Skip to main content

Table 10 Background characteristics and the belief that someone could be responsible for the children’s illness

From: Educational status and beliefs regarding non-communicable diseases among children in Ghana

Variable

Yes

Undecided about the belief

P-values

Odds ratio

P-values

Odd ratio

Education

 No education (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 Primary

0.155

0.331

0.057

0.184

 Middle/JSS/JHS

0.067

0.272

0.121

0.310

 Sec/SHS/Vocational

0.095

0.272

0.382

0.497

 Post-Sec/Polytechnic

0.160

0.305

0.765

0.782

 University

0.194

0.318

0.409

1.995

Sex

 Male

0.063

0.390

0.690

0.840

 Female (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

Religion

 Catholic

0.212

0.280

0.364

0.446

 Protestant/Angl/Presby

0.550

0.676

0.988

1.011

 Charismatic

0.948

0.959

0.880

1.109

 Moslem

0.659

0.642

0.349

0.382

 Traditionalist (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

Residence

 Urban

0.076

0.424

0.445

0.679

 Rural (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

Ethnicity

 Akan

0.498

1.455

0.144

0.493

 Ga-Dagme

0.507

1.640

0.017

0.144*

 Other Ghanaians

0.695

1.388

0.862

1.143

 Mole-Dagbani

0.512

2.056

0.434

2.208

 Ewe (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

Age group

 < 25 (RC)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 25–34

0.349

1.734

0.669

1.255

 35–44

0.143

2.357

0.922

1.055

 45–54

1.000

1.000

0.075

0.264

 55–64

0.465

0.460

0.977

1.027

 65+

0.940

1.108

0.906

1.149

  1. The reference category is “No” (Does not accept the belief)
  2. Yes = Accepted belief
  3. N = 225; Nagelkerke R-square = 0.281; Chi-square = 64.469
  4. **p < 0.05