Table 3.
Predictors of alcohol consumption among children.
| Variables | AOR | Wald | 95% CI | P value |
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| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1.272 | 4.200 | 1.011–1.601 | 0.040 |
| Female (RC) | ||||
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| Age | ||||
| 8–10 Years (RC) | ||||
| 11–13 Years | 2.666 | 11.000 | 1.493–4.758 | 0.001 |
| 14–17 Years | 8.088 | 33.160 | 3.971-16.476 | ≤0.001 |
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| Education | ||||
| Not in school/primary | 1.307 | 0.376 | 0.555–3.075 | 0.540 |
| JHS | 1.542 | 1.532 | 0.777–3.062 | 0.216 |
| SHS/vocational/technical/commercial | 1.411 | 0.978 | 0.713–2.792 | 0.323 |
| Tertiary (RC) | ||||
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| Religion | ||||
| Christian | 0.983 | 0.001 | 0.383–2.525 | 0.971 |
| Muslim | 0.951 | 0.010 | 0.355–2.548 | 0.921 |
| Traditional | 0.984 | 0.001 | 0.298–3.249 | 0.979 |
| No religion (RC) | ||||
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| Region | ||||
| Greater Accra (RC) | ||||
| Central | 0.818 | 0.607 | 0.493–1.357 | 0.436 |
| Western | 0.630 | 2.621 | 0.360–1.102 | 0.105 |
| Eastern | 0.320 | 13.592 | 0.175–0.587 | ≤0.001 |
| Volta | 1.052 | 0.044 | 0.655–1.689 | 0.834 |
| Ashanti | 0.739 | 1.523 | 0.457–1.195 | 0.217 |
| Brong Ahafo | 0.738 | 1.460 | 0.451–1.208 | 0.227 |
| Northern | 0.565 | 4.236 | 0.329–0.973 | 0.040 |
| Upper East | 1.044 | 0.021 | 0.579–1.883 | 0.885 |
| Upper West | 0.860 | 0.202 | 0.447–1.658 | 0.653 |
AOR = adjusted odds ratio; RC = reference category; CI = confidence interval.