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Table 5 Pairwise results of socio-demographic characteristics

From: Water intake among Ghanaian youth aged 15–34 years: quantitative and qualitative evidence

Tukey’s post hoc test results of females

Water consumption

Contrast (mean)

Standard error

p value

Ethnicity

 Mole-Dagbani vs Ewe

− 0.4110991

0.1489361

< 0.05

 Other vs Ewe

− 0.6350575

0.1554869

< 0.05

Marital status

 Married vs never married

0.4737177

0.085051

< 0.05

Region

 Upper East vs Western

1.115569

0.2120391

< 0.05

 Northern vs Central

− 0.138987

0.2086699

< 0.05

 Eastern vs Greater Accra

− 0.1392733

0.1668875

< 0.05

 Northern vs Greater Accra

− 0.3846678

0.1678195

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Greater Accra

0.7525936

0.1883944

< 0.05

 Eastern vs Volta

− 0.3709831

0.1950631

< 0.05

 Ashanti vs Volta

− 0.7400901

0.1760586

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Volta

0.5208837

0.2137536

< 0.05

 Northern vs Eastern

− 0.2453945

0.1850735

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Eastern

0.8918669

0.2039148

< 0.05

 Upper West vs Eastern

− 0.7275843

0.1877788

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Ashanti

1.260974

0.1858179

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Brong Ahafo

1.209615

0.2089077

< 0.05

 Upper East vs Northern

1.137261

0.2046783

< 0.05

 Upper West vs Upper East

− 1.619451

0.2071277

< 0.05

  1. Only significant pairings are shown in the table
  2. Source: computed from GDHS 2008 data file