Table 1.
Respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics.
| Navrongo (n = 497) |
Kintampo (n = 500) |
Dodowa (n = 500) |
All sites (N = 1497) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 177 | (35.6) | 162 | (33.2) | 167 | (33.7) | 506 | (34.2) |
| 25–34 | 231 | (46.5) | 218 | (44.8) | 252 | (50.8) | 701 | (47.4) |
| 35–49 | 89 | (17.9) | 107 | (22.0) | 77 | (15.5) | 273 | (18.4) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 453 | (91.2) | 323 | (64.6) | 134 | (26.8) | 910 | (60.8) |
| Cohabiting | 8 | (1.6) | 90 | (18.0) | 297 | (59.4) | 395 | (26.4) |
| Divorced/widowed/never married | 36 | (7.2) | 87 | (17.4) | 69 | (13.8) | 192 | (12.8) |
| Education | ||||||||
| None | 148 | (29.8) | 244 | (48.8) | 192 | (38.4) | 584 | (39.0) |
| Primary | 139 | (28.0) | 96 | (19.2) | 109 | (21.8) | 344 | (23.0) |
| Middle/JSS/JHS | 138 | (27.8) | 138 | (27.6) | 148 | (29.6) | 424 | (28.3) |
| Secondary and above | 72 | (14.4) | 22 | (4.4) | 51 | (10.2) | 145 | (9.7) |
| Partner’s education | ||||||||
| None | 165 | (33.7) | 182 | (41.3) | 86 | (19.6) | 433 | (31.6) |
| Primary | 92 | (18.8) | 32 | (7.2) | 70 | (15.9) | 194 | (14.2) |
| Middle/JSS/JHS | 103 | (21.0) | 136 | (30.8) | 180 | (41.0) | 419 | (30.6) |
| Secondary/SSS/SHS | 76 | (15.5) | 70 | (15.9) | 75 | (17.1) | 221 | (16.1) |
| Tertiary or above | 54 | (11.0) | 21 | (4.8) | 28 | (6.4) | 103 | (7.5) |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Christianity | 99 | (21.8) | 233 | (48.8) | 460 | (92.0) | 790 | (55.4) |
| Islam | 5 | (1.1) | 174 | (36.8) | 30 | (6.0) | 209 | (14.7) |
| Traditional | 322 | (71.1) | 26 | (5.5) | 4 | (0.8) | 352 | (24.7) |
| Other religions | 27 | (6.0) | 42 | (8.9) | 6 | (1.2) | 75 | (5.2) |
| National health insurance | ||||||||
| No | 49 | (9.9) | 131 | (26.2) | 224 | (44.8) | 404 | (27.0) |
| Yes | 448 | (90.1) | 369 | (73.8) | 276 | (55.2) | 1093 | (73.0) |
| Wealth index | ||||||||
| Poorest | 206 | (45.8) | 60 | (12.8) | 12 | (2.6) | 278 | (20.2) |
| Poorer | 94 | (20.9) | 150 | (32.0) | 30 | (6.5) | 274 | (19.9) |
| Poor | 50 | (11.1) | 127 | (27.1) | 99 | (21.6) | 276 | (20.0) |
| Less poor | 39 | (8.7) | 80 | (17.0) | 156 | (34.0) | 275 | (20.0) |
| Least poor | 61 | (13.5) | 52 | (11.1) | 167 | (35.3) | 275 | (19.9) |
| Preferred pregnancy timing | ||||||||
| When pregnancy occurred | 328 | (66.0) | 331 | (66.2) | 216 | (43.2) | 875 | (58.5) |
| Later date | 147 | (29.6) | 127 | (25.4) | 207 | (41.4) | 481 | (32.1) |
| Not at all | 22 | (4.4) | 42 | (8.4) | 77 | (15.4) | 141 | (9.4) |
| ANC attendance | ||||||||
| ≥ 4 visits | 457 | (92.0) | 417 | (83.4) | 415 | (83.0) | 1289 | (86.1) |
| ≤ 3 visits | 40 | (8.0) | 83 | (16.6) | 95 | (17.0) | 208 | (13.9) |
Notes: JHS: junior high school; JSS: junior secondary school; SHS: senior high school; SSS: senior secondary school.