Newcastle disease awareness and vaccination practices among indigenous chicken farmers in the Biharamulo district of Tanzania

Table 2 Factors associated with the probability of a farmer vaccinating chickens against Newcastle disease

Variable	Category	OR	SE	z	p	95% CI for the OR
Intercept		16.34	0.69	7.356	< 0.001	6.1, 29.5
Gender of the respondent	Female	0
Gender of the respondent	Male	0.92	0.33	−1.923	0.098	0.2, 2.1
Age of the respondent (yrs.)	21–30	0
	31–40	0.98	0.51	−2.136	0.041	0.2, 1.8
	41–50	0.73	0.41	−3.134	0.001	0.1, 1.2
	Above 50	0.87	0.44	−3.981	< 0.001	0. 2, 1.5
Education level of the respondent	College	0
	Secondary	0.48	0.29	−6.556	< 0.001	0.1, 0.7
	Primary	0.46	0.414	−7.421	< 0.001	1.2, 1.1
Respondent aware of Newcastle disease	Yes	0
Respondent aware of Newcastle disease	No	0.65	0.73	−5.880	< 0.001	0.1–0.8
Received training on chicken production	Yes	0
Received training on chicken production	No	0.65	0.47	−5.676	< 0.001	0.02–0.9
Chicken production experience (yrs.)	0–5	0
	6–10	1.75	0.47	−1.185	0.236	0.7, 4.5
	Over 10	0.84	0.20	−2.661	0.013	0.2, 1.1
Experienced chicken loss due to Newcastle disease	Yes	0
Experienced chicken loss due to Newcastle disease	No	0.6	0.44	−2.232	0.025	0.1,0.9

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