Research Article
Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana
Table 3
Sociodemographic characteristics and compliance level among adolescent girls.
| | Dependent variables | Compliance with IFAS | | Noncompliance | Compliance | Total, N = 424 | Chi-square ( value) |
| | Age group (years) | | | | | | 10–15 | 256 (75.7) | 82 (24.3) | 338 (100) | 3.18 (0.08) | | 16–19 | 57 (66.3) | 29 (33.7) | 86 (100) | |
| | Class | | | | | | JHS 1 | 143 (72.6) | 54 (27.4) | 197 (100) | 0.29 (0.59) | | JHS 2 | 170 (74.9) | 57 (25.1) | 227 (100) | |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | | Dagomba | 212 (73.6) | 76 (26.4) | 288 (100) | 0.03 (0.99) | | Mamprusi | 18 (75) | 6 (25) | 24 (100) | | | Others | 83 (74.1) | 29 (25.9) | 112 (100) | |
| | Religion | | | | | | Christianity | 77 (68.8) | 35 (31.3) | 112 (100) | 2.03 (0.16) | | Islam | 236 (75.6) | 76 (24.4) | 312 (100) | |
| | Mother’s level of education | | | | | | No formal education | 153 (75) | 51 (25) | 204 (100) | 15.65 (<0.01) | | Basic | 85 (85) | 15 (15) | 100 (100) | | | Secondary | 35 (58.3) | 25 (41.7) | 60 (100) | | | Tertiary | 40 (66.7) | 20 (33.3) | 60 (100) | |
| | Father’s level of education | | | | | | No formal education | 145 (76.3) | 45 (23.7) | 190 (100) | 6.03 (0.11) | | Basic | 42 (84) | 8 (16) | 50 (100) | | | Secondary | 53 (67.9) | 25 (32.1) | 78 (100) | | | Tertiary | 73 (68.9) | 33 (31.1) | 106 (100) | |
| | Mother’s occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 35 (62.5) | 21 (37.5) | 56 (100) | 10.30 (0.02) | | Public/civil servant | 94 (69.6) | 41 (30.4) | 135 (100) | | | Trader | 176 (80) | 44 (20) | 220 (100) | | | Retired | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 13 (100) | |
| | Father’s occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 18 (85.7) | 3 (14.3) | 21 (100) | 7.81 (0.05) | | Public/civil servant | 132 (67.7) | 63 (32.3) | 195 (100) | | | Farmer | 146 (78.9) | 39 (21.1) | 185 (100) | | | Retired | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | 23 (100) | |
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