Table 8 Association of perceptions towards alarm use with social demographic characteristics

Age

4.421

2.372

8.239

0.001

≤ 30 yrs

70

13

3.620

2.059

6.364

> 30 yrs

299

188

0.819

0.762

0.880

Gender

0.544

0.377

0.786

0.001

Male

13

180

0.693

0.557

0.863

Female

32

274

1.275

1.094

1.485

Education

0.195

0.113

0.338

0.001

Educated

40

385

1.276

1.167

1.395

Non Educated

5

69

0.249

0.154

0.403

Marital status

0.622

0.422

0.894

0.010

Married

15

255

0.809

0.690

0.948

Un-married

30

199

1.301

1.058

1.600

Occupation

0.512

0.352

0.744

0.001

Employed

17

187

1.505

1.187

1.907

Un-employed

28

267

0.770

0.668

0.887