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 |