Research Article
Food Safety Practices among Postnatal Mothers in Western Ghana
Table 7
Association between food storage practices and respondent’s demographic characteristics.
| Variable | Food storage practices | | value | OR (95% CI), value | , (%) | , (%) |
| Age group | | | 4.87 | 0.182 | | 18-25 years | 5 (20.0) | 39 (14.2) | | | | 26-35 years | 18 (72.0) | 159 (57.8) | | | 1.13 (0.39–3.24), 0.817 | 36-45 years | 2 (8.0) | 69 (25.1) | | | 4.42 (0.82–23.88), 0.084 | Above 45 years | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.9) | | | 1 (empty) | Monthly income | | | 1.62 | 0.655 | | < Ghc500 | 9 (36.0) | 74 (26.9) | | | | Ghc600-1000 | 15 (60.0) | 181 (65.8) | | | 1.47 (0.62–3.50), 0.387 | Ghc1001-1500 | 1 (4.0) | 11 (4.0) | | | 1.34 (0.15–11.61), 0.792 | > Ghc1500 | 0 (0.0) | 9 (3.3) | | | 1 (empty) | Marital status | | | 31.98 | <0.001 | | Married | 19 (76.0) | 269 (97.8) | | | | Single | 6 (24.0) | 5 (1.8) | | | 0.06 (0.02–0.21), <0.001 | Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | | | 1 (empty) | Type of delivery | | | 36.15 | <0.001 | | Normal | 19 (76.0) | 271 (98.6) | | | | Caesarean | 6 (24.0) | 4 (1.4) | | | 0.05 (0.01–0.18), <0.001 | Educational level | | | 106.23 | <0.001 | | Primary | 7 (28.0) | 257 (93.5) | | | | Secondary | 11 (44.0) | 5 (1.8) | | | 0.01 (0.003–0.05), <0.001 | Tertiary | 7 (28.0) | 13 (4.7) | | | 0.05 (0.02–0.17), <0.001 | Number of children | | | 50.12 | <0.001 | | One | 7 (28.0) | 26 (9.4) | | | | Two | 9 (36.0) | 43 (15.6) | | | 1.29 (0.43–3.87), 0.654 | Three | 5 (20.0) | 204 (74.2) | | | 10.98 (3.25–37.13), <0.001 | Four | 3 (12.0) | 1 (0.4) | | | 0.09 (0.01–1.00), 0.050 | Five | 1 (4.0) | 1 (0.4) | | | 0.27 (0.01–4.87), 0.374 |
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