Table 1 Background characteristics of married and cohabiting women aged 40–49 years in Ghana
Variable | Weighted sample(n) | Weighted frequency(%) |
|---|---|---|
Educational attainment | ||
No education | 750 | 33.6 |
Primary | 385 | 17.3 |
Secondary/higher | 1,096 | 49.1 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 1,862 | 83.4 |
Cohabiting | 369 | 16.6 |
Religion | ||
Christians | 1,648 | 73.9 |
Muslims | 461 | 20.7 |
Traditional/no religion | 122 | 5.4 |
Current working status | ||
Not working | 177 | 7.9 |
Working | 2,054 | 92.1 |
Read newspapers or magazines | ||
No | 2,089 | 93.6 |
Yes | 142 | 6.4 |
Listen to radio | ||
No | 627 | 28.1 |
Yes | 1,604 | 71.9 |
Watch television | ||
No | 624 | 28.0 |
Yes | 1,607 | 72.0 |
Use Internet | ||
No | 1,615 | 72.4 |
Yes | 616 | 27.6 |
Ethnicity | ||
Akan | 1,028 | 46.1 |
Ga/Dangme/Ewe | 380 | 17.1 |
Mole dagbani | 421 | 18.9 |
Others | 401 | 17.9 |
Partners educational attainment | ||
No education | 659 | 29.5 |
Primary | 177 | 8.0 |
Secondary/higher | 1,395 | 62.5 |
Ideal number of children | ||
0–3 | 425 | 19.1 |
4–5 | 885 | 39.7 |
6 + | 921 | 41.3 |
Decision on healthcare | ||
Respondent | 1,015 | 45.5 |
Joint | 768 | 34.4 |
Others | 448 | 20.1 |
Contraceptive use | ||
No | 1,529 | 68.5 |
Yes | 702 | 31.5 |
Sex of household head | ||
Male | 1,652 | 74.0 |
Female | 579 | 26.0 |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 430 | 19.3 |
Poorer | 432 | 19.4 |
Middle | 406 | 18.2 |
Richer | 466 | 20.9 |
Richest | 497 | 22.2 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 1,187 | 53.2 |
Rural | 1,044 | 46.8 |
Region | ||
Western | 126 | 5.6 |
Central | 235 | 10.5 |
Greater Accra | 312 | 14.0 |
Volta | 116 | 5.22 |
Eastern | 204 | 9.1 |
Ashanti | 428 | 19.1 |
Western North | 66 | 2.97 |
Ahafo | 55 | 2.4 |
Bono | 83 | 3.7 |
Bono East | 93 | 4.1 |
Oti | 67 | 3.0 |
Northern | 189 | 8.4 |
Savannah | 53 | 2.42 |
Northeast | 44 | 1.9 |
Upper East | 93 | 4.2 |
Upper West | 65 | 2.9 |