Table 3 Main factors contributing to mode of communication among the entire sample (N = 1210): Results of logistic multi-nominal regressions
Dependent variable: | Combined communication vs. oral communication | Manual communication vs. oral communication | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent variables: | B | Odds ratio | CI 95% | B | Odds ratio | CI 95% |
Gender (vs. male): | ||||||
 Female | 0.01- | 0.99 | 0.74–1.34 | *0.41-* | 0.67 | 0.47–0.93 |
Age (vs. 18–24): | ||||||
 25–30 | **0.42- | 0.66 | 0.48–0.89 | 0.03 | 1.04 | 0.73–1.47 |
Ethnicity (vs. general): | ||||||
 Ultra-Orthodox | **1.80-* | 0.17 | 0.08–0.33 | **2.62-* | 0.07 | 0.02–0.32 |
 Arab | **0.72* | 2.04 | 1.40–2.99 | **1.42* | 4.13 | 2.79–6.13 |
District (vs. center): | ||||||
 Periphery | 0.07 | 1.08 | 0.74–1.56 | **0.70* | 2.01 | 1.36–2.96 |
Assistive device (vs. no device): | ||||||
 CI | **1.33-* | 0.26 | 0.13–0.54 | **3.41-* | 0.03 | 0.02–0.07 |
 Hearing aid | **1.01- | 0.36 | 0.18–0.72 | **2.73-* | 0.07 | 0.04–0.12 |
First degree relatives with HL (vs. No): | ||||||
 Yes | **0.49 | 1.63 | 1.18–2.24 | **0.74* | 2.08 | 1.44–3.02 |
 Pseudo R Square: |  | |||||
 Cox and Snell | 0.370 | |||||
 Nagelkerke | 0.417 | |||||
 McFadden | 0.211 | |||||