Early Sexual Debut among Ghanaian Women: Correlates and Psychological Effect

Table 3

Prevalence of nonmarital early sexual debut in Ghana among women.

		Early sexual debut
		No		Yes
Region	Western	457	41.4%	646	58.6%
	Central	463	43.2%	608	56.8%
	Greater Accra	866	60.3%	569	39.7%
	Volta	399	35.6%	722	64.4%
	Eastern	497	41.8%	691	58.2%
	Ashanti	790	49.7%	801	50.3%
	Brong Ahafo	472	43.7%	607	56.3%
	Northern	358	33.4%	713	66.6%
	Upper East	299	36.4%	522	63.6%
	Upper West	335	34.4%	638	65.6%
Total		4936	43.1%	6517	56.9%