Table 1.

Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics of the Mothers.

Characteristic	Categories	Number of respondents	Percentage
Municipality of residence	Jirapa	107	27.79
	Wa	278	72.21
Nature of residential location	Urban	107	27.79
	Peri-urban	62	16.10
	Rural	216	56.10
Age	16–25	141	36.62
	26–35	189	49.09
	> 35	55	14.29
Religion	Christian	185	48.05
	Islam	176	45.71
	Traditional/others	24	6.23
Ethnicity	Waala	114	29.61
	Dagaaba	188	48.83
	Others	83	21.56
Current marital status	Not Married	23	5.97
	Married	362	94.03
Education	No formal education	100	25.97
	Primary	61	15.84
	JHS	83	21.56
	SHS	68	17.66
	Tertiary	73	18.96
Occupation	Formal sector employee	59	15.32
	Vocation	89	23.12
	Trade	58	15.06
	Farming	77	20.00
	Unemployed	102	26.49
Monthly Mother’s income (GH₵)	Zero	90	23.38
	10–100	107	27.79
	120–350	73	18.96
	370–900	59	15.32
	1000–3000	56	14.55
Ownership of Car/Motorbike	Yes	181	47.01
Previous history of pregnancy	Yes	264	68.57
Complications during previous pregnancy(cies)	Yes	51	13.25
Days after current birth	0-5days	70	18.18
	6-10days	189	49.09
	11–39 days	63	16.36
	40 and more days	63	16.36
Complications with recent pregnancy	Yes	46	11.95
Self-rated health status during recent pregnancy	Excellent	30	7.79
	Very good	142	36.88
	Good	173	44.94
	Poor	40	10.39
Parity	One Child	146	37.92
	Two children	94	24.42
	Three Children	76	19.74
	Four-Eight	69	17.92
Total		385	100