Research Article
Prevalence, Reasons, Predictors, Perceived Effects, and Regulation of Alcohol Use among Children in Ghana
Table 1
Socio‐demographic characteristics of respondents.
| | Variables | n (%) | Ever taken alcohol | | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | value |
| | Sex | | Male | 2566 (51.1) | 181 (7.1) | 2385 (92.9) | 0.215 | | Female | 2458 (48.9) | 152 (6.2) | 2306 (93.8) | |
| | Age | | 8–10 | 1330 (26.5) | 19 (1.4) | 1311 (98.6) | ≤0.001 | | 11–13 | 1497 (29.8) | 62 (4.1) | 1435 (95.9) | | | 14–17 | 2197 (43.7) | 252 (11.5) | 1945 (88.5) | | | Mean ± Standard deviation | 12.9 ± 3.0 | | | |
| | Educational attainment | | Not in school | 27 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (100.0) | ≤0.001 | | Primary | 2116 (42.1) | 50 (2.4) | 2066 (97.6) | | | JHS | 1584 (31.5) | 143 (9.0) | 1441 (91.0) | | | SHS | 1183(23.5) | 130 (11.0) | 1053 (89.0) | | | Tertiary | 114 (2.3) | 10 (8.8) | 104 (91.2) | |
| | Religion | | Christian | 3771 (75.1) | 260 (6.9) | 3511 (93.1) | 0.424 | | Muslim | 1083 (21.6) | 60 (5.5) | 1023 (94.5) | | | Traditional | 103 (2.1) | 8 (7.8) | 95 (92.2) | | | No religion | 67 (1.3) | 5 (7.5) | 62 (92.5) | |
| | Region | | Greater Accra | 360 (7.2) | 31 (8.6) | 329 (91.4) | ≤0.001 | | Central | 474 (9.4) | 39 (8.2) | 435 (91.8) | | | Western | 377 (7.5) | 25 (6.6) | 352 (93.4) | | | Eastern | 598 (11.9) | 18 (3.0) | 580 (97.0) | | | Volta | 595 (11.8) | 56 (9.4) | 539 (90.6) | | | Ashanti | 707 (14.1) | 48 (6.8) | 659 (93.2) | | | Brong Ahafo | 738 (14.7) | 43 (5.8) | 695 (94.2) | | | Northern | 722 (14.4) | 35 (4.8) | 687 (95.2) | | | Upper East | 237 (4.7) | 22 (9.3) | 215 (90.7) | | | Upper West | 216 (4.3) | 16 (7.4) | 200 (92.6) | |
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