From: Child marriage in Ghana: evidence from a multi-method study
Variable | OR | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|
Ever attended school {Yes} | |||
No | 4.07*** | [2.86, | 5.79] |
Religion {Christian} | |||
Muslim | 1.86*** | [1.28, | 2.71] |
Traditionalist/Spiritualist | 2.59 | [0.78, | 8.60] |
No religion | 2.96*** | [1.41, | 6.22] |
Ethnicity {Akan} | |||
Ga/Dangme | 0.72 | [0.37, | 1.39] |
Ewe | 0.69 | [0.43, | 1.10] |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.63* | [1.11, | 2.38] |
Gurma | 2.02*** | [1.27, | 3.21] |
Other | 1.64* | [1.04, | 2.59] |
Region {Greater Accra} | |||
Western | 1.22 | [0.68, | 2.19] |
Central | 1.16 | [0.67, | 2.01] |
Volta | 1.01 | [0.53, | 1.94] |
Eastern | 1.61+ | [0.98, | 2.67] |
Ashanti | 0.73 | [0.41, | 1.30] |
Brong Ahafo | 1.32 | [0.76, | 2.29] |
Northern | 2.66*** | [1.64, | 4.30] |
Upper East | 1.91+ | [0.95, | 3.88] |
Upper West | 2.30+ | [0.93, | 5.68] |
Residence {Urban} | |||
Rural | 1.97*** | [1.46, | 2.65] |
Wealth quintile {Lowest} | |||
Second | 0.71 | [0.46, | 1.09] |
Middle | 0.44*** | [0.30, | 0.65] |
Fourth | 0.28*** | [0.17, | 0.46] |
Highest | 0.25*** | [0.15, | 0.43] |