TABLE 2.
Focus Group Participant Characteristics, Ghana Second Year of Life Project Qualitative Baseline Study, 2016
| Female Participants |
Male Participants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Education Level |
Average Education Level |
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| Primary School or Lower, % | Junior SS, % | Senior SS or Higher, % | Total, % | No. of Groups, (No. of Participants) | Primary School or Lower, % | Junior SS, % | Senior SS or Higher, % | Total, % | No. of Groups, (No. of Participants) | |
| By gender | 32 | 53 | 15 | 100 | 18 (148)a | 37 | 33 | 30 | 100 | 7 (67) |
| By gender and region | ||||||||||
| Accra | 19 | 60 | 21 | 100 | 6 (48) | 0 | 63 | 37 | 100 | 2 (19) |
| Volta | 27 | 68 | 5 | 100 | 6 (52) | 31 | 50 | 19 | 100 | 2 (16) |
| Northern | 55 | 25 | 20 | 100 | 6 (48)a | 63 | 6 | 31 | 100 | 3 (32) |
| By gender and residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 23 | 56 | 21 | 100 | 8 (57)a | 25 | 17 | 58 | 100 | 3 (24) |
| Rural | 33 | 55 | 12 | 100 | 9 (82) | 31 | 51 | 17 | 100 | 3 (35) |
| Pastoralist | 89 | 11 | 0 | 100 | 1 (9) | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1 (8) |
| No. of children, Quartiles | Min./Max. | Median | 1st Quartile | 3rd Quartile | Groups, No. (Participants, No.) | Min./Max. | Median | 1st Quartile | 3rd Quartile | Groups, No. (Participants, No.) |
| By gender | 1/8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 (136)b | 1/14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 (58)b |
Abbreviations: Max, maximum; min, minimum; SS, secondary school.
a
Data on education was not collected for the 1 pilot interview conducted among urban women in Northern Region.
b
Data on number of children was not collected in 3 rural female groups and 1 urban male group.