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 - 11Â months | 55.47 | 405 |
12 - 23Â months | 39.60 | 281 |
24 - 35Â months | 41.64 | 277 |
36 -47Â months | 48.99 | 351 |
48 - 59Â months | 52.09 | 335 |
Settlement | Â | Â |
Urban | 30.86 | 382 |
Rural | 56.89 | 1267 |
Region | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
Poorest | 68.86 | 539 |
Second | 59.05 | 489 |
Middle | 41.97 | 287 |
Fourth | 36.96 | 230 |
Richest | 18.87 | 103 |
Religion | Â | Â |
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 |