Bivariate association between risk factors and cooking-related burns presented separately for adults and children, Ghana
| OR | 95% CI | ||
| Adults | Cooking fuel | ||
| Wood | 2.29 | 1.02 - 5.14 | |
| Charcoal | 2.40 | 1.04 - 5.55 | |
| Cooking location | |||
| Outside | 3.03 | 1.39 - 6.63 | |
| Urbanicity | |||
| Urban | 0.92 | 0.58 - 1.47 | |
| Wealth index | |||
| Q1 (Wealthiest) | 2.62 | 0.93 - 7.36 | |
| Q2 | 4.24 | 1.60 - 11.28 | |
| Q3 | 4.86 | 1.85 - 12.78 | |
| Q4 | 1.40 | 0.44 - 4.43 | |
| Household size | |||
| Each additional household member | 1.0 | 0.91 - 1.1 | |
| Children | Cooking location | ||
| Outside | 2.81 | 1.11 - 7.08 | |
| Urbanicity | |||
| Urban | 0.94 | 0.54 - 1.63 | |
| Wealth index | |||
| Q1 (Wealthiest) | 0.64 | 0.19 - 2.18 | |
| Q2 | 2.22 | 0.88 - 5.59 | |
| Q3 | 2.22 | 0.89 - 5.51 | |
| Q4 | 1.61 | 0.61 - 4.26 | |
| Household size | |||
| Each additional household member | 1.20 | 1.10 - 1.32 | |
| Household head demographics | |||
| Age | 0.99 | 0.97 - 1.01 | |
| Sex: Female | 0.30 | 0.14 - 0.67 | |
| Education: Post high school | 1.02 | 0.48 - 2.20 | |
| Education: Some university | 1.31 | 0.40 - 4.26 |
The reference categories for urbanicity, wealth index and education are ‘rural’, ‘Q5 (poorest)’ and ‘less than high school’ respectively. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.
Respondents (N=7389) were interviewed between February and March 2021 and were asked about burns that occurred in the previous 12 months.