Food Safety Practices among Postnatal Mothers in Western Ghana

Table 5

Association between food handling practices and respondent’s demographic characteristics.

Variable	Food handling practices			value	OR (95% CI), value
	(%)	(%)
Age group			8.69	0.034
18-25 years	10 (23.8)	34 (13.2)
26-35 years	28 (66.7)	149 (57.8)			1.57 (0.69–3.53), 0.280
36-45 years	4 (9.5)	67 (25.9)			4.93 (1.44–16.87), 0.011
Above 45 years	0 (0.0)	8 (3.1)			1 (empty)
Monthly income			6.90	0.075
< Ghc500	15 (35.8)	68 (26.4)
Ghc600-1000	21 (50.0)	175 (67.8)			1.84 (0.89–3.77), 0.097
Ghc1001-1500	3 (7.1)	9 (3.5)			0.66 (0.16–2.74), 0.569
> Ghc1500	3 (7.1)	6 (2.3)			0.44 (0.09–1.93), 0.283
Marital status			1.82	0.402
Married	39 (92.9)	249 (96.5)
Single	3 (7.1)	8 (3.1)			0.42 (0.10–1.64), 0.211
Divorced	0 (0.0)	1 (0.4)			1 (empty)
Type of delivery			2.19	0.138
Normal	39 (92.9)	251 (97.3)
Caesarean	3 (7.1)	7 (2.7)			0.36 (0.09–1.46), 0.154
Educational level			7.85	0.020
Primary	33 (78.6)	231 (89.5)
Secondary	2 (4.8)	14 (5.4)			1.00 (0.22–4.59), 1.000
Tertiary	7 (16.7)	13 (5.1)			0.27 (0.09–0.71), 0.009
Number of children			28.92	<0.001
One	7 (16.7)	26 (10.1)
Two	15 (35.7)	37 (14.3)			0.66 (0.24–1.86), 0.435
Three	18 (42.8)	191 (74.0)			2.86 (1.09–7.49), 0.033
Four	0 (0.0)	4 (1.6)			1 (empty)
Five	2 (4.8)	0 (0.0)			1 (empty)