Research Article
Women’s Health Decision-Making Autonomy and Skilled Birth Attendance in Ghana
Table 1
Background characteristics, Ghana DHS 2014 (
= 5,884).
| Background characteristics | Frequency (%) |
| Age | | 15–19 | 211 (3.6) | 20–24 | 1,003 (17.1) | 25–29 | 1,468 (25.0) | 30–34 | 1,465 (25.0) | 35–39 | 1,087 (18.5) | 40–44 | 504 (8.6)
| 45–49 | 146 (2.5) | Level of education | | No Education | 1,613 (27.4) | Primary | 1,179 (20.0) | Secondary | 2,830 (48.1) | Higher/tertiary | 262 (4.5) | Religious affiliation | | Christianity | 4,446 (75.6) | Islam | 1,002 (17.0) | Traditionalist | 189 (3.2) | No religion | 246 (4.2) | Marital status | | Married | 3,722 (63.3) | Not married | 2,162 (36.8) | Occupation | | Not working | 1,035 (17.6) | Primary | 1,554 (26.5) | Secondary | 745 (12.7) | Tertiary | 2,536 (43.2) | Wealth status | | Poor | 2,541 (43.2) | Middle | 1,151 (19.6) | Rich | 2,192 (37.3) | Residential status | | Rural | 3,236 (55.0) | Urban | 2,648 (45.0) | Region of residence | | Western | 443 (10.3) | Central | 469 (11.0) | Greater Accra | 698 (16.3) | Volta | 325 (7.6) | Eastern | 402 (9.4) | Ashanti | 765 (17.9) | Brong Ahafo | 387 (9.0) | Northern | 497 (11.6) | Upper east | 182 (4.3) | Upper west | 115 (2.7) |
|
|
Source: computed from 2014 GDHS data set.
|