Research Article
What Influences Where They Give Birth? Determinants of Place of Delivery among Women in Rural Ghana
Table 1
Background characteristics and place of delivery.
| Variable | Place of delivery | value | Home | Facility | (100%) | (100%) |
| Maternal age | | | 0.107 | 15–19 | 23 (38.0%) | 38 (62.0%) | | 20–24 | 153 (40.0%) | 228 (60.0%) | | 25–29 | 206 (36.4%) | 360 (63.6%) | | 30–34 | 223 (45.5%) | 267 (54.5%) | | 35–39 | 165 (38.4%) | 288 (63.6%) | | 40–44 | 93 (38.6%) | 148 (61.4%) | | 45–49 | 45 (51.2%) | 43 (48.8%) | | Wealth index | | | 0.000 | Poorest | 452 (53.7%) | 389 (46.3%) | | Poorer | 301 (41.9%) | 418 (58.1%) | | Middle | 138 (29.7%) | 327 (70.3%) | | Richer | 13 (5.9%) | 207 (94.1%) | | Richest | 3 (8.4%) | 31 (91.6%) | | Educational level | | | 0.000 | No education | 468 (53.4%) | 409 (46.6%) | | Primary | 213 (41.1%) | 305 (58.9%) | | Secondary | 223 (26.4%) | 620 (73.6%) | | Higher | 3 (6.9%) | 38 (93.1%) | | Ecological zone | | | 0.000 | Coastal zone | 302 (34.7%) | 569 (65.3%) | | Forest zone | 256 (34.4%) | 490 (65.6%) | | Savannah zone | 348 (52.7%) | 313 (47.3%) | | Getting money needed for treatment | | | 0.000 | Big problem | 531 (46.0%) | 623 (54.0%) | | Not a big problem | 375 (33.4%) | 749 (66.6%) | | Ethnicity | | | 0.000 | Akan | 296 (31.0%) | 659 (69.0%) | | Ga/Dangme | 38 (43.0%) | 52 (57.0%) | | Ewe | 104 (37.6%) | 172 (62.4%) | | Guan | 16 (34.3%) | 30 (65.7%) | | Mole–Dagbani | 181 (37.8%) | 297 (62.2%) | | Grusi | 28 (37.9%) | 46 (62.1%) | | Gurma | 217 (73.9%) | 77 (26.1%) | | Mande | 5 (15.9%) | 27 (84.1%) | | Other | 21 (66.8%) | 10 (33.2%) | | Parity | | | 0.000 | One birth | 90 (27.5%) | 238 (72.5%) | | Two births | 139 (36.6%) | 240 (63.4%) | | Three births | 146 (34.9%) | 273 (65.1%) | | Four births or more | 531 (46.1%) | 621 (53.9%) | | Partner’s education | | | 0.000 | No education | 396 (56.0%) | 311 (44.0%) | | Primary | 129 (40.9%) | 187 (59.1%) | | Secondary | 361 (32.0%) | 767 (68.0%) | | Higher | 20 (15.8%) | 106 (84.3%) | | Distance to health facility | | | 0.000 | Big problem | 422 (51.8%) | 392 (48.2%) | | Not a big problem | 485 (33.1%) | 979 (66.9%) | |
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