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Table 2 Means and standard deviations of outcome variables, Women aged 20–29 years, Ghana LEAP 1000 Baseline

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

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

Health outcomes

 Illness in last 2 weeks

594

0.24

0.43

1349

0.30

0.46

 No valid NHIS card

594

0.46

0.50

1348

0.44

0.50

 Fair/poor self-rated health

516

0.18

0.38

1174

0.21

0.41

 Believes health is not better than a year ago

516

0.52

0.50

1174

0.54

0.50

 Has difficulty with ADL

516

0.48

0.50

1174

0.50

0.50

Fertility, contraception, and child mortality

 Age of first birth

493

18.93

2.25

1150

19.32

2.71

 Adolescence childbearing

594

0.47

0.50

1349

0.45

0.50

 First born child died

495

0.08

0.27

1152

0.10

0.30

 Use any contraceptive

447

0.12

0.32

1025

0.15

0.36

 Use modern contraceptive

447

0.12

0.32

1025

0.14

0.34

 Unmet need for contraception

447

0.03

0.17

1025

0.03

0.17

Empowerment, agency, support & stress

 Currently saving money

516

0.04

0.20

1174

0.06

0.24

 Believes life determined by own actions

516

0.21

0.41

1174

0.22

0.41

 Believes have power to make decisions - life course

516

0.21

0.40

1174

0.22

0.41

 Believes have power to make decisions - children’s wellbeing

516

0.14

0.35

1174

0.16

0.37

 Believes have power to make decisions - household wellbeing

516

0.09

0.29

1174

0.11

0.32

 Believes capable protecting own interests within family

516

0.10

0.30

1174

0.12

0.32

 Believes capable protecting own interests outside family

516

0.11

0.31

1174

0.15

0.36

 MOS-Social Support score

516

53.34

23.25

1174

51.99

22.74

 Cohen perceived stress scale

516

21.00

4.70

1174

21.64

4.94