Pregnancy in Disability: Community Perceptions and Personal Experiences in a Rural Setting in Ghana

Table 6

Logistic Regression of factors influencing attitudes towards pregnant women with disabilities.

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Educational status (ref: Primary and below)
JHS	0.74(0.45-1.23)	0.244	0.67(0.38-1.15)	0.145
SHS and above	2.00(1.16-3.48)	0.013	1.69(0.93-3.08)	0.084
Sex of respondent (ref: Male)
Female	1.47(0.96-2.24)	0.074	1.37(0.85-2.21)	0.197
Causes of disability
Medical condition(ref: No)
Yes	0.31(0.20-0.49)	0.000	0.34(0.20-0.56)	0.000
Accidents (ref: No)
Yes	4.92(2.05-11.81)	0.000	5.68(2.22-14.55)	0.000
Spiritual cause(ref: No)
Yes	3.16(1.37-7.26)	0.007	2.05(0.85-4.98)	0.011
Personal contact with a woman with disability (ref: Yes)
No	0.44(0.21-0.90)	0.025	0.68(0.31-1.49)	0.333
Aware of disability laws and rights (ref: Yes)
No	2.74(0.93-8.07)	0.067	4.21(1.18-15.03)	0.027

p<0.001;  p<0.01;  p<0.05;  OR = odds ratio;  CI = confidence interval.