Table 11 Trends in underweight among Ghanaian children by maternal education, 0-36 Months 1993 to 2008 with 95% CI
1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | p | X 2 | Total N | |
Maternal education | |||||||||||
No education | |||||||||||
Male | 36.3 | 31.6, 41.3 | 25.5 | 21.3, 30.4 | 27,8 | 23.6, 32.4 | 20.8 | 16.1, 26.4 | 0,001 | 20.687 | 1560 |
Female | 28.8 | 24.5, 33.4 | 24.1 | 19.9, 29.0 | 23,6 | 19.7, 28.0 | 15.3 | 11.2, 20.4 | 0,002 | 14,97 | 1545 |
Primary | |||||||||||
Male | 22.6 | 19.3, 26.2 | 20.0 | 14.7, 26.6 | 21,4 | 16.2, 27.8 | 16.2 | 11.4, 22.4 | 0,256 | 4.048 | 1159 |
Female | 20.3 | 17.1, 24.0 | 17.3 | 12.2, 23.9 | 14,6 | 10.4, 20.1 | 12.4 | 8.3, 18.1 | 0,057 | 7,531 | 1097 |
Some high school+ | |||||||||||
Male | 9.7 | 4.4, 19.9 | 14.0 | 10.6, 18.4 | 17,8 | 13.8, 22.7 | 14.5 | 10.6, 19.6 | 0.280 | 3.830 | 1013 |
Female | 7.4 | 2.8, 18.2 | 17.6 | 13.9, 22.0 | 12,4 | 9.1, 16.7 | 12.2 | 9.0, 16.3 | 0,047 | 7.941 | 1066 |