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Table 2 Test of Association between Background Characteristics and Safe Stool Disposal

From: Factors associated with rural-urban safe disposal of children stools in Ghana

	Total		Urban		Rural
Indicators	Safe (%)	P value	Safe (%)	P value	Safe (%)	P value
Place of residence		P < 0.001
Rural	26.2
Urban	15.9
Sex		P = 0.012		P = 0.102		P = 0.108
Male	24.0		18.4		27.8
Female	20.4		13.4		24.7
Age of the child		P < 0.001		P < 0.001		P < 0.001
0–5 months	10.2		6.7		12.5
6–11 months	21.1		12.7		26.2
12–17 months	24.9		16.9		30.9
18–23 months	33.1		28.4		35.9
Caregiver’s Age		P = 0.811		P = 0.862		P = 0.419
15–24	21.8		15.1		25.0
25–34	22.7		16.2		27.7
35–49	21.7		16.4		25.4
Education		P < 0.003		P = 0.139		P = 0.137
No education	23.8		21.3		24.5
Primary	23.2		16.1		29.1
JSS/JHS/Middle	21.9		14.5		27.3
Secondary+	17.2		15.1		21.8
Marital status		P = 0.044		P = 0.153		P = 0.180
In union	22.8		16.6		26.7
Not in union	19.1		12.9		23.3
Socio-economic status		P < 0.001		P = 0.018		P = 0.929
Non-poor	16.6		13.8		25.8
Average	24.5		19.8		26.6
Poor	25.4		19.3		25.9
Ecological zone		P = 0.216		P = 0.502		P < 0.001
Coastal	23.0		14.8		30.5
Forest	23.0		17.3		28.4
Savanna	20.4		15.6		21.5
Listening to Radio		P < 0.001		P = 0.103		P < 0.001
No	19.2		13.5		21.7
Yes	24.1		17.1		29.9
Watching Television		P < 0.001		P = 0.023		P = 0.331
No	26.1		21.1		27.1
Yes	19.9		14.9		25.5
Drinking water		P = 0.148		P = 0.008		P = 0.107
Improved	22.9		18.4		25.2
Unimproved	20.8		13.1		28.5
Toilet		P = 0.014		P = 0.541		P < 0.001
Improved	23.9		16.3		33.3
Unimproved	20.4		14.9		22.0

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