Table 4 Main factors contributing to mode of communication among participants using a CI (N = 386): Results of logistic multi-nominal regression
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. males): | ||||||
 Females | 0.29- | 0.75 | 0.46–1.22 | **0.87- | 0.42 | 0.21–0.85 |
Age (vs. 18–24): | ||||||
 25–30 | *0.62- | 0.54 | 0.32–0.91 | 0.05- | 0.95 | 0.47–1.94 |
Ethnicity (vs. general): | ||||||
 Ultra-Orthodox | **1.53-* | 0.22 | 0.10–0.48 | *2.39- | 0.09 | 0.01–0.71 |
 Arab | *0.79 | 2.21 | 1.11–4.39 | ***1.72 | 5.59 | 2.47–12.66 |
District (vs. center): | ||||||
 Periphery | *0.58 | 1.78 | 0.94–3.38 | **0.98 | 2.67 | 1.22–5.85 |
Age at implantation (vs. > 3): | ||||||
 ≤3 | 0.51- | 0.6 | 0.24–1.48 | *1.41- | 0.24 | 0.05–1.24 |
First degree relatives with HL (vs. No): | ||||||
 Yes | **0.80 | 2.22 | 1.32–3.70 | *0.64 | 1.87 | 0.93–3.83 |
 Pseudo R Square: |  | |||||
 Cox and Snell | 0.246 | |||||
 Nagelkerke | 0.287 | |||||
 McFadden | 0.145 | |||||