Food Safety Practices among Postnatal Mothers in Western Ghana

Table 6

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

Variable	Food preparation practices			value	OR (95% CI), value
	, (%)	, (%)
Age group			5.38	0.146
18-25 years	14 (13.9)	30 (15.1)
26-35 years	55 (54.5)	122 (61.3)			1.04 (0.51–2.11), 0.924
36-45 years	31 (30.7)	40 (20.1)			0.60 (0.27–1.33), 0.208
Above 45 years	1 (0.9)	7 (3.5)			3.27 (0.37–29.17), 0.289
Monthly income			11.13	0.011
< Ghc500	40 (39.6)	43 (21.6)
Ghc600-1000	54 (53.4)	142 (71.4)			2.45 (1.44–4.17), 0.001
Ghc1001-1500	4 (4.0)	8 (4.0)			1.86 (0.52–6.66), 0.340
> Ghc1500	3 (3.0)	6 (3.0)			1.86 (0.44–7.94), 0.402
Marital status			0.54	0.762
Married	97 (96.0)	191 (96.0)
Single	4 (4.0)	7 (3.5)			0.89 (0.25–3.11), 0.854
Divorced	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)			1 (empty)
Type of delivery			0.19	0.666
Normal	97 (96.0)	193 (97.0)
Caesarean	4 (4.0)	6 (3.0)			0.75 (0.21–2.73), 0.667
Educational level			2.74	0.254
Primary	89 (88.1)	175 (88.0)
Secondary	3 (3.0)	13 (6.5)			2.20 (0.61–7.93), 0.227
Tertiary	9 (8.9)	11 (5.5)			0.62 (0.25–1.56), 0.310
Number of children			14.69	0.005
One	14 (13.9)	19 (9.5)
Two	26 (25.7)	26 (13.1)			0.74 (0.31–1.77), 0.496
Three	58 (57.4)	151 (75.9)			1.92 (0.90–4.08), 0.90
Four	1 (1.0)	3 (1.5)			2.21 (0.21–23.56), 0.511
Five	2 (2.0)	0 (0.0)			1 (empty)