Table 1. Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics (N = 322).
Variable | Response | Frequency (N) | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | ≤ 20 | 44 | 13.6 |
21–30 | 177 | 55.0 | |
31–40 | 101 | 31.4 | |
Marital Status | Married | 133 | 41.3 |
Not married | 189 | 58.7 | |
Educational status | None | 33 | 10.2 |
Basic | 111 | 34.5 | |
Secondary | 111 | 34.5 | |
Tertiary | 67 | 6.8 | |
Employment | Employed | 122 | 37.9 |
Unemployed | 189 | 58.7 | |
Student | 11 | 3.4 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 56 | 17.4 |
Trader | 188 | 58.4 | |
Civil servant | 56 | 17.4 | |
Others | 22 | 6.8 | |
Religion | Christianity | 255 | 79.2 |
Islam | 67 | 20.8 | |
Ethnicity | Mo | 100 | 31.1 |
Gonja | 33 | 10.3 | |
Ewe | 11 | 3.4 | |
Akan | 34 | 10.5 | |
Dagaaba | 144 | 44.7 | |
Family type | Nuclear | 288 | 89.4 |
Extended | 34 | 10.6 | |
Number of children | 1–2 children | 245 | 76.1 |
3–4 children | 55 | 17.1 | |
5+ children | 22 | 6.8 | |
Number of ANC visits | <4 | 100 | 31.0 |
4+ | 222 | 69.0 | |
Health insurance | Insured | 245 | 76.1 |
Not insured | 77 | 23.9 | |
Distance to health facility | Short | 220 | 68.3 |
Far | 102 | 31.7 | |
Transportation to ANC | Motorcycle | 23 | 7.1 |
Foot | 277 | 86.1 | |
Others | 22 | 6.8 | |
Person who provides for healthcare | Self | 90 | 27.9 |
Partner | 166 | 51.6 | |
Parents | 66 | 20.5 | |
Person who makes healthcare decision | Self | 210 | 65.2 |
Partner | 101 | 31.4 | |
Parents | 11 | 3.4 |