Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents
From: Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle and its determinants among adolescent females in Ghana
Characteristics of the respondents | Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adolescent females | Poor knowledge | Good knowledge | P-value | |
Weighted Frequency (%) | Weighted Frequency(%) | Weighted Frequency (%) | ||
Level of education | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 104 (3.7) | 92 (88.6) | 12 (11.4) | |
Primary | 427 (15.1) | 349 (81.6) | 79 (18.4) | |
Secondary/Higher | 2304 (81.3) | 1642 (71.3) | 661 (28.7) | |
Marital status | 0.086 | |||
Never married | 2611 (92.1) | 1925 (75.9) | 685 (24.1) | |
Married | 224 (7.9) | 158 (71.3) | 66 (28.7) | |
Employment status | 0.233 | |||
Unemployed | 1685 (59.4) | 1219 (72.3) | 466 (27.7) | |
Employed | 1150 (40.6) | 864(75.2) | 286(24.8) | |
Wealth status | 0.000 | |||
Poor | 1089 (38.4) | 848 (77.8) | 242 (22.2) | |
Middle | 676 (23.8) | 484 (71.6) | 192 (28.4) | |
Rich | 1070 (37.7) | 752 (70.3) | 38(29.7) | |
Children ever born | 0.002 | |||
No children | (89.1) | 1874 (74.2) | 652 (25.8) | |
1 to 3 children | 310 (10.9) | 210 (67.7) | 100 (32.3) | |
Menstruated in last six weeks | 0.271 | |||
Yes | 2537 (89.5) | 1862 (73.4) | 674 (26.6) | |
No | 298 (10.5) | 221 (74.1) | 77 (25.9) | |
Use of contraception | < 0.001 | |||
Modern | 317 (11.2) | 221 (69.9) | 955 (30.1) | |
Traditional | 144 (5.1) | 87 (60.6) | 57 (39.4) | |
Do not use | 2374 (83.7) | 1775 (74.8) | 599(25.2) | |
Media exposure to family planning messages | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 1656 (58.4) | 1124 (67.9) | 532 (32.1) | |
No | 1179 (41.6) | 959 (81.4) | 220 (18.7) | |
Community level variables | ||||
Place of residence | 0.004 | |||
Urban | 1542 (54.4) | 1105(71.6) | 437(28.4) | |
Rural | 1293 (45.6) | 979 (75.7) | 314(24.3) | |
Community literacy level | < 0.001 | |||
Low | 498(17.6) | 418(83.9) | 80 (16.1) | |
Medium | 429(15.1) | 320(74.5) | 109(25.5) | |
High | 1908(67.3) | 1346(70.5) | 562(29.5) | |
Community socioeconomic status | 0.014 | |||
Low | 1746(61.6) | 1300(74.5) | 445(25.5) | |
High | 1089(38.4) | 783(71.9) | 306(28.1) | |
Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle | ||||
Good knowledge | 698 (24.6) | 95% CI=(23.0–26.0) | ||
Poor knowledge | 2138 (75.4) | |||