Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Alcohol Abuse in Kassena-Nankana Municipality, Ghana
Table 4
Multinomial logistics regression model for the level of alcohol use and independent variables (first coefficient table).
| Level of alcohol use | B | Wald | Sig. | AOR | 95% confidence interval for AOR | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Harmful drinking/moderate drinking | Intercept | −0.299 | 0.399 | 0.528 | 2.369 | 1.175 | 4.776 | Male | 0.862 | 5.811 | 0.016 | Female | 0b | — | — | Christian | −0.364 | 0.703 | 0.402 | 0.695 | 0.297 | 1.627 | Muslim | 0.502 | 0.324 | 0.569 | 1.652 | 0.293 | 9.305 | Traditionalist | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Primary | −0.771 | 1.699 | 0.192 | 0.462 | 0.145 | 1.475 | JHS | 0.718 | 1.771 | 0.183 | 2.050 | 0.712 | 5.900 | SHS | −0.430 | 0.660 | 0.417 | 0.650 | 0.230 | 1.837 | Tertiary | −0.703 | 1.319 | 0.251 | 0.495 | 0.149 | 1.644 | No formal education | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Artisan | 0.687 | 1.437 | 0.231 | 1.987 | 0.647 | 6.104 | Public servant | −0.175 | 0.095 | 0.758 | 0.839 | 0.275 | 2.558 | Civil servant | 0.148 | 0.034 | 0.853 | 1.160 | 0.241 | 5.576 | Unemployed | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Beer | 0.397 | 0.714 | 0.398 | 1.487 | 0.592 | 3.732 | Guinness | 0.149 | 0.071 | 0.789 | 1.161 | 0.389 | 3.465 | Paper wine | −0.283 | 0.105 | 0.746 | 0.754 | 0.136 | 4.182 | Spirit | 0.136 | 0.061 | 0.805 | 1.146 | 0.388 | 3.386 | Other local drinks | 0b | — | — | — | — | — |
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The reference category is a moderate drinker.
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