

 

1.09 (0.90, 1.32)

Marital status

 Had a partner

 

1

 

1

 Not having a partner

 

0.78 (0.65, 0.94)

 

0.78 (0.64, 1.02)

Religion

 Orthodox

 

1

 

1

 Muslim

 

0.006 (0.005,0.08)

 

0.01 (0.008, 0.044)

 Protestant

 

0.05 (0.039, 0.062)

 

0.06 (0.054, 0.083)

 Others

 

0.36 (0.24, 0.55)

 

0.42 (0.28, 0.63)

Men education

 Unable to read and write

 

1

 

1

 Primary education

 

0.83 (0.65, 1.06)

 

0.87 (0.68, 1.11)

 Secondary education

 

0.74 (0.55, 0.99)

 

0.80 (0.60, 1.08)

 Higher education

 

1.30 (0.95, 1.78)

 

1.40 (0.99, 1.92)

Men working status

 Not working

 

1

 

1

 Working

 

0.78 (0.54, 1.12)

 

0.83 (0.57, 1.02)

Media exposure

 No exposed

 

1

 

1

 Exposed

 

1.67 (1.40, 2.00)

 

1.69 (1.41, 2.20)*

Wealth index

 Poor

 

1

 

1

 Middle

 

0.91 (0.73, 1.13)

 

0.85 (0.68, 1.06)

 Richer

 

0.84 (0.69, 1.03)

 

0.83 (0.68, 1.03)

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

 

1

 

1

 Smoker

 

1.89 (1.48, 2.41)

 

2.18 (1.71, 2.79)*

Khat chewing

 No

 

1

 

1

 Yes

 

2.77 (2.28, 3.37)

 

3.08 (2.54, 3.74)*

Occupation

 Had occupation

 

1

 

1

 Had no occupation

 

0.30 (0.20, 0.46)

 

0.34 (0.22, 0.51)*

Literacy

 Can read

 

1

 

1

 Cannot read

 

0.95 (0.76, 1.19)

 

1.01 (0.80, 1.26)

Residence

 Urban

  

1

1

 Rural

  

0.27 (0.17, 0.41)

0.80 (0.56, 1.15)

Region

 Tigray

  

1

1

 Afar

  

.0007 (.0003, 0.0007)

0.02 (0.009, 0.042)*

 Amhara

  

0.62 (0.31, 1.25)

1.05 (0.61, 1.81)

 Oromia

  

0.008 (0.004, 0.017)

0.06 (0.039, 0.11)*

 Somali

  

0.0001 (0.0003, 0.00)

0.004 (0.001, 0.011)*

 Benishangul

  

0.04 (0.021, 0.093)

0.33 (0.18, 0.58)*

 SNNPR

  

0.1 (0.005, 0.02)

0.07 (0.04, 0.12)*

 Gambela

  

0.03 (0.016, 0.073)

0.15 (0.08, 0.27)*

 Harari

  

0.02 (0.001, 0.005)

0.01 (0.008, 0.032)*

 Addis Ababa

  

0.048 (0.02, 0.106)

0.21 (0.11, 0.39)*

 Dire Dawa

  

0.003 (0.001, 0.007)

0.03 (0.016, 0.059)*

Random effects

 ICC%

77.82

47.23

48.84

29.04

 PCV%

1

74.52

72.79

88.38

 MOR

51.41

7.33

7.83

3.83

Model fitness

 Log-likelihood ratio

− 5224

− 3920

− 4907

− 3690

 Deviance

10448

7840

9817

7380

  1. CI confidence interval, AOR adjusted odds ratio, Others traditional religion followers
  2. *Significant at p value = 0.05