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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of female respondents in the Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts and the Bongo Districts of northern Ghana, 2012

From: Using the community-based health planning and services program to promote skilled delivery in rural Ghana: socio-demographic factors that influence women utilization of skilled attendants at birth in Northern Ghana

Characteristics

Kassena-Nankana East

Kassena-Nankana West

Bongo

All districts

 

N (%) 121 (29.7)

N (%) 121 (29.7)

N (%) 165 (40.5)

N (%) 407 (100.0)

Age group

    

15-24

43 (35.5)

32 (26.4)

56 (33.9)

131 (33.3)

25-49

21 (17.3)

31 (26.6)

41 (24.8)

96 (24.4)

30-39

42 (34.7)

44 (36.4)

50 (30.3)

136 (34.5)

40-49

15 (12.4)

14 (11.6)

18 (10.9)

31 (7.9)

Religion

    

Traditional

32 (26.4)

31 (25.6)

50 (30.3)

113 (27.8)

Christianity

81 (66.9)

84 (70.2)

93 (56.3)

259 (63.6)

Islam

8 (6.6)

6 (4.9)

22 (13.5)

35 (8.6)

Ethnicity

    

Kassena

34 (28.9)

67 (55.4)

1 (0.6)

97 (23.8)

Nankana

82 (67.8)

40 (33.1)

0 (0.0)

123 (30.2)

Frafra

5 (4.1)

10 (8.3)

163 (98.8)

177 (43.5)

Other

2 (1.7)

4 (3.3)

1 (0.6)

7 (1.7)

Marital status

    

Single

12 (9.9)

5 (4.1)

12 (7.3)

29 (7.1)

Living together

2 (1.7)

4 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

6 (1.5)

Widowed

1 (0.8)

3 (3.3)

7 (4.2)

11 (2.7)

Married

106 (87.6)

109 (90.1)

146 (88.5)

361 (88.7)

Ever attended school

    

Yes

63 (52.1)

63 (52.1)

71 (43.0)

197 (48.4)

No

58 (47.9)

58 (47.9)

94 (56.9)

210 (51.6)

Level of women’s education

    

Primary

38 (60.3)

35 (55.6)

43 (60.5)

116 (58.9)

Middle/Junior High School

22 (34.9)

22 (34.9)

25 (35.2)

69 (35.2)

Secondary

3 (4.8)

5 (7.9)

3 (4.2)

11 (5.6)

Tertiary

0 (0.0)

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

Husband’s education

    

Yes

53 (49.1)

55 (30.6)

70 (39.6)

178 (48.8)

No

52 (48.1)

55 (30.6)

73 (40.6)

180 (49.3)

Don’t know

3 (2.8)

1 (14.3)

3 (42.9)

7 (1.9)

Level of husband’s education

    

Primary

34 (64.2)

25 (45.5)

41 (58.6)

100 (56.2)

Middle/Junior High School

8 (15.1)

18 (45.0)

14 (20.0)

40 (22.5)

Secondary

11 (20.8)

12 (32.4)

14 (20.0)

37 (20.8)

Tertiary

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.4)

1 (0.6)

Number of children alive

    

1

33 (27.3)

31 (25.6)

39 (23.6)

103 (25.3)

2

24 (19.8)

14 (11.6)

39 (23.6)

77 (18.9)

3

18 (14.9)

25 (20.7)

42 (25.5)

85 (20.9)

4

23 (19.0)

27 (22.3)

28 (16.9)

78 (19.2)

5

16 (13.2)

17 (14.0)

14 (8.5)

47 (11.4)

6

7 (5.8)

7 (5.8)

3 (1.8)

17 (4.2)

Currently employed

    

Yes

112 (92.6)

119 (98.3)

112 (67.9)

343 (84.3)

No

9 (7.4)

2 (1.7)

53 (32.1)

64 (15.7)

Type of employment

    

Housewife

22 (19.6)

9 (7.6)

18 (16.1)

49 (14.4)

Farmer

48 (42.9)

58 (48.7)

54 (48.2)

160 (46.6)

Trader

27 (24.1)

33 (27.7)

29 (25.9)

89 (25.7)

Civil Servant

0 (0.0)

3 (2.5)

2 (1.8)

5 (2.6)

Others

15 (13.4)

16 (13.4)

9 (8.0)

40 (11.7)

Distance to health facility

    

Less than 30 minutes

73 (60.3)

74 (61.2)

58 (35.2)

205 (50.4)

30 mins – 2 hrs

45 (37.2)

29 (23.9)

105 (63.6)

179 (44.0)

2 hrs – 4 hrs

3 (2.5)

18 (14.9)

2 (1.2)

22 (5.4)