Table 7 Poisson regression analysis of the association between socio-demographic characteristics and water intake
From: Water intake among Ghanaian youth aged 15–34 years: quantitative and qualitative evidence
Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | IRR | S.E | 95% | CI | IRR | S.E | 95% | CI |
Age | ||||||||
15–24(RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
25–34 | 1.112* | 0.022 | 1.070 | 1.156 | 1.103* | 0.025 | 1.054 | 1.153 |
Level of education | ||||||||
No education(RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Primary | 0.974 | 0.030 | 0.917 | 1.035 | 0.982 | 0.033 | 0.919 | 1.051 |
Secondary | 1.008 | 0.028 | 0.954 | 1.064 | 1.023 | 0.031 | 0.964 | 1.085 |
Higher | 1.021 | 0.039 | 0.948 | 1.100 | 1.027 | 0.049 | 0.934 | 1.129 |
Religion | ||||||||
Christian(RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Moslems | 1.016 | 0.028 | 0.961 | 1.073 | 1.011 | 0.038 | 0.940 | 1.088 |
Traditional/spiritualists | 1.053 | 0.045 | 0.968 | 1.147 | 1.038 | 0.052 | 0.941 | 1.145 |
Other | 1.062 | 0.042 | 0.982 | 1.149 | 0.995 | 0.054 | 0.894 | 1.106 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Akan | 1.052 | 0.042 | 0.972 | 1.139 | 1.022 | 0.041 | 0.943 | 1.107 |
Ga-Dangme (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Ewe | 1.022 | 0.044 | 0.938 | 1.114 | 1.027 | 0.049 | 0.934 | 1.129 |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.024 | 0.054 | 0.922 | 1.136 | 0.927 | 0.053 | 0.828 | 1.038 |
Other | 1.051 | 0.048 | 0.960 | 1.149 | 0.919** | 0.045 | 0.834 | 1.013 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Never married (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Married/living together | 1.024 | 0.020 | 0.984 | 1.065 | 1.051** | 0.027 | 0.999 | 1.106 |
Formerly married | 0.985 | 0.053 | 0.886 | 1.095 | 1.017 | 0.047 | 0.929 | 1.115 |
Place of residence | ||||||||
Urban | 1.028 | 0.023 | 0.983 | 1.075 | 1.044 | 0.030 | 0.986 | 1.106 |
Rural (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Region of residence | ||||||||
Western | 0.855* | 0.040 | 0.780 | 0.937 | 0.962 | 0.049 | 0.869 | 1.064 |
Central | 0.910* | 0.040 | 0.834 | 0.993 | 0.971 | 0.050 | 0.877 | 1.075 |
Greater Accra (RC) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
Volta | 1.019 | 0.041 | 0.941 | 1.103 | 1.053 | 0.053 | 0.954 | 1.162 |
Eastern | 0.892* | 0.040 | 0.816 | 0.974 | 0.988 | 0.039 | 0.914 | 1.069 |
Ashanti | 0.890* | 0.029 | 0.835 | 0.949 | 0.907* | 0.033 | 0.844 | 0.975 |
Brong Ahafo | 0.773* | 0.029 | 0.719 | 0.832 | 0.956 | 0.056 | 0.852 | 1.073 |
Northern | 0.851* | 0.035 | 0.785 | 0.922 | 0.985 | 0.062 | 0.871 | 1.114 |
Upper East | 0.922 | 0.045 | 0.837 | 1.016 | 1.258* | 0.069 | 1.130 | 1.400 |
Upper West | 0.823* | 0.038 | 0.751 | 0.902 | 0.923 | 0.051 | 0.828 | 1.029 |
_hatsq = 0.551 | _hatsq = 0.584 | |||||||