Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Alcohol Abuse in Kassena-Nankana Municipality, Ghana
Table 5
Multinomial logistics regression model for the level of alcohol use and independent variables (second coefficient table).
| Level of alcohol use | B | Wald | Sig. | AOR | 95% Confidence interval for AOR | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| Dependent drinking/moderate dinking | Intercept | 1.184 | 9.624 | 0.002 | 2.747 | 1.489 | 5.068 | Male | 1.010 | 10.453 | 0.001 | Female | 0b | — | — | Christian | −0.780 | 4.532 | 0.033 | 0.458 | 0.223 | 0.940 | Muslim | 0.502 | 0.397 | 0.529 | 1.652 | 0.347 | 7.874 | Traditionalist | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Primary | −0.233 | 0.261 | 0.609 | 0.793 | 0.325 | 1.933 | JHS | 0.060 | 0.014 | 0.905 | 1.062 | 0.396 | 2.847 | SHS | −0.547 | 1.376 | 0.241 | 0.579 | 0.232 | 1.443 | Tertiary | −1.491 | 7.181 | 0.007 | 0.225 | 0.076 | 0.670 | No formal education | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Artisan | −0.051 | 0.008 | 0.927 | 0.950 | 0.317 | 2.849 | Public servant | 0.338 | 0.423 | 0.515 | 1.402 | 0.507 | 3.876 | Civil servant | 1.492 | 4.905 | 0.027 | 4.445 | 1.187 | 16.646 | Unemployed | 0b | — | — | — | — | — | Beer | −0.483 | 1.459 | 0.227 | 0.617 | 0.281 | 1.351 | Guinness | −0.307 | 0.428 | 0.513 | 0.736 | 0.294 | 1.845 | Paper wine | 0.160 | 0.056 | 0.813 | 1.174 | 0.312 | 4.418 | Spirit | 0.149 | 0.112 | 0.738 | 1.161 | 0.484 | 2.785 | Other local drinks | 0b | — | — | — | — | — |
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The reference category is a moderate drinker.
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