Research Article
Compliance with Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Its Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Tamale Metropolis of Ghana
Table 7
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge on the IFAS program.
| | Independent variables | Knowledge on the IFAS program | Chi-square ( value) | | Poor knowledge | Good knowledge | Total, N = 424 |
| | Age group (years) | | | | | | 10–15 | 217 (64.2) | 121 (35.8) | 338 (100) | 0.32 (0.57) | | 16–20 | 58 (67.4) | 28 (32.6) | 86 (100) | |
| | Class | | | | | | JHS 1 | 122 (61.9) | 75 (38.1) | 197 (100) | 1.39 (0.24) | | JHS 2 | 153 (67.4) | 74 (32.6) | 227 (100) | |
| | Ethnicity | | | | | | Dagomba | 190 (66) | 98 (34) | 288 (100) | 4.04 (0.13) | | Mamprusi | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | 24 (100) | | | Others | 74 (66.1) | 38 (33.9) | 112 (100) | |
| | Religion | | | | | | Christianity | 76 (67.9) | 36 (32.1) | 112 (100) | 0.60 (0.44) | | Islam | 199 (63.8) | 113 (36.2) | 312 (100) | |
| | Mother’s level of education | | | | | | No formal education | 141 (69.1) | 63 (30.9) | 204 (100) | 9.92 (0.02) | | Basic | 70 (70) | 30 (30) | 100 (100) | | | Secondary | 31 (51.7) | 29 (48.3) | 60 (100) | | | Tertiary | 33 (55) | 27 (45) | 60 (100) | |
| | Father’s level of education | | | | | | No formal education | 130 (68.4) | 60 (31.6) | 190 (100) | 7.68 (0.05) | | Basic | 38 (76) | 12 (24) | 50 (100) | | | Secondary | 47 (60.3) | 31 (39.7) | 78 (100) | | | Tertiary | 60 (56.6) | 46 (43.4) | 106 (100) | |
| | Mother’s occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 38 (67.9) | 18 (32.1) | 56 (100) | 8.39 (0.04) | | Public/civil servant | 77 (57) | 58 (43) | 135 (100) | | | Trader | 154 (70) | 66 (30) | 220 (100) | | | Retired | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) | 13 (100) | |
| | Father’s occupation | | | | | | Unemployed | 18 (85.7) | 3 (14.3) | 21 (100) | 10.88 (0.01) | | Public/civil servant | 117 (60) | 78 (40) | 195 (100) | | | Farmer | 129 (69.7) | 56 (30.3) | 185 (100) | | | Retired | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | 23 (100) | |
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