From: Child marriage and associated outcomes in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Ever-married women 20 to 24 years old | Ever-married women 20 to 29 years old | ||||
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N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||
20 to 24 years | 594 | 100.0 | 594 | 44.0 | |
25 to 29 years | 755 | 56.0 | |||
Educational achievement | |||||
No schooling | 407 | 68.5 | 1000 | 74.1 | |
Some primary | 50 | 8.4 | 117 | 8.7 | |
Primary completed or higher | 137 | 23.1 | 232 | 17.2 | |
Region of residence | |||||
Northern | 414 | 69.7 | 976 | 72.4 | |
Upper East | 180 | 30.3 | 373 | 27.7 | |
Marital status | |||||
Married/Union – Monogamous | 441 | 74.2 | 913 | 67.7 | |
Married/Union – Polygamous | 148 | 24.9 | 418 | 31.0 | |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 5 | 0.8 | 18 | 1.3 | |
Child marriage status | |||||
Married after 18th birthday | 416 | 70.0 | 1018 | 75.5 | |
Married between 15 – 18th birthday | 154 | 25.9 | 284 | 21.1 | |
Married before 15th birthday | 24 | 4.0 | 47 | 3.5 |