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

Table 8

Association between the odds of good knowledge on the IFAS program and sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Dependent variable: good knowledge on the IFAS program
Independent variables	Frequency (%)	Unadjusted			Adjusted
		OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Mother’s level of education
No formal education	204 (48.1)	Reference
Basic	100 (23.6)	0.96	0.57, 1.61	0.88	1.00	0.59, 1.70	1.00
Secondary	60 (14.2)	2.09	1.16, 3.77	0.01	2.19	1.81, 4.07	0.01
Tertiary	60 (14.2)	1.83	1.02, 3.30	0.04	1.25	0.64, 2.42	0.51
Mother’s occupation
Unemployed	56 (13.2)	0.63	0.33, 1.21	0.17	0.64	0.31, 1.31	0.22
Public/civil servant	135 (31.8)	Reference
Trader	220 (51.9)	0.57	0.36, 0.89	0.01	0.66	0.39, 1.10	0.11
Retired	13 (3.1)	1.55	0.49, 4.85	0.45	1.25	0.37, 4.29	0.72
Father’s occupation
Unemployed	21 (5.0)	0.25	0.07, 0.88	0.03	0.29	0.08, 1.06	0.06
Public/civil servant	195 (46)	Reference
Farmer	185 (43.6)	0.65	0.43, 1.00	0.05	0.81	0.51, 1.29	0.37
Retired	23 (5.4)	1.64	0.69, 3.89	0.27	1.79	0.70, 4.60	0.22