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