Table 2 Factors associated with safe child stool disposal among women in Ghana
Variables | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Not Married | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Married | **0.76 | 0.62 | 0.93 | 1.12 | 0.88 | 1.43 |
Religion | ||||||
Christianity | Ref | Ref | ||||
Islam | ***0.49 | 0.37 | 0.64 | 0.92 | 0.64 | 1.32 |
other | ***0.53 | 0.36 | 0.79 | 1.15 | 0.74 | 1.79 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Akan | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Ga-Dangbme | 0.73 | 0.45 | 1.17 | 0.81 | 0.50 | 1.3 |
Ewe | 0.88 | 0.65 | 1.20 | 0.89 | 0.64 | 1.24 |
Mole-Dagbani | ***0.31 | 0.24 | 0.41 | 1.08 | 0.72 | 1.62 |
Others | ***0.26 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.68 | 0.44 | 1.03 |
Wealth status | ||||||
Poorest | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Poorer | ***3.17 | 2.35 | 4.28 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 1.7 |
Middle | ***3.01 | 2.19 | 4.12 | 1.02 | 0.66 | 1.58 |
Richer | ***3.10 | 2.24 | 4.29 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 1.61 |
Richest | ***2.66 | 1.87 | 3.79 | 0.72 | 0.43 | 1.22 |
Educational level | ||||||
No education | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Primary | ***1.76 | 1.30 | 2.38 | 1.01 | 0.71 | 1.44 |
Secondary/higher | ***2.54 | 1.99 | 3.24 | 1.24 | 0.88 | 1.76 |
Working status | ||||||
Not working | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Working | *0.78 | 0.61 | 0.98 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 1.03 |
Ecological Zone | ||||||
Northern | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Coastal | ***6.77 | 4.85 | 9.45 | ***4.52 | 2.82 | 7.22 |
Middle | ***6.49 | 4.71 | 8.95 | ***4.62 | 3.00 | 7.10 |
Frequency of watching television | ||||||
Not at all | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Less than once a week | **1.495 | 1.15 | 1.95 | 0.79 | 0.57 | 1.10 |
At least once a week | **1.36 | 1.08 | 1.71 | 0.87 | 0.63 | 1.20 |
Frequency of listening radio | ||||||
Not at all | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Less than once a week | **1.91 | 1.41 | 2.59 | 1.32 | 0.94 | 1.87 |
At least once a week | **1.57 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 1.12 | 0.80 | 1.56 |
Sex of Household head | ||||||
Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Female | *1.35 | 1.07 | 1.71 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 1.33 |
Child’s age | ||||||
0–5 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
6–11 | 1.21 | 0.90 | 1.63 | 1.06 | 0.77 | 1.46 |
12–17 | **1.58 | 1.18 | 2.10 | **1.56 | 1.15 | 2.13 |
18–23 | ***1.90 | 1.43 | 2.53 | ***1.75 | 1.29 | 2.39 |
Type of toilet facility | ||||||
Unimproved | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Improved | ***3.28 | 2.61 | 4.14 | **2.04 | 1.53 | 2.73 |
Source of drinking water | ||||||
Unimproved | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
Improved | *0.75 | 0.58 | 0.97 | **0.62 | 0.45 | 0.85 |
Pseudo R2 | 0.12 | |||||
N | 2228 | |||||