Table 3.
Alcoholic beverage drinking frequency and associated factors among women
| Characteristic | Drinking patterns of drinking alcoholic beverages (past 7 days) (N = 861) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Once | 2-3 times |
4 times
or more |
p-value | |||||
| n(%) | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Age | 0.063 | ||||||||
| 15-19 | 32 | 47.6 | 26 | 38.4 | 9 | 12.9 | 1 | 1.1 | |
| 20-24 | 62 | 42.1 | 59 | 40.7 | 20 | 13.7 | 5 | 3.5 | |
| 25-29 | 40 | 28.8 | 54 | 39.6 | 34 | 24.9 | 9 | 6.8 | |
| 30-34 | 46 | 34.6 | 48 | 33.5 | 28 | 20.7 | 15 | 11.6 | |
| 35-39 | 46 | 28.9 | 47 | 29.4 | 48 | 30.2 | 19 | 11.6 | |
| 40-44 | 29 | 28.4 | 42 | 41.1 | 25 | 24.3 | 6 | 6.2 | |
| 45-49 | 27 | 24.2 | 44 | 39.2 | 32 | 28.4 | 9 | 8.2 | |
| Marital status | 0.000* | ||||||||
| Never married | 82 | 46.9 | 67 | 38.2 | 20 | 11.3 | 6 | 3.6 | |
| Married/cohabiting | 164 | 28.9 | 205 | 36.3 | 150 | 26.5 | 47 | 8.2 | |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 35 | 30.1 | 45 | 38.6 | 25 | 21.7 | 11 | 9.5 | |
| Residence | 0.000* | ||||||||
| Urban | 178 | 44.2 | 147 | 36.4 | 61 | 14.9 | 18 | 4.5 | |
| Rural | 103 | 22.7 | 170 | 37.5 | 135 | 29.7 | 46 | 10.1 | |
| Region | 0.000* | ||||||||
| Western | 13 | 27.5 | 24 | 51.4 | 8 | 17.0 | 1 | 4.1 | |
| Central | 38 | 55.3 | 15 | 21.9 | 9 | 13.5 | 6 | 9.3 | |
| Greater Accra | 98 | 44.0 | 77 | 34.6 | 32 | 14.1 | 16 | 7.2 | |
| Volta | 12 | 11.3 | 57 | 54.8 | 29 | 27.8 | 6 | 6.1 | |
| Eastern | 20 | 27.8 | 16 | 22.8 | 25 | 36.6 | 7 | 10.9 | |
| Ashanti | 55 | 42.9 | 43 | 33.3 | 26 | 20.5 | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Brong Ahafo | 18 | 48.9 | 10 | 27.4 | 8 | 21.2 | 1 | 2.4 | |
| Northern | 18 | 25.2 | 25 | 35.1 | 20 | 28.3 | 8 | 11.4 | |
| Upper East | 2 | 2.5 | 34 | 55.5 | 21 | 34.9 | 4 | 7.1 | |
| Upper West | 6 | 13.5 | 15 | 32.7 | 16 | 35.9 | 8 | 17.9 | |
| Education | 0.000* | ||||||||
| No education | 43 | 19.4 | 86 | 39.0 | 71 | 32.1 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Primary | 44 | 24.9 | 62 | 35.6 | 45 | 25.4 | 25 | 14.2 | |
| Secondary/Higher | 194 | 42.3 | 168 | 36.6 | 79 | 17.3 | 18 | 3.9 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.000* | ||||||||
| Akan | 166 | 46.1 | 110 | 30.7 | 63 | 17.6 | 20 | 5.6 | |
| Ga/Dangme | 31 | 28.6 | 47 | 42.6 | 20 | 18.5 | 11 | 10.4 | |
| Ewe/Guan | 49 | 26.9 | 75 | 41.2 | 46 | 25.5 | 12 | 6.4 | |
| Mole-Dagbani | 15 | 12.7 | 54 | 46.1 | 36 | 30.7 | 12 | 10.6 | |
| Grussi/Gruma/Mande | 20 | 23.0 | 30 | 34.3 | 29 | 33.1 | 8 | 9.7 | |
| Wealth | 0.000* | ||||||||
| Poor | 56 | 17.3 | 123 | 38.1 | 105 | 32.7 | 38 | 11.8 | |
| Middle | 56 | 42.2 | 40 | 30.3 | 25 | 18.8 | 12 | 8.7 | |
| Rich | 170 | 42.1 | 154 | 38.3 | 65 | 16.1 | 14 | 3.6 | |
| Employment (past 12 months) | 0.037* | ||||||||
| Not employed | 53 | 40.7 | 51 | 38.6 | 23 | 17.4 | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Employed | 228 | 31.4 | 267 | 36.7 | 172 | 23.7 | 59 | 8.2 | |
n: number of women, %: percentage of women who consumed alcohol during the past week preceding the survey. *Statistcally significant (p < 0.05). Note: Some frequencies do not correspond with frequencies in Table 2 due to missing responses.