Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics and hypertension among Ghanaian women (n = 9333)

Variable	Sample n %		Hypertension Urban Rural n(%) n(%)
Age (X2 = 463.590; p < 0.001)
15–19	1621	17.3	55.5	44.5
20–24	1599	17.2	66.4	33.6
25–29	1597	17.1	65.0	35.0
30–34	1362	14.6	71.2	28.8
35–39	1283	13.8	66.6	33.4
40–44	1022	11.0	65.8	34.2
45–49	849	9.1	61.0	39.0
Wealth quintile (X2 = 22.185; p < 0.001)
Poorest	1505	16.1	13.8	86.2
Poorer	1630	17.5	19.2	80.8
Middle	1924	20.6	50.8	49.2
Richer	2099	22.5	81.2	18.8
Richest	2175	23.3	97.9	2.1
Marital Status (X2 = 241.297; p < 0.001)
Single	3081	33.0	72.9	27.1
Married	3936	42.2	64.2	35.8
Cohabiting	1342	14.4	58.5	41.5
Widowed	250	2.7	66.0	34.0
Divorced	280	3.0	61.8	38.2
Separated	444	4.7	69.5	30.5
Education (X2 = 850.914; p < 0.001)
No education	1782	19.1	40.9	59.1
Primary	1664	17.8	58.2	41.8
Secondary	5300	56.8	72.8	27.2
Higher	587	6.3	85.6	14.4
Occupation (X2 = 70.488; p < 0.001)
Not working	2183	23.4	64.3	35.7
Agriculture	1746	18.7	18.7	81.3
Manual	1146	12.3	68.4	31.6
Service	4258	45.6	77.5	22.5
Salted fish consumption (X2 = 0.350; p = 0.554)
No	6011	64.4	66.3	33.7
Yes	3322	35.6	63.1	36.9
Region (X2 = 37.553; p < 0.001)
Western	1037	11.1	41.5	58.5
Central	932	10.0	47.0	53.0
Greater Accra	1888	20.2	92.2	7.8
Volta	717	7.7	36.8	63.2
Eastern	867	9.3	54.3	45.7
Ashanti	1775	19.0	71.9	28.1
Brong Ahafo	766	8.2	63.9	36.1
Northern	783	8.4	36.6	63.4
Upper East	357	3.8	34.9	65.1
Upper West	211	2.3	44.2	55.8
Tobacco use (X2 = 0.266, p = 0.606)
No	9295	99.6	65.2	34.8
Yes	38	0.4	28.6	71.4

Source: 2014 GDHS