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

Table 6

Association between respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge on anaemia.

Independent variables	Knowledge on anaemia				Unadjusted OR (95% CI) value
	Poor knowledge	Good knowledge	Total, N = 424	Chi-square ( value)
Age group (years)
10–15	192 (56.8)	146 (43.2)	338 (100)	0.00 (0.98)
16–20	49 (57)	37 (43)	86 (100)
Class
JHS 1	114 (57.9)	83 (42.1)	197 (100)	0.16 (0.69)
JHS 2	127 (55.9)	100 (44.1)	227 (100)
Ethnicity
Dagomba	168 (58.3)	120 (41.7)	288 (100)	0.82 (0.67)
Mamprusi	13 (54.2)	11 (45.8)	24 (100)
Others	60 (53.6)	52 (46.4)	112 (100)
Religion
Christianity	63 (56.3)	49 (43.8)	112 (100)	0.02 (0.88)
Islam	178 (57.1)	134 (42.9)	312 (100)
Mother’s level of education
No formal education	124 (60.8)	80 (39.2)	204 (100)	5.16 (0.16)
Basic	59 (59)	41 (41)	100 (100)
Secondary	30 (50)	30 (50)	60 (100)
Tertiary	28 (46.7)	32 (53.3)	60 (100)
Father’s level of education
No formal education	116 (61.1)	74 (38.9)	190 (100)	5.14 (0.16)
Basic	31 (62)	19 (38)	50 (100)
Secondary	37 (47.4)	41 (52.6)	78 (100)
Tertiary	57 (53.8)	49 (46.2)	106 (100)
Mother’s occupation
Unemployed	28 (50)	28 (50)	56 (100)	6.41 (0.09)
Public/civil servant	68 (50.4)	67 (49.6)	135 (100)
Trader	136 (61.8)	84 (38.2)	220 (100)
Retired	9 (69.2)	4 (30.8)	13 (100)
Father’s occupation
Unemployed	17 (81)	4 (19)	21 (100)	11.46 (0.01)	Reference
Public/civil servant	96 (49.2)	99 (50.8)	195 (100)		4.4 (1.4, 13.5) 0.01
Farmer	114 (61.6)	71 (38.4)	185 (100)		2.6 (0.9, 8.2) 0.09
Retired	14 (60.9)	9 (39.1)	23 (100)		2.7 (0.7, 10.8) 0.15