Table 2 Factors associated with general arsenic knowledge and knowledge of nutritional value of rice
From: Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population
Arsenic knowledge | Knowledge of nutritional value of rice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p |
Age | 1.06 | 1.01–1.11 | 0.005 | 0.98 | 0.94–1.01 | 0.275 |
Gender (Reference: Male) | ||||||
Female | 0.24 | 0.06–0.88 | 0.031 | 0.79 | 0.29–2.12 | 0.644 |
Ethnicity (Reference: White: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/ British) | ||||||
Asian/Asian British: Pakistani | 0.006 | 0.00–0.03 | < 0.001 | 1.23 | 0.44–3.45 | 0.685 |
Asian/Asian British: Bangladeshi | 0.064 | 0.01–0.25 | <0.001 | 0.46 | 0.13–1.51 | 0.203 |
Black/African/ Caribbean/Black British | 0.291 | 0.04–1.97 | 0.207 | 2.05 | 0.37–11.10 | 0.405 |
Housing (Reference: house owner) Tenants and others | 3.70 | 1.12–12.18 | 0.031 | 0.71 | 0.29–1.75 | 0.466 |
Occupation (Reference: Unemployed) | ||||||
Self employed | 0.89 | 0.18–4.31 | 0.893 | 1.02 | 0.33–3.12 | 0.965 |
Employed | 2.09 | 0.57–7.65 | 0.261 | 1.70 | 0.55–5.19 | 0.349 |
Education (Reference: primary) | ||||||
Secondary | 1.45 | 0.34–6.17 | 0.608 | 0.38 | 0.11–1.38 | 0.144 |
Higher | 12.27 | 2.44–61.70 | 0.002 | 0.38 | 0.10–1.39 | 0.146 |
Media use (Reference: low) High | 0.95 | 0.33–2.72 | 0.922 | 3.64 | 1.42–9.31 | 0.007 |
