Early Sexual Debut among Ghanaian Women: Correlates and Psychological Effect

Table 1

Socioeconomic factors of the respondents.

		Frequency	Percentage
Age group	15-24 years	5836	40.6%
	25-34 years	3837	26.7%
	35 years and above	4701	32.7%
Ever attended school	Yes	11283	78.5%
	No	3091	21.5%
Area	Urban	7134	48.8%
	Rural	7475	51.2%
Marital status	Married	6246	43.5%
	Cohabitation	1655	11.5%
	Single	6473	45.0%
Region	Western	1350	9.2%
	Central	1319	9.0%
	Greater Accra	1830	12.5%
	Volta	1303	8.9%
	Eastern	1440	9.9%
	Ashanti	2022	13.8%
	Brong Ahafo	1323	9.1%
	Northern	1499	10.3%
	Upper East	1170	8.0%
	Upper West	1353	9.3%
Ethnicity	Akan	5577	38.2%
	GA/Dangme	1142	7.8%
	Ewe	1758	12.0%
	Guan	513	3.5%
	Gruma	600	4.1%
	Mole Dagbani	3212	22.0%
	Grusi	598	4.1%
	Mande	73	0.5%
	Other	1131	7.7%
Health insurance	With insurance	8152	56.7%
	Without insurance	6222	43.3%
Functional difficulties (age 18-49 years)	Has functional difficulty	1125	9.0%
	Has no functional difficulty	11403	91.0%
Wealth index quintile	Poorest	3383	23.5%
	Second	2412	16.8%
	Middle	2680	18.6%
	Fourth	2720	18.9%
	Richest	3179	22.1%