Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Child level factors | |
| Child is alive | |
| No | 289 (4.91) |
| Yes | 5595 (95.09) |
| Type of birth | |
| Single birth | 5597 (95.12) |
| Multiple births | 287 (4.88) |
| Sex of child | |
| Male | 3066 (52.11) |
| Female | 2818 (47.89) |
| Size of child at birth | |
| Very large | 932 (15.84) |
| Larger than average | 1989 (33.81) |
| Average | 1944 (33.04) |
| Smaller than average | 719 (12.22) |
| Very small | 283 (4.81) |
| Don’t know | 16 (0.27) |
| Mother/ Household level factors | |
| Respondent age (mean ± SD) | 30.6 ± 6.89 |
| Age in 5-year groups | |
| 15–19 | 207 (3.52) |
| 20–24 | 1009 (17.15) |
| 25–29 | 1494 (25.39) |
| 30–34 | 1409 (23.95) |
| 35–39 | 1061 (18.03) |
| 40–44 | 529 (8.99) |
| 45–49 | 175 (2.97) |
| Highest education level | |
| No education | 2042 (34.7) |
| Primary | 1209 (20.55) |
| Secondary | 2409 (40.94) |
| Higher | 224 (3.81) |
| Religion | |
| Islam | 1204 (20.46) |
| Christian | 4179 (71.02) |
| Traditionalist/Spiritualist | 237 (4.03) |
| No religion | 264 (4.49) |
| Number of children < = 5 (median(IQR)) | 2 (1) |
| Total children ever born(median(IQR)) | 3 (3) |
| Births in last five years (median(IQR)) | 2 (1) |
| Sex of household head | |
| Male | 4497 (76.43) |
| Female | 1387 (23.57) |
| Current usage of contraceptive | |
| Using some method | 1642 (27.91) |
| Not using any method | 4242 (72.09) |
| Source of drinking water | |
| Pipe drinking water | 1600 (27.19) |
| Non-piped drinking water | 4157 (70.65) |
| Not dejure resident | 127 (2.16) |
| Type of toilet facility | |
| Flush/pit/bucket toilet in household | 3913 (66.5) |
| No toilet in household | 1844 (31.34) |
| Not a dejure resident | 127 (2.16) |
| Caesarean section delivery | |
| No | 5268 (89.53) |
| Yes | 616 (10.47) |
| Wealth index | |
| Rich | 1611 (27.38) |
| Poor | 3190 (54.21) |
| Average | 1083 (18.41) |
| Contraceptive use and intention | |
| Using modern method | 1462 (24.85) |
| Using traditional method | 180 (3.06) |
| Non-user - intends to use later | 2217 (37.68) |
| Does not intend to use | 2025 (34.42) |
| Covered by health insurance | |
| No | 1796 (30.53) |
| Yes | 4087 (69.47) |
| Delivered at home | |
| No | 4087 (69.48) |
| Yes | 1795 (30.52) |
| Community level factors | |
| Place of residence | |
| Urban | 2344 (39.84) |
| Rural | 3540 (60.16) |
| Region | |
| Western | 582 (9.89) |
| Central | 603 (10.25) |
| Greater Accra | 460 (7.82) |
| Volta | 481 (8.17) |
| Eastern | 545 (9.26) |
| Ashanti | 599 (10.18) |
| Brong Ahafo | 653 (11.1) |
| Northern | 902 (15.33) |
| Upper East | 551 (9.36) |
| Upper West | 508 (8.63) |
IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation