Knowledge and Other Predictors of Child Welfare Clinic Completion among Children Aged 24–59 Months in the Garu-Tempane District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study of Caregivers

Table 3

Child and caregiver factors influencing CWC completion.

Factors	Completed CWC by age		Total (n = 213) n (%)	Fisher’s exact ( value)	COR (95% CI) value	AOR (95% CI) -value
	Yes (n = 100) n (%)	No (n = 113) n (%)
Age of the child (months)
24–36	69 (69.0)	52 (46.0)	121 (56.8)	(0.002)
37–48	24 (24.0)	41 (36.3)	65 (30.5)		0.44 (0.24–0.82), 0.010	0.42 (0.21–0.86), 0.017
49–59	7 (7.0)	20 (17.7)	27 (12.7)		0.26 (0.10–0.67) 0.005	0.27 (0.10–0.77), 0.014
Marital status of the caregiver
Single	5 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (2.3)	(0.022)	Ref.	1
Married	95 (45.7)	113 (54.3)	208 (97.7)		1.12 (0.42–2.95), 0.824
Polygamous	33 (33.0)	47 (41.6)	80 (37.6)		0.69 (0.40–1.21), 0.197
Occupation of the caregiver
Gov’t worker	8 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	8 (3.8)	(0.003)	Ref.
Trader	27 (51.9)	25 (48.1)	52 (24.4)		1.30 (0.29–0.97), 0.409	1.05 (0.50–2.21), 0.899
Farmer	65 (42.5)	88 (57.5)	153 (71.8)		0.58 (0.29–0.97), 0.038	1
Caregiver’s level of education
Primary	24 (24.0)	22 (19.5)	46 (21.6)	()	Ref.
JHS	16 (16.0)	13 (11.5)	29 (13.6)		1.13 (0.44–2.87), 0.800	0.97 (0.35–2.65), 0.945
SHS	17 (17.0)	3 (2.7)	20 (9.4)		5.19 (1.34–20.18), 0.017	4.59 (1.11–19.06), 0.036
Tertiary	7 (7.0)	0 (0.0)	7 (3.3)		1	1
None	36 (36.0)	75 (66.4)	111 (52.1)		0.44 (0.22–0.89), 0.022	0.45 (0.21–0.95), 0.036
Knowledge of the caregiver on CWC
Poor knowledge	10 (10.0)	27 (23.9)	37 (17.4)	(0.011)	Ref.
Good knowledge	90 (90.0)	86 (76.1)	176 (82.6)		9.49 (4.59–19.65),	0.29 (0.04–2.05), 0.215
Poor	14 (50.0)	14 (50.0)	28 (13.1)		1.15 (0.52–2.55), 0.729