Table 1:
Characteristics of pregnant women
| Demographic Characteristics | N=1626 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Baby’s Mothers/Pregnant women’s occupation | ||
| Non-employed | 432 | 26.7 |
| Government employee | 136 | 8.4 |
| Private sector | 168 | 10.4 |
| Laborer | 73 | 4.5 |
| Trader | 808 | 50.0 |
| Non-response | 9 | - |
| Baby’s Mothers Educational level | ||
| No education | 743 | 45.7 |
| Basic/Primary Education | 421 | 25.9 |
| Secondary/technical education | 221 | 13.6 |
| Diploma/HND/first degree | 231 | 14.2 |
| Postgraduate | 10 | 0.6 |
| Marital status | ||
| Divorced | 2 | 0.1 |
| Married/living together | 1604 | 98.9 |
| Never married | 11 | 0.7 |
| Widowed | 4 | 0.3 |
| Non-response | 3 | - |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Akan | 13 | 0.8 |
| Grusi | 30 | 1.9 |
| Guan | 30 | 1.8 |
| Gurma/Mande | 13 | 0.8 |
| Mole-Dagbani | 1447 | 89.3 |
| Other | 87 | 5.4 |
| Non-response | 6 | - |
| BMI (mean ± SD) | 24.1±5.32 | |
| Under weight | 216 | 13.4 |
| Normal weight | 738 | 45.9 |
| Overweight | 409 | 25.4 |
| Obese | 245 | 15.3 |
| Non-response | 18 | - |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 27.4 ±5.1 | n=1465 |
| 17–25 | 679 | 44.6 |
| 26–35 | 673 | 44.2 |
| 36–48 | 170 | 11.2 |
| Non-response | 104 | - |
| Number of children (mean± SD) | 1.33± 1.42 | |
| No child | 632 | 38.9 |
| 2–3 children | 670 | 41.2 |
| 3 or more children | 324 | 19.9 |