Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of female respondents in the Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts and the Bongo Districts of northern Ghana, 2012
|
Characteristics |
Kassena-Nankana East |
Kassena-Nankana West |
Bongo |
All districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) 121 (29.7) | N (%) 121 (29.7) | N (%) 165 (40.5) | N (%) 407 (100.0) | |
|
Age group |
|
|
|
|
| 15-24 |
43 (35.5) |
32 (26.4) |
56 (33.9) |
131 (33.3) |
| 25-49 |
21 (17.3) |
31 (26.6) |
41 (24.8) |
96 (24.4) |
| 30-39 |
42 (34.7) |
44 (36.4) |
50 (30.3) |
136 (34.5) |
| 40-49 |
15 (12.4) |
14 (11.6) |
18 (10.9) |
31 (7.9) |
|
Religion |
|
|
|
|
| Traditional |
32 (26.4) |
31 (25.6) |
50 (30.3) |
113 (27.8) |
| Christianity |
81 (66.9) |
84 (70.2) |
93 (56.3) |
259 (63.6) |
| Islam |
8 (6.6) |
6 (4.9) |
22 (13.5) |
35 (8.6) |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
| Kassena |
34 (28.9) |
67 (55.4) |
1 (0.6) |
97 (23.8) |
| Nankana |
82 (67.8) |
40 (33.1) |
0 (0.0) |
123 (30.2) |
| Frafra |
5 (4.1) |
10 (8.3) |
163 (98.8) |
177 (43.5) |
| Other |
2 (1.7) |
4 (3.3) |
1 (0.6) |
7 (1.7) |
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Single |
12 (9.9) |
5 (4.1) |
12 (7.3) |
29 (7.1) |
| Living together |
2 (1.7) |
4 (3.3) |
0 (0.0) |
6 (1.5) |
| Widowed |
1 (0.8) |
3 (3.3) |
7 (4.2) |
11 (2.7) |
| Married |
106 (87.6) |
109 (90.1) |
146 (88.5) |
361 (88.7) |
|
Ever attended school |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
63 (52.1) |
63 (52.1) |
71 (43.0) |
197 (48.4) |
| No |
58 (47.9) |
58 (47.9) |
94 (56.9) |
210 (51.6) |
|
Level of women’s education |
|
|
|
|
| Primary |
38 (60.3) |
35 (55.6) |
43 (60.5) |
116 (58.9) |
| Middle/Junior High School |
22 (34.9) |
22 (34.9) |
25 (35.2) |
69 (35.2) |
| Secondary |
3 (4.8) |
5 (7.9) |
3 (4.2) |
11 (5.6) |
| Tertiary |
0 (0.0) |
1 (1.5) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.5) |
|
Husband’s education |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
53 (49.1) |
55 (30.6) |
70 (39.6) |
178 (48.8) |
| No |
52 (48.1) |
55 (30.6) |
73 (40.6) |
180 (49.3) |
| Don’t know |
3 (2.8) |
1 (14.3) |
3 (42.9) |
7 (1.9) |
|
Level of husband’s education |
|
|
|
|
| Primary |
34 (64.2) |
25 (45.5) |
41 (58.6) |
100 (56.2) |
| Middle/Junior High School |
8 (15.1) |
18 (45.0) |
14 (20.0) |
40 (22.5) |
| Secondary |
11 (20.8) |
12 (32.4) |
14 (20.0) |
37 (20.8) |
| Tertiary |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (1.4) |
1 (0.6) |
|
Number of children alive |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
33 (27.3) |
31 (25.6) |
39 (23.6) |
103 (25.3) |
| 2 |
24 (19.8) |
14 (11.6) |
39 (23.6) |
77 (18.9) |
| 3 |
18 (14.9) |
25 (20.7) |
42 (25.5) |
85 (20.9) |
| 4 |
23 (19.0) |
27 (22.3) |
28 (16.9) |
78 (19.2) |
| 5 |
16 (13.2) |
17 (14.0) |
14 (8.5) |
47 (11.4) |
| 6 |
7 (5.8) |
7 (5.8) |
3 (1.8) |
17 (4.2) |
|
Currently employed |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
112 (92.6) |
119 (98.3) |
112 (67.9) |
343 (84.3) |
| No |
9 (7.4) |
2 (1.7) |
53 (32.1) |
64 (15.7) |
|
Type of employment |
|
|
|
|
| Housewife |
22 (19.6) |
9 (7.6) |
18 (16.1) |
49 (14.4) |
| Farmer |
48 (42.9) |
58 (48.7) |
54 (48.2) |
160 (46.6) |
| Trader |
27 (24.1) |
33 (27.7) |
29 (25.9) |
89 (25.7) |
| Civil Servant |
0 (0.0) |
3 (2.5) |
2 (1.8) |
5 (2.6) |
| Others |
15 (13.4) |
16 (13.4) |
9 (8.0) |
40 (11.7) |
|
Distance to health facility |
|
|
|
|
| Less than 30 minutes |
73 (60.3) |
74 (61.2) |
58 (35.2) |
205 (50.4) |
| 30 mins – 2 hrs |
45 (37.2) |
29 (23.9) |
105 (63.6) |
179 (44.0) |
| 2 hrs – 4 hrs | 3 (2.5) | 18 (14.9) | 2 (1.2) | 22 (5.4) |