Advances in Preventive Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Knowledge and Other Predictors of Child Welfare Clinic Completion among Children Aged 24–59 Months in the Garu-Tempane District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study of Caregivers Table 3 Child and caregiver factors influencing CWC completion.
Factors Completed CWC by age Total (n = 213) n (%) Fisher’s exact ( value) COR (95% CI) value AOR (95% CI) - value Yes (n = 100) n (%) No (n = 113) n (%) Age of the child (months) 24–36 69 (69.0) 52 (46.0) 121 (56.8) (0.002) 37–48 24 (24.0) 41 (36.3) 65 (30.5) 0.44 (0.24–0.82), 0.010 0.42 (0.21–0.86), 0.017 49–59 7 (7.0) 20 (17.7) 27 (12.7) 0.26 (0.10–0.67) 0.005 0.27 (0.10–0.77), 0.014 Marital status of the caregiver Single 5 (5.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (2.3) (0.022) Ref. 1 Married 95 (45.7) 113 (54.3) 208 (97.7) 1.12 (0.42–2.95), 0.824 Polygamous 33 (33.0) 47 (41.6) 80 (37.6) 0.69 (0.40–1.21), 0.197 Occupation of the caregiver Gov’t worker 8 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (3.8) (0.003) Ref. Trader 27 (51.9) 25 (48.1) 52 (24.4) 1.30 (0.29–0.97), 0.409 1.05 (0.50–2.21), 0.899 Farmer 65 (42.5) 88 (57.5) 153 (71.8) 0.58 (0.29–0.97), 0.038 1 Caregiver’s level of education Primary 24 (24.0) 22 (19.5) 46 (21.6) ( ) Ref. JHS 16 (16.0) 13 (11.5) 29 (13.6) 1.13 (0.44–2.87), 0.800 0.97 (0.35–2.65), 0.945 SHS 17 (17.0) 3 (2.7) 20 (9.4) 5.19 (1.34–20.18), 0.017 4.59 (1.11–19.06), 0.036 Tertiary 7 (7.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (3.3) 1 1 None 36 (36.0) 75 (66.4) 111 (52.1) 0.44 (0.22–0.89), 0.022 0.45 (0.21–0.95), 0.036 Knowledge of the caregiver on CWC Poor knowledge 10 (10.0) 27 (23.9) 37 (17.4) (0.011) Ref. Good knowledge 90 (90.0) 86 (76.1) 176 (82.6) 9.49 (4.59–19.65), 0.29 (0.04–2.05), 0.215 Poor 14 (50.0) 14 (50.0) 28 (13.1) 1.15 (0.52–2.55), 0.729