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Table 2 Proportions and predictors of alcoholic beverage consumption among women

From: Consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Alcohol consumption

p-value

Age adjusted

Multivariate

COR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

n = 861

% = 17.5

Age

  

0.000

    

15-19

68

6.6

 

1

 

1

 

20-24

146

16.7

 

2.40***

1.81, 3.17

2.40***

1.73, 3.32

25-29

137

16.5

 

2.63***

1.98, 3.48

2.57***

1.78, 3.72

30-34

133

20.7

 

3.11***

2.33, 4.16

2.99***

2.02, 4.42

35-39

162

25.4

 

4.10***

3.09, 5.43

3.82***

2.59, 5.65

40-44

104

22.2

 

3.51***

2.59, 4.75

2.98***

1.96, 4.52

45-49

111

26.0

 

4.76***

3.51, 6.43

4.42***

2.91, 6.70

Marital status

  

0.000

    

Never married

175

11.0

 

1

 

1

 

Married/Cohabiting

569

19.8

 

2.04***

1.71, 2.43

0.87

0.66, 1.13

Divorced/Separated/Widowed

117

26.3

 

2.85***

2.19, 3.70

1.34

0.94, 1.70

Residence

  

0.000

    

Urban

404

17.0

 

1

 

1

 

Rural

457

18.1

 

1.40***

1.21, 1.62

1.23

0.98, 1.55

Region

       

Western

48

10.7

 

1

 

1

 

Central

70

16.5

 

2.04**

1.33, 3.14

2.16**

1.39, 3.37

Greater Accra

223

26.2

 

3.30***

2.29, 4.75

3.77***

2.49, 5.69

Volta

105

24.3

 

3.17***

2.15, 4.68

2.91***

1.86, 4.54

Eastern

69

14.2

 

1.65*

1.11, 2.49

1.48

0.97, 2.27

Ashanti

131

13.0

 

1.43

0.98, 2.11

1.69*

1.13, 2.52

Brong Ahafo

37

8.6

 

0.95

0.59, 1.52

1.06

0.65, 1.71

Northern

71

15.2

 

2.25***

1.52, 3.33

3.45***

2.21, 5.41

Upper East

63

25.0

 

3.21***

2.15, 4.78

5.62***

3.47, 9.12

Upper West

46

37.3

 

6.28***

4.32, 9.11

11.98***

7.60, 18.90

Education

  

0.000

    

No education

222

21.3

 

1

 

1

 

Primary

178

18.0

 

0.67***

0.55, 0.82

0.95

0.76, 1.8

Secondary/Higher

461

16.0

 

0.53***

0.45, 0.62

0.85

0.69, 1.06

Ethnicity

  

0.000

    

Akan

359

14.4

 

1

 

1

 

Ga/Dangme

110

32.0

 

2.51***

1.91, 3.29

1.66**

1.21, 2.28

Ewe/Guan

182

24.1

 

1.86***

1.51, 2.28

1.20

0.91, 1.59

Mole-Dagbani

120

15.1

 

1.73***

1.43, 2.08

0.47***

0.34, 0.67

Grussi/Gruma/Mande

89

16.9

 

1.75***

1.40, 2.18

0.65**

0.48, 0.87

Wealth

  

0.000

    

Poor

323

19.2

 

1

 

1

 

Middle

133

13.6

 

0.51***

0.41, 0.64

0.64***

0.50, 0.81

Rich

405

18.0

 

0.69***

0.59, 0.80

0.87

0.67, 1.13

Employment (past 12 months)

  

0.000

    

Not employed

133

10.7

 

1

 

1

 

Employed

728

19.8

 

2.16***

1.78

1.46**

1.16, 1.83

  1. n: women who consume alcohol, %: proportion of women who consume alcohol, COR: Crude odds ratio, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001