Table 2 Socio-demographics, and other attributes of household members (N = 1745)
Attribute | Proportion N = 1745 | Sex of household head | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | ||||
N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
Sex of main head of household | |||||
Female | 50.6 | ||||
Male | 49.4 | ||||
Sex of main respondent | |||||
Female | 74.7 | 457 | 53.0 | 847 | 95.9 |
Male | 25.3 | 405 | 47.0 | 36 | 4.1 |
Age of main respondent | |||||
15 years or younger | 2.2 | 17 | 2.0 | 21 | 2.4 |
16 to 19 years | 1.5 | 8 | .9 | 18 | 2.0 |
20 to 39 years | 49.4 | 402 | 46.6 | 460 | 52.1 |
40 to 59 years | 42.1 | 383 | 44.4 | 351 | 39.8 |
60 years or older | 4.9 | 52 | 6.0 | 33 | 3.7 |
Marital status of main respondent | |||||
Divorced | 15.2 | 80 | 9.3 | 186 | 21.1 |
Married | 40.6 | 571 | 66.2 | 138 | 15.6 |
Separated | 7.1 | 28 | 3.2 | 96 | 10.9 |
Never married | 16.6 | 100 | 11.6 | 190 | 21.5 |
Widowed | 20.4 | 83 | 9.6 | 186 | 21.1 |
Educational level of main respondent | |||||
Never been to school | 27.7 | 212 | 24.6 | 271 | 30.7 |
Primary | 30.3 | 251 | 29.1 | 277 | 31.4 |
Secondary | 35.6 | 327 | 37.9 | 294 | 33.3 |
Tertiary | 5.9 | 69 | 8.0 | 34 | 3.9 |
No information on education | 0.6 | 3 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.8 |
Main source of livelihood of households | |||||
Salaried worker | 11.0 | 139 | 16.1 | 52 | 5.9 |
Cash crop production | 17.0 | 177 | 20.5 | 119 | 13.5 |
Casual labor | 5.0 | 41 | 4.8 | 46 | 5.2 |
Begging | 0.5 | 5 | .6 | 8 | .9 |
Livestock | 0.5 | 7 | .8 | 3 | .3 |
Skilled trade | 12.0 | 117 | 13.6 | 84 | 9.5 |
Petty trade | 23.0 | 116 | 13.5 | 283 | 32.0 |
Remittance | 10.0 | 66 | 7.7 | 112 | 12.7 |
Food assistance | 0.5 | 6 | .7 | 11 | 1.2 |
Dependency rate | |||||
50% or less | 73.8 | 330 | 60.6 | 315 | 56.5 |
Greater than 50% | 26.2 | 215 | 39.4 | 243 | 43.5 |
Asset wealth | |||||
Poor | 1022 | 462 | 53.6 | 560 | 63.4 |
Medium | 696 | 386 | 44.8 | 310 | 35.1 |
Rich | 27 | 14 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.5 |
Regional distribution of asset poor households | |||||
National | 67.2 | ||||
Ashanti region | 60.2 | ||||
Brong Ahafo region | 66.7 | ||||
Central region | 37.2 | ||||
Eastern region | 84.2 | ||||
Greater Accra region | 53.3 | ||||
Northern region | 80.9 | ||||
Upper East region | 72.5 | ||||
Upper West region | 54.1 | ||||
Volta region | 90.4 | ||||
Western region | 71.6 | ||||
Chronic energy deficiency (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) by region | |||||
National | 16.3 | ||||
Ashanti region | 18.4 | ||||
Brong Ahafo region | 7.6 | ||||
Central region | 27.5 | ||||
Eastern region | 20.5 | ||||
Greater Accra region | 21.4 | ||||
Northern region | 20.4 | ||||
Upper East region | 8.3 | ||||
Upper West region | 7.4 | ||||
Volta region | 16.9 | ||||
Western region | 10.9 | ||||