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Table 2 Predictors of well switching among unsafe well users

From: A cluster-based randomized controlled trial promoting community participation in arsenic mitigation efforts in Bangladesh

 

Total1

% Who switched2

OR for switching (95% CI)3

Arsenic tester

Outside arsenic tester

248

63

1.00

Community arsenic tester

295

44

0.86 (0.42-1.77)

Proportion of unsafe wells in respondent's village

Less than 60%

258

72

1.00

Greater or equal to 60%

285

35

0.25 (0.13-0.48)

Minutes to safe drinking water source

Less than or equal to 5 minutes

282

63

1.00

Greater than 5 minutes

227

43

0.55 (0.32-0.96)

Well ownership

No

103

67

1.00

Yes

440

50

0.41 (0.25-0.65)

Radio ownership

No

398

55

1.00

Yes

145

47

0.64 (0.43-0.94)

  1. (1) "Total" indicates the number of respondents with each attribute. (2) "% Switching" indicates the percentage of individuals with that attribute that switched wells. (3) OR were adjusted for all variables in the table. Participants with unknown information for any of the covariates were excluded.