Variables | Weighted sample | Safe | P-values | |
---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | |||
Age | p = 0.0856 | |||
15–24 | 568 | 25.5 | 22.1 | |
25–34 | 1110 | 49.8 | 23.2 | |
35–49 | 550 | 24.7 | 22.5 | |
Marital status | p = 0.009 | |||
Not Married | 807 | 36.2 | 26.1 | |
Married | 1421 | 63.8 | 21.1 | |
Religion | P < 0.001 | |||
Christianity | 1659 | 74.4 | 26.0 | |
Islam | 398 | 17.9 | 14.6 | |
Other | 171 | 7.7 | 15.8 | |
Ethnicity | p < 0.001 | |||
Akan | 1021 | 45.8 | 33.1 | |
Ga-Dangbme | 131 | 5.9 | 26.5 | |
Ewe | 295 | 13.2 | 30.4 | |
Mole-Dagbani | 429 | 19.3 | 13.5 | |
Others | 352 | 15.8 | 11.6 | |
Wealth | p < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 506 | 22.7 | 11.6 | |
Poorer | 466 | 20.9 | 29.3 | |
Middle | 434 | 19.5 | 28.2 | |
Richer | 432 | 19.4 | 28.8 | |
Richest | 391 | 17.5 | 25.8 | |
Residence | p = 0.756 | |||
Rural | 1229 | 55.2 | 22.5 | |
Urban | 999 | 44.9 | 23.1 | |
Ecological zone | p < 0.001 | |||
Northern | 451 | 20.2 | 6.5 | |
Coastal | 801 | 36.0 | 31.9 | |
Middle | 976 | 43.8 | 31.0 | |
Educational level | p < 0.001 | |||
No education | 605 | 27.2 | 14.1 | |
Primary | 420 | 18.8 | 22.4 | |
Secondary/higher | 1203 | 54.0 | 29.4 | |
Working status | p = 0.032 | |||
Not working | 477 | 21.4 | 26.4 | |
Working | 1751 | 78.6 | 21.8 | |
Frequency of reading newspaper | P = 0.357 | |||
Not at all | 1965 | 88.3 | 22.3 | |
Less than once a week | 142 | 6.4 | 27.6 | |
At least once a week | 119 | 5.4 | 24.7 | |
Frequency of listening to radio | p = 0.004 | |||
Not at all | 673 | 30.2 | 19.2 | |
Less than once a week | 553 | 24.8 | 26.2 | |
At least once a week | 1002 | 45.0 | 24.4 | |
Frequency of watching television | p < 0.001 | |||
Not at all | 403 | 18.1 | 16.0 | |
Less than once a week | 743 | 33.3 | 26.7 | |
At least once a week | 1082 | 48.6 | 23.0 | |
ANC attendance | p = 0.097 | |||
0 | 65 | 3.0 | 13.3 | |
1–3 | 242 | 11.2 | 20.8 | |
4+ | 1860 | 85.9 | 23.3 | |
Household head sex | p = 0.011 | |||
Male | 1717 | 77.1 | 21.6 | |
Female | 511 | 22.9 | 27.1 | |
Parity | P = 0.336 | |||
1 | 474 | 21.3 | 20.9 | |
2 | 487 | 21.9 | 25.8 | |
3 | 403 | 18.1 | 21.9 | |
4+ | 864 | 38.8 | 22.6 | |
Child had diarrhoea | p = 0.302 | |||
No | 1929 | 86.6 | 23.1 | |
Yes | 299 | 13.4 | 20.5 | |
Sex of child | p = 0.141 | |||
Male | 1172 | 52.6 | 21.5 | |
Female | 1056 | 47.4 | 24.1 | |
Child’s age (months) | p < 0.001 | |||
0–5 | 545 | 24.5 | 17.5 | |
6–11 | 586 | 26.3 | 20.5 | |
12–17 | 565 | 25.3 | 25.1 | |
18–23 | 533 | 23.9 | 28.7 | |
Number of household members | P = 0.106 | |||
< 5 | 1290 | 57.9 | 24.1 | |
> 5 | 938 | 42.1 | 21.2 | |
Source of drinking water | p < 0.001 | |||
Unimproved | 293 | 13.2 | 11.9 | |
Improved | 1935 | 86.8 | 30.7 | |
Access to toilet facility | p = 0.028 | |||
Unimproved | 771 | 34.6 | 27.3 | |
Improved | 1457 | 65.4 | 21.9 |