Table 8 Background characteristics and belief that children suffer NCDs because of the sins of their parents
From: Educational status and beliefs regarding non-communicable diseases among children in Ghana
Variables | Yes | Undecided about the belief | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
P-values | Odds ratio | P-values | Odd ratio | |
Education | ||||
No education (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Primary | 0.233 | 0.332 | 0.023 | 0.122** |
Middle/JSS/JHS | 0.062 | 0.215 | 0.003 | 0.064** |
Sec/SHS/Vocational | 0.462 | 0.505 | 0.922 | 0.927 |
Post-Sec/Polytechnic | 0.326 | 0.338 | 0.447 | 1.849 |
University | 0.237 | 0.273 | 0.148 | 3.186 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 0.591 | 1.388 | 0.085 | 0.379 |
Female (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Religion | ||||
Catholic | 0.450 | 2.824 | 0.354 | 0.387 |
Protestant/Ang/presby | 0.767 | 1.420 | 0.662 | 0.727 |
Charismatic | 0.339 | 2.959 | 0.554 | 0.654 |
Moslem | 0.609 | 2.252 | 0.751 | 0.711 |
Traditionalist (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Residence | ||||
Urban | 0.105 | 0.368 | 0.234 | 0.541 |
Rural (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Akan | 0.664 | 0.712 | 0.000 | 0.053** |
Ga-Dagme | 0.185 | 3.672 | 0.000 | 0.026** |
Other Ghanaians | 0.636 | 1.651 | 0.116 | 0.282 |
Mole-Dagbani | 0.398 | 0.260 | 0.010 | 0.046** |
Ewe (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
Age group | ||||
< 25 (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||
25–34 | 0.077 | 0.180 | 0.552 | 0.712 |
35–44 | 0.573 | 1.507 | 0.594 | 0.725 |
45–54 | 0.652 | 1.480 | 0.159 | 0.294 |
55–64 | 0.416 | 2.416 | 0.534 | 2.053 |
65+ | 0.836 | 1.386 | 0.854 | 1.292 |