Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana

Table 4

Association between the odds of sociodemographic characteristics and compliance level among adolescent girls.

Independent variables	Frequency (%)	Unadjusted			Adjusted
		OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Mother’s education
No formal education	204 (48.1)	Reference
Basic	100 (23.6)	0.53	0.28, 1.00	0.05	0.51	0.27, 0.96	0.04
Secondary	60 (14.2)	2.14	1.17, 3.29	0.01	1.96	1.06, 3.63	0.03
Tertiary	60 (14.2)	1.50	0.80, 2.80	0.20	1.24	0.62, 2.48	0.54
Mother’s occupation
Unemployed	56 (13.2)	Reference
Public/civil servant	135 (31.8)	0.73	0.34, 0.38	0.34	0.69	0.34, 1.42	0.32
Trader	220 (51.9)	0.42	0.22, 0.79	0.01	0.44	0.23, 0.85	0.01
Retired	13 (3.1)	1.04	0.30, 3.60	0.95	1.08	0.30, 3.92	0.90