Variable | Number | Percent |
---|---|---|
Birth registration status | ||
Neither registered nor has birth certificate | 1121 | 28.89 |
Registered (without birth certificate) | 597 | 15.38 |
Has certificate | 2162 | 55.73 |
Age of child | ||
0 | 1131 | 29.15 |
1 | 1054 | 27.17 |
2 | 785 | 20.23 |
3 | 530 | 13.67 |
4 | 380 | 9.79 |
Sex of child | ||
Male | 2029 | 52.30 |
Female | 1851 | 47.70 |
Age of mother | ||
15–19 | 169 | 4.35 |
20–24 | 640 | 16.50 |
25–29 | 944 | 24.33 |
30–34 | 926 | 23.87 |
35–39 | 732 | 18.87 |
40–44 | 359 | 9.25 |
45–49 | 109 | 2.82 |
Mother's level of education | ||
No education | 1011 | 26.07 |
Primary | 753 | 19.42 |
Middle/JSS | 1544 | 39.80 |
Secondary/SHS | 392 | 10.09 |
Higher | 179 | 4.63 |
Mother's marital status | ||
Never married | 331 | 8.53 |
Currently married | 3293 | 84.88 |
Formerly married | 256 | 6.59 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 1788 | 46.07 |
Rural | 2092 | 53.93 |
Region of residence | ||
Western | 393 | 10.13 |
Central | 421 | 10.84 |
Greater Accra | 641 | 16.53 |
Volta | 301 | 7.76 |
Eastern | 371 | 9.57 |
Ashanti | 681 | 17.56 |
Brong Ahafo | 345 | 8.89 |
Northern | 454 | 11.70 |
Upper East | 168 | 4.32 |
Upper West | 105 | 2.71 |
Wealth quintile | ||
Poorest | 824 | 21.24 |
Poorer | 790 | 20.37 |
Middle | 760 | 19.58 |
Richer | 769 | 19.81 |
Richest | 737 | 18.99 |
Place of delivery | ||
Home | 970 | 25.01 |
Public health facility | 2566 | 66.14 |
Private health facility | 343 | 8.85 |
Assistance at delivery | ||
Medical officer | 2938 | 75.72 |
TBA | 559 | 14.40 |
Other | 266 | 6.87 |
No one | 117 | 3.02 |
Total (weighted) | 3880 | 100.00 |