Table 2 Bivariable analysis of high completed fertility among married and cohabiting women aged 40 – 49 years in Ghana
Variables | High completed fertility | p-value |
|---|---|---|
Proportion | 52.0% [48.8, 55.2] | |
Educational attainment | < 0.001 | |
No education | 74.0 [70.0, 77.6] | |
Primary | 59.9 [53.8, 65.8] | |
Secondary/higher | 34.2 [29.9, 38.8] | |
Marital status | 0.598 | |
Married | 52.4 [48.9,55.8] | |
Cohabiting | 50.3 [43.2,57.4] | |
Religion | < 0.001 | |
Christians | 46.9 [43.3, 50.6] | |
Muslims | 65.4 [60.4, 70.1] | |
Traditional/ no religion | 70.6 [57.8, 80.8] | |
Current working status | 0.015 | |
Not working | 41.7 [33.1, 50.9] | |
Working | 52.9 [49.7,56.1] | |
Read newspapers or magazines | < 0.001 | |
No | 54.7 [51.5, 57.9] | |
Yes | 12.6 [6.7, 22.4] | |
Listen to radio | < 0.001 | |
No | 60.2 [55.2, 65.0] | |
Yes | 48.8 [45.2, 52.5] | |
Watch television | < 0.001 | |
No | 69.8 [65.1, 74.1] | |
Yes | 45.1 [41.3, 49.0] | |
Use Internet | < 0.001 | |
No | 61.6 [58.2, 64.8] | |
Yes | 27.0 [21.6, 33.3] | |
Ethnicity | < 0.001 | |
Akan | 43.7 [39.1, 48.3] | |
Ga/Dangme/Ewe | 44.5 [37.7,51.6] | |
Mole Dagbani | 66.0 [61.1, 70.6] | |
Others | 65.9 [59.1, 72.2] | |
Partners educational attainment | < 0.001 | |
No education | 73.3 [68.9, 77.3] | |
Primary | 67.9 [59.5, 75.3] | |
Secondary/higher | 40.0 [36.1, 44.1] | |
Ideal number of children | < 0.001 | |
0–3 | 32.9 [27.2, 39.2] | |
4–5 | 40.0 [35.5, 44.7] | |
6 + | 72.5 [68.5, 76.1] | |
Decision on healthcare | < 0.001 | |
Respondent | 47.5 [42.7, 52.2] | |
Joint | 52.7 [47.7, 57.8] | |
Others | 61.2 [55.4, 66.7] | |
Contraceptive use | < 0.001 | |
No | 46.9 [43.0, 50.8] | |
Yes | 63.3 [58.2, 68.1] | |
Sex of household head | < 0.001 | |
Male | 55.4 [51.6, 59.2] | |
Female | 42.4 [37.0, 48.0] | |
Wealth index | < 0.001 | |
Poorest | 78.8 [74.3, 82.7] | |
Poorer | 69.0 [64.0, 73.6] | |
Middle | 58.0 [51.0, 64.7] | |
Richer | 34.3 [28.1, 41.0] | |
Richest | 26.0 [19.5, 33.7] | |
Place of residence | < 0.001 | |
Urban | 38.4 [33.9, 43.1] | |
Rural | 52.0 [48.8, 55.2] | |
Region | < 0.001 | |
Western | 56.1 [44.4, 67.1] | |
Central | 55.1 [44.7, 65.1] | |
Greater Accra | 27.4 [18.6, 38.3] | |
Volta | 39.3 [30.4, 49.0] | |
Eastern | 44.8 [37.3, 52.5] | |
Ashanti | 49.4 [40.8, 58.1] | |
Western North | 50.4 [40.9, 59.8] | |
Ahafo | 54.7 [48.2, 61.1] | |
Bono | 45.2 [35.6, 55.2] | |
Bono East | 61.9 [49.3, 73.0] | |
Oti | 78.7 [69.7, 85.5] | |
Northern | 71.6 [62.7, 79.1] | |
Savannah | 74.5 [65.9, 81.5] | |
Northeast | 85.1 [75.4, 91.4] | |
Upper East | 62.9 [53.5, 71.5] | |
Upper West | 67.5 [59.0, 74.9] | |