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Table 1 Proportion of children 0–59 months who do not have birth registration records

From: Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana

Correlates

Per cent without birth registration

Number without birth registration

Child’s Sex

  

Male

46.99

840

Female

48.25

808

Child’s Age

  

0 - 11 months

55.47

405

12 - 23 months

39.60

281

24 - 35 months

41.64

277

36 -47 months

48.99

351

48 - 59 months

52.09

335

Settlement

  

Urban

30.86

382

Rural

56.89

1267

Region

  

Western

51.42

178

Central

47.06

142

Greater Accra

27.41

123

Volta

51.33

134

Eastern

60.87

282

Ashanti

42.66

214

Brong-Ahafo

49.87

155

Northern

52.27

303

Upper East

45.13

66

Upper West

49.34

52

Mother’s Education

  

None

57.50

772

Primary

50.57

381

Middle/JSS

39.76

444

Secondary+

20.57

52

Wealth Index Quintiles

  

Poorest

68.86

539

Second

59.05

489

Middle

41.97

287

Fourth

36.96

230

Richest

18.87

103

Religion

  

No Religion

64.05

199

Christian

44.19

905

Moslem

37.67

231

Traditional

70.59

226

Spiritualist and Other

51.09

88

Total

47.60

1,649