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

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Table 3 Alcoholic beverage drinking frequency and associated factors among women

Characteristic	Drinking patterns of drinking alcoholic beverages (past 7 days) (N = 861)
	None		Once		2-3 times		4 times or more		p-value
	n(%)		n	%	n	%	n	%
Age									0.063
15-19	32	47.6	26	38.4	9	12.9	1	1.1
20-24	62	42.1	59	40.7	20	13.7	5	3.5
25-29	40	28.8	54	39.6	34	24.9	9	6.8
30-34	46	34.6	48	33.5	28	20.7	15	11.6
35-39	46	28.9	47	29.4	48	30.2	19	11.6
40-44	29	28.4	42	41.1	25	24.3	6	6.2
45-49	27	24.2	44	39.2	32	28.4	9	8.2
Marital status									0.000*
Never married	82	46.9	67	38.2	20	11.3	6	3.6
Married/cohabiting	164	28.9	205	36.3	150	26.5	47	8.2
Divorced/Separated/Widowed	35	30.1	45	38.6	25	21.7	11	9.5
Residence									0.000*
Urban	178	44.2	147	36.4	61	14.9	18	4.5
Rural	103	22.7	170	37.5	135	29.7	46	10.1
Region									0.000*
Western	13	27.5	24	51.4	8	17.0	1	4.1
Central	38	55.3	15	21.9	9	13.5	6	9.3
Greater Accra	98	44.0	77	34.6	32	14.1	16	7.2
Volta	12	11.3	57	54.8	29	27.8	6	6.1
Eastern	20	27.8	16	22.8	25	36.6	7	10.9
Ashanti	55	42.9	43	33.3	26	20.5	4	3.2
Brong Ahafo	18	48.9	10	27.4	8	21.2	1	2.4
Northern	18	25.2	25	35.1	20	28.3	8	11.4
Upper East	2	2.5	34	55.5	21	34.9	4	7.1
Upper West	6	13.5	15	32.7	16	35.9	8	17.9
Education									0.000*
No education	43	19.4	86	39.0	71	32.1	21	9.5
Primary	44	24.9	62	35.6	45	25.4	25	14.2
Secondary/Higher	194	42.3	168	36.6	79	17.3	18	3.9
Ethnicity									0.000*
Akan	166	46.1	110	30.7	63	17.6	20	5.6
Ga/Dangme	31	28.6	47	42.6	20	18.5	11	10.4
Ewe/Guan	49	26.9	75	41.2	46	25.5	12	6.4
Mole-Dagbani	15	12.7	54	46.1	36	30.7	12	10.6
Grussi/Gruma/Mande	20	23.0	30	34.3	29	33.1	8	9.7
Wealth									0.000*
Poor	56	17.3	123	38.1	105	32.7	38	11.8
Middle	56	42.2	40	30.3	25	18.8	12	8.7
Rich	170	42.1	154	38.3	65	16.1	14	3.6
Employment (past 12 months)									0.037*
Not employed	53	40.7	51	38.6	23	17.4	4	3.2
Employed	228	31.4	267	36.7	172	23.7	59	8.2

n: number of women, %: percentage of women who consumed alcohol during the past week preceding the survey. *Statistcally significant (p < 0.05). Note: Some frequencies do not correspond with frequencies in Table 2 due to missing responses.

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