Resumption of School amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventive Practices among Final-Year Senior High Students at a Technical Institute in Ghana

Table 4

Factors associated with knowledge, attitudes, and practices among students at Tamale Technical Institute.

Independent variables	Knowledge		Attitude		Practice
	AOR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Age group (in years)
<18	Ref.	—	—	—	0.79 (0.07–8.41)	0.842
18–25	0.11 (0.01–1.73)	0.118	0.96 (0.10–9.71)	0.974	Ref.	—
26–32	0.24 (0.01–5.36)	0.366	1.20 (0.08–18.37)	0.894	1.36 (0.28–6.65)	0.700
Gender
Male	Ref.	—	—	—	Ref.	—
Female	0.73 (0.17–3.15)	0.673	0.70 (0.18–2.64)	0.594	1.24 (0.3–5.14)	0.766
Religion
Christianity	Ref.	—	—	—	1.39 (0.58–3.32)	0.459
Islam	0.68 (0.28–1.60)	0.374	0.92 (0.41–2.08)	0.842	Ref.
Origin of student
Northern zone	Ref.	—	—	—	—	—
Southern zone	1.72 (0.37–7.95)	0.488	4.20 (0.90–19.72)	0.069	2.63 (0.46–14.83)	0.275
Program of study
Fashion and design	Ref.	—	—	—	1.21 (0.33–4.35)	0.774
Catering	0.91 (0.24–3.43)	0.885	1.46 (0.40–5.29)	0.568	3.73 (0.55–25.31)	0.178
Building and construction	1.06 (0.19–5.85)	0.947	0.38 (0.08–1.86)	0.234	1.77 (0.44–7.14)	0.425
Carpentry and joining	0.33 (0.07–1.63)	0.175	0.27 (0.06–1.25)	0.094	1.24 (0.37–4.16)	0.729
Welding and fabrication	0.47 (0.08–2.70)	0.399	4.66 (0.63–34.15)	0.130	0.86 (0.22–3.37)	0.828
Electrical engineering	0.78 (0.20–3.10)	0.729	0.53 (0.15–1.92)	0.338	Ref.	—
Automobile engineering	0.77 (0.12–5.00)	0.782	1.03 (0.16–6.59)	0.977	2.05 (0.42–10.05)	0.375
Others	1.34 (0.24–7.33)	0.736	0.72 (0.15–3.39)	0.677	1.14 (0.29–4.55)	0.848
Father’s level of education
No formal education	Ref.	—	—	—	—	—
Basic level	1.49 (0.35–6.32)	0.592	0.49 (0.12–1.94)	0.306	0.86 (0.21–3.51)	0.837
SHS level	2.04 (0.68–6.18)	0.205	0.50 (0.18–1.39)	0.181	2.22 (0.71–6.94)	0.171
Tertiary level	1.46 (0.45–4.67)	0.527	2.13 (0.66–6.88)	0.206	1.23 (0.39–3.89)	0.721
Mother’s level of education
No formal education	Ref.	—	—	—	—	—
Basic level	0.53 (0.17–1.72)	0.291	1.28 (0.41–4.01)	0.674	1.05 (0.33–3.37)	0.938
SHS level	0.13 (0.02–0.66)	0.014	1.75 (0.34–9.00)	0.502	0.55 (0.1–3.08)	0.498
Tertiary level	0.70 (0.16–3.06)	0.632	0.89 (0.21–3.71)	0.875	1.26 (0.26–6.14)	0.771
Received education on COVID-19
Yes	Ref.	—	—	—	—	—
No	0.23 (0.01–0.55)	0.001	0.37 (0.15–0.90)	0.029	0.49 (0.21–1.14)	0.097

AOR = adjusted odds ratio.