Table 7.

Differences in Child Health Status by Ethnicity

	Ethnic group			Comparison t-score
Health variable	Ga	Akan	Other	Ga-Akan	Ga-others
Not fully vaccinated	0.354	0.224	0.331	5.94	0.96
Weight for height: 2 or more SD below reference median	0.060	0.049	0.026	0.92	3.06
Diarrhea in past two weeks	0.183	0.103	0.138	4.34	2.33
Fever in past two weeks	0.174	0.207	0.158	−1.65	0.82
Pooled N	218	164	152

Source: Unpublished data from Ghana Statistical Services and Macro International, Inc.,Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (1998, 2003).