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Table 2 Socio-demographic risk factors for non-prescription use of Tramadol among youth in Asawase and aboabo: binary logistic regression results

From: Patterns and social factors associated with non-prescription use of Tramadol: a cross-sectional study among youth in urban informal settlements in Ghana

Variables

Non-prescription use of Tramadol

 

Model 1: Unadjusted

Model 2: Adjusted

OR

(95%CI)

OR

(95%CI)

Age (in years) (ref: 15–24)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 25–35

1.29

(0.44–3.75)

  

Gender (ref: Female)

1.00

   

 Male

1.09

(0.43–2.77)

  

Nativity status (ref: indigene)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Migrant

3.24

(1.14–9.21)**

3.97

(1.31–12.05)*

Length of stay (ref: ≤4 years)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 5–14 years

0.26

(0.06–0.82)**

0.15

(0.03–0.82)**

 ≥ 15 years

0.65

(0.13–0.79)*

0.46

(0.08–2.59)

Marital status (ref: Single)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Partnered

0.74

(0.30–0.82)***

1.08

(0.37–3.12)

Religion (ref: Islam)

1.00

   

 Christianity

2.30

(0.80–6.62)

  

 Others

2.07

(0.25–17.04)

  

Living arrangement (ref: Living with others)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Living alone

4.49

(1.66–12.15)***

6.34

(2.03–19.82)***

Household size (ref: 1 person)

1.00

   

 2–3 persons

1.30

(0.44–3.86)

  

 ≥ 4 persons

2.46

(0.80–7.53)

  

Education (ref: Never/primary)

1.00

   

 High school

1.32

(0.49–3.51)

  

 Tertiary

0.91

(0.23–3.60)

  

Employment status (ref: Employed)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Unemployed

2.53

(1.97–6.58)**

3.57

(1.02–12.58)*

Income (ref: ≥ GH¢700)

1.00

 

1.00

 

GH¢300–699

1.14

(1.38–3.42)*

0.67

(0.16–2.77)

 < GH¢300

3.00

(1.30–4.31)***

1.23

(0.28–5.33)

-2Likelihood ratio

 

106.800

Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2

 

20.12(0.100)***

Adjusted Pseudo R2

 

0.26

  1. Notes OR – Crude odds ratio; CI – Confidence intervals (in presented in parentheses); 1.00 – Reference category
  2. ***p ˂ 0.001; **p ˂ 0.005; *p ˂ 0.05