Table 2.

Socio-demographics, and other attributes of household members (N = 1745)

Attribute	Proportion N = 1745	Sex of household head
		Male		Female
		N	(%)	N	(%)
Sex of main head of household
Female	50.6
Male	49.4
Sex of main respondent
Female	74.7	457	53.0	847	95.9
Male	25.3	405	47.0	36	4.1
Age of main respondent
15 years or younger	2.2	17	2.0	21	2.4
16 to 19 years	1.5	8	.9	18	2.0
20 to 39 years	49.4	402	46.6	460	52.1
40 to 59 years	42.1	383	44.4	351	39.8
60 years or older	4.9	52	6.0	33	3.7
Marital status of main respondent
Divorced	15.2	80	9.3	186	21.1
Married	40.6	571	66.2	138	15.6
Separated	7.1	28	3.2	96	10.9
Never married	16.6	100	11.6	190	21.5
Widowed	20.4	83	9.6	186	21.1
Educational level of main respondent
Never been to school	27.7	212	24.6	271	30.7
Primary	30.3	251	29.1	277	31.4
Secondary	35.6	327	37.9	294	33.3
Tertiary	5.9	69	8.0	34	3.9
No information on education	0.6	3	0.3	7	0.8
Main source of livelihood of households
Salaried worker	11.0	139	16.1	52	5.9
Cash crop production	17.0	177	20.5	119	13.5
Casual labor	5.0	41	4.8	46	5.2
Begging	0.5	5	.6	8	.9
Livestock	0.5	7	.8	3	.3
Skilled trade	12.0	117	13.6	84	9.5
Petty trade	23.0	116	13.5	283	32.0
Remittance	10.0	66	7.7	112	12.7
Food assistance	0.5	6	.7	11	1.2
Dependency rate
50% or less	73.8	330	60.6	315	56.5
Greater than 50%	26.2	215	39.4	243	43.5
Asset wealth
Poor	1022	462	53.6	560	63.4
Medium	696	386	44.8	310	35.1
Rich	27	14	1.6	13	1.5
Regional distribution of asset poor households
National	67.2
Ashanti region	60.2
Brong Ahafo region	66.7
Central region	37.2
Eastern region	84.2
Greater Accra region	53.3
Northern region	80.9
Upper East region	72.5
Upper West region	54.1
Volta region	90.4
Western region	71.6
Chronic energy deficiency (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) by region
National	16.3
Ashanti region	18.4
Brong Ahafo region	7.6
Central region	27.5
Eastern region	20.5
Greater Accra region	21.4
Northern region	20.4
Upper East region	8.3
Upper West region	7.4
Volta region	16.9
Western region	10.9