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Table 9 Level of education 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

0.129

0.346

0.064

0.220

 Middle/JSS/JHS

0.062

0.318

0.059

0.281

 Sec/SHS/Vocational

0.063

0.289

0.205

0.414

 Post-Sec/Polytechnic

0.062

0.250

0.556

0.655

 University

0.110

0.300

0.439

1.714

  1. The reference category is “No”(Does not accept the belief)
  2. Yes = Accepted belief
  3. N = 225; Nagelkerke R-square = 0.132; Chi-square = 28.064
  4. **p < 0.05