Factors associated with lifejacket wear among occupational boaters on Lake Albert, Western Uganda
| Variable | Interviewed (n) | Users | % | Unadjusted PR (95% CI) | Adjusted PR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||||
| District where landing site is located | Buliisa | 296 | 93 | 31.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Hoima | 381 | 121 | 31.8 | 1.11 (0.63 - 1.96) | 0.89 (0.63 - 1.28) | 0.537 | |
| Kikuube | 386 | 174 | 45.1 | 1.58 (0.85 - 2.96) | 1.25 (0.90 - 1.74) | 0.184 | |
| Ntoroko | 86 | 12 | 14.0 | 0.51 (0.31 - 0.85)* | 0.59 (0.40 - 0.85)** | 0.005 | |
| Pakwach | 194 | 28 | 14.4 | 0.40 (0.07 - 2.25) | 0.47 (0.23 - 0.96)* | 0.039 | |
| Age (complete years) | Less than 20 | 31 | 9 | 29.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 20 to 29 | 516 | 194 | 37.6 | 1.13 (0.69 - 1.87) | 0.88 (0.56 - 1.38) | 0.584 | |
| 30 to 39 | 439 | 123 | 28.0 | 0.87 (0.55 - 1.39) | 0.66 (0.45 - 0.99)* | 0.042 | |
| 40 to 49 | 226 | 67 | 29.6 | 0.98 (0.57 - 1.68) | 0.70 (0.43 - 1.13) | 0.148 | |
| 50 and above | 131 | 35 | 26.7 | 0.87 (0.48 - 1.58) | 0.70 (0.46 - 1.05) | 0.087 | |
| Ethnicity | Alur | 913 | 315 | 34.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mugungu | 160 | 42 | 26.3 | 0.85 (0.59 - 1.23) | 0.80 (0.55 - 1.18) | 0.265 | |
| Munyooro/Mutooro | 135 | 24 | 17.8 | 0.58 (0.32 - 1.04) | 0.56 (0.35 - 0.91)* | 0.020 | |
| Other | 135 | 47 | 34.8 | 0.98 (0.65 - 1.47) | 0.99 (0.72 - 1.35) | 0.947 | |
| Religion | Anglican | 286 | 92 | 32.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Catholic | 661 | 204 | 30.9 | 0.93 (0.70 - 1.23) | |||
| Muslim | 188 | 64 | 33.7 | 1.04 (0.82 - 1.32) | |||
| Pentecostal | 158 | 57 | 36.1 | 1.04 (0.77 - 1.40) | |||
| Other | 48 | 11 | 22.9 | 0.74 (0.48 - 1.14) | |||
| Education level reached | None | 326 | 101 | 31.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Primary | 51 | 15 | 29.4 | 0.84 (0.50 - 1.42) | 0.94 (0.58 - 1.52) | 0.790 | |
| Secondary | 943 | 301 | 31.9 | 1.03 (0.85 - 1.25) | 1.09 (0.94 - 1.27) | 0.269 | |
| Tertiary/university | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1.46 (1.02 - 2.11)* | 1.57 (1.29 - 1.91)** | <0.001 | |
| Marital status | Single | 273 | 70 | 25.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Married | 1070 | 358 | 33.5 | 1.22 (0.97 - 1.54) | |||
| Have a child <10 years old | No | 273 | 76 | 27.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 1070 | 352 | 32.9 | 1.15 (0.92 - 1.44) | 1.24 (0.96 - 1.59) | 0.096 | |
| Occupation | Transporter | 136 | 56 | 41.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Fisherman | 1207 | 372 | 30.8 | 0.72 (0.45 - 1.15) | |||
| Duration of occupation | At most 12 months | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| More than 12 months | 1317 | 418 | 31.7 | 0.95 (0.62 - 1.46) | |||
| Occupancy of current dwelling unit | Owner | 603 | 168 | 27.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Renting (tenant) | 740 | 260 | 35.1 | 1.11 (0.91 - 1.36) | |||
| Average weekly expenditure | Less than 50 000 | 270 | 62 | 23.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 50 000–100 000 | 729 | 224 | 30.7 | 1.17 (0.93 - 1.47) | |||
| 101 000–200 000 | 295 | 117 | 39.7 | 1.48 (1.09 - 2.01)* | |||
| 201 000 and above | 49 | 25 | 51.0 | 1.86 (1.31 - 2.65)** | |||
