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Table 4 Prevalence and risk ratio with respect to urban–rural areas and educational attainment for child health indicator of MCH

From: Equity and access to maternal and child health services in Ghana a cross-sectional study

MCH indicator

Average prevalence

Urban Vs. Rural

Higher Educa. Vs. Lower Educ.

 

(%)

RR

p-value

RR

p-value

4.Child health

Outcome indicator

  Low birth weight

16.73

1.001

0.994

0.894***

0.000

  Under five mortality

24.85

0.671***

0.000

0.224***

0.000

  Underweight

16.13

0.911

0.262

0.849***

0.000

  Stunting

16.56

0.976

0.756

0.860***

0.000

  Wasting

16.76

0.902**

0.043

0.875**

0.049

  Child Illness: Diarrhoea

14.77

0.729***

0.001

0.552***

0.000

  Child Illness: Suspected pneumonia

21.92

1.006

0.929

1.056

0.507

Coverage indicator

  Child Treatment: ORS/ORT for diarrhoea

2.83

0.860

0.522

0.776

0.360

  Child Treatment: Appropriate provider for pneumonia

7.61

1.331**

0.014

1.602***

0.000

  Child Immunization: BCG

15.11

1.465***

0.000

1.568***

0.000

  Child Immunization: MMR

14.37

1.518***

0.000

1.574***

0.000

  Child Immunization: DPT

13.35

1.525***

0.000

1.662***

0.000

  Child Immunization: Yellow Fever

13.06

1.556***

0.000

1.631***

0.000

  1. BCG Bacille Calmette–Guerin, CI Concentration index, DPT Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, MMR Measles, mumps, and rubella, ORS/ORT Oral rehydration salts/oral rehydration therapy
  2. a Higher education refers to schooling beyond the secondary level
  3. *P < 0.1; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01