Table 1.

Sample characteristics of 1136 Ghanaian women with pregnancy experiences between 2004 and 2007, drawn from the Ghana Maternal Health Survey 2007

Variable names	Categories	Frequency	Valid percent (%)
Age pregnancy ended	Mean, [median] (SD)	22.87, [22.00] (4.2)
Area of residence	Urban	520	45.8
	Rural	616	54.2
Educational level	Junior secondary school	503	44.3
	Senior secondary school	109	9.6
	Higher education	49	4.3
Total number of pregnancies	1	806	71.0
	2	285	25.1
	3	36	3.2
	4	9	0.8
Ever had miscarriage	Yes	133	11.7
	No	1003	88.3
Number of miscarriages	1	110	82.7
	2	17	12.8
	3	6	4.5
Ever had a still birth	Yes	39	3.4
	No	1097	96.6
Number of stillbirths	1	34	87.2
	2	5	12.8
Pregnancy outcome	Born alive	995	87.6
	Born dead	32	2.8
	Miscarriage	109	9.6
Pregnancy outcome (dichotomized)	Live birth	995	87.6
	Stillbirth or Miscarriage	141	12.4
Antenatal visits	1	42	4.1
	2–3	164	15.8
	4+	829	80.1
Reason for seeking antenatal care	Because of a problem	168	16.2
	Just for checkup	867	83.8
Year pregnancy ended	2004	257	22.6
	2005	305	26.8
	2006	278	24.5
	2007	296	26.1
Gestational age at end of pregnancy (in months)	1	15	1.3
	2	27	2.4
	3	33	2.9
	4	13	1.1
	5	9	0.8
	6	12	1.1
	7	4	0.4
	8	5	0.4
	9	1018	89.6