| Type of phone owned | No phone | 303 | 68 | 22.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Feature phone | 912 | 316 | 34.6 | 1.44 (1.06 - 1.96)* | |||
| Smartphone | 128 | 44 | 34.4 | 1.47 (0.94 - 2.30) | |||
| Lifestyle/individual factors | |||||||
| Know how to swim | No | 136 | 32 | 23.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes, weak swimmer | 620 | 188 | 30.3 | 1.29 (0.86 - 1.94) | 1.21 (0.83 - 1.75) | 0.315 | |
| Yes, strong swimmer | 587 | 208 | 35.4 | 1.48 (0.96 - 2.27) | 1.25 (0.84 - 1.86) | 0.266 | |
| Ever arrested not wearing a life jacket | No | 772 | 235 | 30.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 571 | 193 | 33.8 | 1.01 (0.87 - 1.18) | |||
| Frequency on a boat/canoe | Daily | 634 | 208 | 32.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Few days in a week | 618 | 188 | 30.4 | 1.01 (0.84 - 1.23) | |||
| Once a week | 91 | 32 | 35.2 | 1.29 (0.84 - 1.97) | |||
| Number of people the subject went with to the lake | Two people | 390 | 56 | 14.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Three people | 691 | 234 | 33.9 | 1.75 (0.99 - 3.09) | 1.51 (0.91 - 2.51) | 0.108 | |
| At least four people | 262 | 138 | 52.7 | 2.64 (1.43 - 4.89)* | 2.12 (1.28 - 3.52)* | 0.004 | |
| Been in a boat that capsized | No | 760 | 259 | 34.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 583 | 169 | 29.0 | 0.91 (0.74 - 1.12) | |||
| Take intoxicating substances | No | 757 | 245 | 32.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 586 | 183 | 31.2 | 0.93 (0.80 - 1.09) | 0.98 (0.86 - 1.11) | 0.753 | |
| Attended session on lifejacket use | No | 1180 | 354 | 30.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 163 | 74 | 45.4 | 1.37 (1.12 - 1.68)* | 1.25 (1.01 - 1.56)* | 0.045 | |
| Number of trips in a day | One trip | 1280 | 404 | 31.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Two trips | 57 | 22 | 38.6 | 1.20 (0.95 - 1.52) | |||
| Three or more | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1.24 (0.53 - 2.91) | |||
| Trained to operate a boat | From a friend/relative | 1167 | 382 | 32.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Another trainer | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1.18 (0.75 - 1.88) | |||
| Not trained | 167 | 41 | 24.6 | 0.71 (0.51 - 0.99)* | |||
| Vessel and environmental factors | |||||||
| Time of set-off | Daylight | 699 | 204 | 29.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Night-time | 644 | 224 | 34.8 | 1.04 (0.88 - 1.24) | |||
| Own a boat | No | 1140 | 348 | 30.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 203 | 80 | 39.4 | 1.43 (1.1 - 1.80)* | 1.44 (1.14 - 1.83)* | 0.002 | |
| Type of boat owned | Fishing/transport boat | 1198 | 415 | 34.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Row boat | 145 | 13 | 9.0 | 0.38 (0.15 - 0.97)* | 0.43 (0.18 - 1.06) | 0.066 | |
| Boat size | Small -≤3 metres | 228 | 48 | 21.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Big,>3 metres | 1115 | 380 | 34.1 | 1.46 (1.07 - 2.00)* | 1.55 (1.13 - 2.12)* | 0.007 | |
| Boat has provision for lifejacket storage | No | 902 | 239 | 26.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 441 | 189 | 42.9 | 1.52 (1.25 - 1.85)** | 1.34 (1.11 - 1.62)* | 0.002 | |
| Weather condition at time of interview | Rainy | 393 | 124 | 31.5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Sunny | 950 | 304 | 32.0 | 0.97 (0.83 - 1.14) | |||
*P value <0.05; **<0.001.