Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Intake Habits among Pregnant Adolescents Attending Antenatal Care Clinics in Urban Community in Ghana

Table 3

Association between respondents eating habits and demographic characteristics.

Variable	Bad eating habit n = 341 (%)	Good eating habit n = 82 (%)	COR (95% CI) value		AOR (95% CI) value
Health facility
Teshie Community	87 (79.1)	23 (20.9)	—	0.088	—
LEKMA Hospital	110 (80.3)	27 (19.7)	0.92 (0.39–2.18)		—
LEKMA Polyclinic	144 (78.7)	32 (21.3)	1.81 (0.35–1.87)		—
Age group (years)
12–15	98 (81.0)	23 (19.0)	—	0.198	—
16–19	243 (80.5)	59 (19.5)	1.64 (0.39–2.78)		—
Ethnicity
Akan	78 (77.2)	23 (22.8)	—	0.017	—
Ga-Adangbe	143 (76.9)	43 (23.1)	1.65 (1.20–6.05)		1.71 (1.23–6.17) 0.012
Ewe	43 (79.6)	11 (20.4)	0.62 (0.32–0.81)		0.63 (0.32–0.79) 0.023
Northerner	77 (93.9)	5 (6.1)	0.54 (0.20–0.87)		0.18 (0.12–0.72) 0.018
Religion
Christian	251 (78.0)	71 (22.0)	—	0.096	—
Muslim	81 (91.0)	8 (9.0)	0.61 (0.55–3.25)		—
Traditionalist	9 (75.0)	3 (25.0)	2.02 (0.63–2.67)		—
Educational level
No	37 (52.9)	33 (47.1)	—	0.014	—
Basic	202 (89.0)	25 (11.0)	0.29 (0.21–0.66)		0.31 (0.23–0.72) 0.021
Secondary	102 (81.0)	24 (19.0)	0.47 (0.32–0.89)		0.55 (0.27–0.84) 0.014
Occupation
Seamstress	98 (81.0)	23 (19.0)	—	0.016	—
Petty trading	139 (72.8)	52 (27.2)	2.77 (1.21–5.95)		3.33 (1.62–5.75) 0.011
Hairdresser	104 (93.7)	7 (6.3)	0.26 (0.14–0.63)		0.39 (0.23–0.71) 0.019
Marital status
Legally married	30 (78.9)	8 (21.1)	—	0.063	—
Cohabitation	311 (80.2)	74 (19.2)	0.31 (0.21–2.32)		—
First pregnancy?
No	93 (91.2)	9 (8.8)	—	0.021	—
Yes	248 (77.3)	73 (22.7)	4.21 (2.21–6.96)		4.56 (2.33–6.67) 0.019
Nutritional knowledge
High	144 (75.8)	46 (24.2)	—	0.078	—
Moderate	110 (81.5)	25 (18.5)	0.54 (0.06–1.71)		—
Low	87 (88.8)	11 (11.2)	0.49 (0.03–1.98)		—

value is value for the whole model.