Table 2.
Proportions and predictors of alcoholic beverage consumption among women
| Characteristics | Alcohol consumption | p-value | Age adjusted | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | ||||
| n = 861 | % = 17.5 | ||||||
| Age | 0.000 | ||||||
| 15-19 | 68 | 6.6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20-24 | 146 | 16.7 | 2.40*** | 1.81, 3.17 | 2.40*** | 1.73, 3.32 | |
| 25-29 | 137 | 16.5 | 2.63*** | 1.98, 3.48 | 2.57*** | 1.78, 3.72 | |
| 30-34 | 133 | 20.7 | 3.11*** | 2.33, 4.16 | 2.99*** | 2.02, 4.42 | |
| 35-39 | 162 | 25.4 | 4.10*** | 3.09, 5.43 | 3.82*** | 2.59, 5.65 | |
| 40-44 | 104 | 22.2 | 3.51*** | 2.59, 4.75 | 2.98*** | 1.96, 4.52 | |
| 45-49 | 111 | 26.0 | 4.76*** | 3.51, 6.43 | 4.42*** | 2.91, 6.70 | |
| Marital status | 0.000 | ||||||
| Never married | 175 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Married/Cohabiting | 569 | 19.8 | 2.04*** | 1.71, 2.43 | 0.87 | 0.66, 1.13 | |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 117 | 26.3 | 2.85*** | 2.19, 3.70 | 1.34 | 0.94, 1.70 | |
| Residence | 0.000 | ||||||
| Urban | 404 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rural | 457 | 18.1 | 1.40*** | 1.21, 1.62 | 1.23 | 0.98, 1.55 | |
| Region | |||||||
| Western | 48 | 10.7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Central | 70 | 16.5 | 2.04** | 1.33, 3.14 | 2.16** | 1.39, 3.37 | |
| Greater Accra | 223 | 26.2 | 3.30*** | 2.29, 4.75 | 3.77*** | 2.49, 5.69 | |
| Volta | 105 | 24.3 | 3.17*** | 2.15, 4.68 | 2.91*** | 1.86, 4.54 | |
| Eastern | 69 | 14.2 | 1.65* | 1.11, 2.49 | 1.48 | 0.97, 2.27 | |
| Ashanti | 131 | 13.0 | 1.43 | 0.98, 2.11 | 1.69* | 1.13, 2.52 | |
| Brong Ahafo | 37 | 8.6 | 0.95 | 0.59, 1.52 | 1.06 | 0.65, 1.71 | |
| Northern | 71 | 15.2 | 2.25*** | 1.52, 3.33 | 3.45*** | 2.21, 5.41 | |
| Upper East | 63 | 25.0 | 3.21*** | 2.15, 4.78 | 5.62*** | 3.47, 9.12 | |
| Upper West | 46 | 37.3 | 6.28*** | 4.32, 9.11 | 11.98*** | 7.60, 18.90 | |
| Education | 0.000 | ||||||
| No education | 222 | 21.3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary | 178 | 18.0 | 0.67*** | 0.55, 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.76, 1.8 | |
| Secondary/Higher | 461 | 16.0 | 0.53*** | 0.45, 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.69, 1.06 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.000 | ||||||
| Akan | 359 | 14.4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ga/Dangme | 110 | 32.0 | 2.51*** | 1.91, 3.29 | 1.66** | 1.21, 2.28 | |
| Ewe/Guan | 182 | 24.1 | 1.86*** | 1.51, 2.28 | 1.20 | 0.91, 1.59 | |
| Mole-Dagbani | 120 | 15.1 | 1.73*** | 1.43, 2.08 | 0.47*** | 0.34, 0.67 | |
| Grussi/Gruma/Mande | 89 | 16.9 | 1.75*** | 1.40, 2.18 | 0.65** | 0.48, 0.87 | |
| Wealth | 0.000 | ||||||
| Poor | 323 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Middle | 133 | 13.6 | 0.51*** | 0.41, 0.64 | 0.64*** | 0.50, 0.81 | |
| Rich | 405 | 18.0 | 0.69*** | 0.59, 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.67, 1.13 | |
| Employment (past 12 months) | 0.000 | ||||||
| Not employed | 133 | 10.7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Employed | 728 | 19.8 | 2.16*** | 1.78 | 1.46** | 1.16, 1.83 | |
n: women who consume alcohol, %: proportion of women who consume alcohol, COR: Crude odds ratio, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001