From: Factors associated with rural-urban safe disposal of children stools in Ghana
 | Model 1: Total |  | Model 2: Urban |  | Model 3: Rural |  |
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Variables | aOR [95% C.I] | P > z | aOR [95% C.I] | P > z | aOR [95% C.I] | P > z |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 0.80 [0.67–0.94] | 0.008 | 0.72 [0.53–0.98] | 0.039 | 0.84 [0.69–1.03] | 0.097 |
Child’s age |  |  |  |  |  |  |
0–5 months (RC) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6–11 months | 2.39 [1.82–3.14] | < 0.001 | 2.10 [1.22–3.61] | 0.007 | 2.51 [1.82–3.46] | < 0.001 |
12–17 months | 3.09 [2.35–4.07] | < 0.001 | 2.86 [1.70–4.80] | < 0.001 | 3.27 [2.36–4.54] | < 0.001 |
18–23 months | 4.67 [3.57–6.09] | < 0.001 | 5.80 [3.51–9.58] | < 0.001 | 4.15 [3.02–5.69] | < 0.001 |
Listening to Radio | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 1.46 [1.21–1.76] | < 0.001 | 1.54 [1.06–2.21] | 0.022 | 1.44 [1.16–1.79] | 0.001 |
Watching Television | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 0.76 [0.62–0.94] | 0.011 | 0.72 [0.47–1.10] | 0.125 | 0.76 [0.60–0.97] | 0.025 |
Maternal age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15–24 (RC) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
25–34 | 1.23 [0.99–1.53] | 0.066 | 1.07 [0.73–1.57] | 0.736 | 1.32 [1.01–1.73] | 0.042 |
35–49 | 1.22 [0.95–1.56] | 0.115 | 1.34 [0.84–2.13] | 0.215 | 1.17 [0.87–1.58] | 0.285 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Secondary + (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
JHS/Middle | 1.03 [0.79–1.35] | 0.813 | 0.84 [0.58–1.24] | 0.389 | 1.21 [0.81–1.80] | 0.339 |
Primary | 1.19 [0.88–1.61] | 0.269 | 0.87 [0.52–1.44] | 0.587 | 1.37 [0.90–2.09] | 0.140 |
No education | 1.25 [0.91–1.70] | 0.164 | 1.29 [0.79–2.12] | 0.310 | 1.32 [0.86–2.02] | 0.198 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
In union (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Not in union | 0.66 [0.52–0.86] | 0.002 | 0.55 [0.35–0.88] | 0.013 | 0.72 [0.53–0.97] | 0.032 |
Socio-economic status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rich (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Average | 1.49 [1.16–1.91] | 0.002 | 1.51 [1.03–2.23] | 0.036 | 1.31 [0.93–1.85] | 0.123 |
Poor | 1.49 [1.08–2.06] | 0.014 | 1.64 [0.83–3.24] | 0.152 | 1.36 [0.91–2.02] | 0.132 |
Ecological zone | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Coastal (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Forest | 0.93 [0.76–1.14] | 0.508 | 1.09 [0.78–1.53] | 0.615 | 0.84 [0.65–1.09] | 0.195 |
Savanna | 0.67 [0.53–0.86] | 0.002 | 0.82 [0.50–1.35] | 0.440 | 0.65 [0.48–0.86] | 0.003 |
Drinking water | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Improved (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unimproved | 0.95 [0.79–1.14] | 0.582 | 0.72 [0.51–1.01] | 0.059 | 1.14 [0.91–1.42] | 0.268 |
Toilet | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Improved (RC) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unimproved | 0.61 [0.50–0.74] | < 0.001 | 0.74 [0.51–1.09 | 0.124 | 0.56 [0.44–0.70] | < 0.001 |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Rural | 1.85 [1.48–2.30] | < 0.001 |  |  |  |  |