Research Article
Reproductive-Age Women’s Knowledge and Care Seeking for Malaria Prevention and Control in Ghana: Analysis of the 2016 Malaria Indicator Survey
Table 7
Sociodemographics and prevention of malaria associations among reproductive-age women, 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey.
| | Demographics | Knowledge of malaria prevention f (%) | COR (95 C.I) p-value | AOR (95 C.I) p-value | | Poor knowledge (n=1822) | Good knowledge (n=3328) | Total=5150 | Model 1 | Model 2 |
| | Age in 5-year groups | | | | | | | 15-19 | 352(19.3) | 612(18.4) | 964(18.7) | Ref | Ref | | 20-24 | 256(14.1) | 588(17.7) | 844(16.4) | 1.32(1.09-1.61) | 1.44(1.15-1.81) | | 25-29 | 298(16.4) | 582(17.5) | 880(17.1) | 1.12(0.93-1.36) | 1.32(1.03-1.68) | | 30-34 | 288(15.8) | 511(15.4) | 799(15.5) | 1.02(0.84-1.24) | 1.33(1.01-1.75) | | 35-39 | 241(13.2) | 434(13.0) | 675(13.1) | 1.04(0.84-1.27) | 1.50(1.12-2.01) | | 40-44 | 220(12.1) | 349(10.5) | 569(11.1) | 0.91(0.74-1.13) | 1.30(0.96-1.77) | | 45-49 | 167(9.2) | 252(7.6) | 419(8.1) | 0.87(0.69-1.10) | 1.30(0.94-1.81) |
| | Wealth index | | | | | | | Poorest | 711(39.0) | 729(21.9) | 1440(28.0) | 0.27(0.22-0.32) | 0.49(0.37-0.67) | | Poorer | 372(20.4) | 574(17.3) | 946(18.4) | 0.40(0.33-0.50) | 0.70(0.53-0.92) | | Middle | 308(16.9) | 608(18.3) | 916(17.8) | 0.52(0.42-0.64) | 0.74(0.57-0.95) | | Richer | 242(13.3) | 694(20.9) | 936(18.2) | 0.75(0.60-0.93) | 0.93(0.73-1.17) | | Richest | 189(10.4) | 723(21.7) | 912(17.7) | Ref | Ref |
| | Region | | | | | | | Western | 184(10.1) | 267(8.0) | 451(8.8) | 0.39(0.29-0.51) | 0.56(0.41-0.75) | | Central | 172(9.4) | 330(9.9) | 502(9.8) | 0.51(0.39-0.67) | 0.79(0.59-1.07) | | Greater Accra | 118(6.5) | 442(13.3) | 560(10.9) | Ref | Ref | | Volta | 277(15.2) | 276(8.3) | 553(10.7) | 0.27(0.20-0.35) | 0.42(0.32-0.56) | | Eastern | 119(6.5) | 346(10.4) | 465(9.0) | 0.78(0.58-1.04) | 0.15(0.84-1.57) | | Ashanti | 148(8.1) | 415(12.5) | 563(10.9) | 0.75(0.57-0.99) | 0.88(0.66-1.18) | | Brong Ahafo | 148(8.1) | 352(10.6) | 500(9.7) | 0.63(0.48-0.84) | 1.02(0.75-1.38) | | Northern | 250(13.7) | 341(10.3) | 591(11.5) | 0.36(0.28-0.47) | 1.11(0.80-1.53) | | Upper east | 211(11.6) | 317(9.5) | 528(10.3) | 0.40(0.31-0.52) | 1.17(0.84-1.62) | | Upper west | 195(10.7) | 242(7.3) | 437(8.5) | 0.33(0.25-0.44) | 0.93(0.67-1.29) |
| | Educational level | | | | | | | No education | 677(37.2) | 606(18.2) | 1283(24.9) | 0.32(0.28-0.36) | 0.43(0.35-0.51) | | Primary | 373(20.5) | 545(16.4) | 918(17.8) | 0.52(0.44-0.61) | 0.63(0.53-0.74) | | Secondary | 772(42.4) | 2177(65.4) | 2949(57.3) | Ref | Ref |
| | Religion | | | | | | | Christian | 1236(67.8) | 2538(76.3) | 3774(73.3) | 1.36(1.20-1.56) | 1.14(0.97-1.34) | | Islam | 458(25.1) | 689(20.7) | 1147(22.3) | Ref | Ref | | Traditional/spiritualist | 66(3.6) | 62(1.9) | 128(2.5) | 0.62(0.43-0.90) | 1.22(0.83-1.79) | | Other religions | 62(3.4) | 39(1.2) | 101(2.0) | 0.42(0.28-0.63) | 0.55(0.35-0.86) |
| | Place of residence | | | | | | | Urban | 609(33.4) | 1760(52.9) | 2369(46.0) | Ref | Ref | | Rural | 1213(66.6) | 1568(47.1) | 2781(54.0) | 0.45(0.40-0.50) | 0.79(0.67-0.92) |
| | Living Children | | | | | | | No child | 460(25.3) | 1080(32.5) | 1540(29.9) | 1.92(1.62-2.28) | 1.18(0.89-1.58) | | 1-2 | 511(28.1) | 999(30.0) | 1510(29.3) | 1.60(1.35-1.90) | 0.97(0.77-1.22) | | 3-4 | 457(25.1) | 768(23.1) | 1225(23.8) | 1.38(1.15-1.64) | 1.03(0.84-1.25) | | 5+ | 394(21.6) | 481(14.5) | 875(17.0) | Ref | Ref |
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P < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001. Ref: denotes reference group. |
