Iodine Content of Salt Use after Years of Universal Iodization Policy and Knowledge on Iodized Salt among Households in the Sissala East Municipality in Upper West Region of Ghana

Table 2

Factors influencing households’ knowledge on iodized salt.

Attribute	Knowledge level		Pearson Chi^2		OR (95% CI); value	AOR (95% CI); value
	Poor	Good	Chi^2	value
	n = 241 (%)	n = 170 (%)
Age (years)
18–27	107 (44.4)	91 (53.5)	8.723	0.143	—
28–37	74 (30.7)	55 (32.4)			0.90 (0.58–2.40) 0.651
38–47	35 (14.5)	13 (7.6)			0.44 (0.22–1.87) 0.204
48–57	25 (10.4)	11 (6.5)			0.45 (0.21–1.90) 0.462
Educational level
None	134 (55.6)	44 (25.9)	87.365	≤0.001	—	—
Basic	70 (29.1)	47 (27.6)			2.47 (1.48–4.10) 0.001	2.46 (1.43–14.22) 0.001
Secondary	23 (9.5)	33 (19.4)			5.29 (2.78–10.01) ≤ 0.001	5.31 (3.60–30.83) ≤ 0.001
Tertiary	14 (5.8)	46 (27.1)			23.9 (10.48–33.75) ≤ 0.001	56.97 (11.34–51.59) ≤ 0.001
Occupation
None	42 (17.4)	29 (17.1)	49.008	0.043	—	—
Petty trade	28 (11.6)	27 (15.9)			1.38 (0.63–3.01) 0.426	1.91 (0.75–4.81) 0.172
Farming	150 (62.3)	81 (47.6)			0.62 (0.36–1.07) 0.086	1.02 (0.49–2.12) 0.963
Formal job	21 (8.7)	33 (19.4)			5.66 (2.51–12.10) 0.002	0.41 (0.08–2.24) 0.306
Marital status
Single	35 (14.5)	32 (18.8)	6.669	0.083	—
Married	206 (85.5)	138 (81.2)			0.67 (0.37–1.20) 0.199
Religion
Christianity	20 (8.3)	26 (15.3)	4.908	0.027	—	—
Islam	221 (91.7)	144 (84.7)			0.50 (0.27–0.93) 0.029	1.47 (0.58–3.70) 0.415
Ethnicity
Sissala	214 (88.8)	140 (82.4)	14.367	0.046	—	—
Dagaaba	13 (5.4)	16 (9.4)			1.17 (0.29–4.5) 0.825	1.19 (0.22–6.43) 0.837
Kassena	14 (5.8)	14 (8.2)			0.50 (0.10–2.40) 0.390	0.77 (0.12–4.79) 0.781