From: Socio-demographic determinants of skilled birth attendant at delivery in rural southern Ghana
Characteristics | Frequencya | Proportion (%) |
---|---|---|
Age group | ||
 15–19 | 223 | 11.9 |
 20–24 | 494 | 26.36 |
 25–29 | 498 | 26.57 |
 30–34 | 348 | 18.57 |
 35–39 | 207 | 11.05 |
 40+ | 104 | 5.55 |
Mean = 27.41 (SD = 6.87) |  |  |
Ethnicity | ||
 Ga-Dangme | 1370 | 73.11 |
 Akan | 101 | 5.39 |
 Ewe | 298 | 15.9 |
 Northern | 97 | 5.18 |
 Others | 8 | 0.43 |
Religion | ||
 Christianity | 1727 | 92.16 |
 Islamic | 100 | 5.34 |
 Traditional | 22 | 1.17 |
 Others | 25 | 1.33 |
Occupation | ||
 Unemployed | 477 | 25.45 |
 Farmer | 299 | 15.96 |
 Artisan | 252 | 13.45 |
 Petty trader | 510 | 27.21 |
 Civil servant | 30 | 1.6 |
 Student | 265 | 14.14 |
 Others | 41 | 2.19 |
Level of education | ||
 No education | 512 | 27.32 |
 Primary | 567 | 30.26 |
 Junior high/middle school | 646 | 34.47 |
 Senior high and above | 149 | 7.95 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 550 | 29.35 |
 Married | 349 | 18.62 |
 Separated/divorced | 32 | 1.71 |
 Cohabiting | 907 | 48.4 |
 Widowed | 9 | 0.48 |
 Missing | 27 | 1.44 |
Parity | ||
 Parity 1 | 543 | 28.98 |
 Parity 2 | 464 | 24.76 |
 Parity 3 | 329 | 17.56 |
 Parity 4 | 223 | 11.9 |
 Parity 5+ | 315 | 16.81 |
Assisted delivery | ||
 No skilled person | 583 | 31.11 |
 Skilled person | 1291 | 68.89 |
ANC attendance during last pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 1841 | 98.29 |
 No | 32 | 1.71 |
Is this your first live birth | ||
 Yes | 543 | 28.98 |
 No | 1331 | 71.02 |