Determinants of Skilled Birth Attendance in the Northern Parts of Ghana

Table 1

Background characteristics.

Variable	Correlates		Percentage	value
Age	15–19	40	2.2	<0.001
	20–24	294	16.5
	25–29	446	25.0
	30–34	393	22.0
	35–39	343	19.2
	40–44	188	10.5
	45–49	82	4.6
Household wealth	Poorest	1043	58.4	<0.001
	Poorer	341	19.1
	Middle	204	11.4
	Richer	138	7.7
	Richest	60	3.4
Education	No education	1067	59.8	<0.001
	Primary	288	16.1
	Secondary	399	22.3
	Higher	32	1.8
Region	Brong Ahafo	543	30.4	<0.001
	Northern	778	43.6
	Upper East	286	16.0
	Upper West	180	10.0
Distance to health facility	Big problem	659	36.9	<0.001
	Not a big problem	1127	63.1
Religion	Christianity	883	49.5	<0.001
	Islam	680	38.1
	Traditional/spiritual	143	8.0
	No region	80	4.4
Parity	One birth	255	14.3	<0.001
	Two births	318	17.8
	Three births	314	17.6
	Four births or more	899	50.3
Partner’s education	No education	947	53.0	<0.001
	Primary	206	11.5
	Secondary	523	29.3
	Higher	110	6.2
Getting money for treatment	Big problem	906	50.8	<0.001
	Not a big problem	880	49.2
Marital status	Single	95	5.4	0.63
	Married	1399	78.3
	Cohabiting	292	16.3