Research Article
Female Genital Mutilation in Ghana: Prevalence and Socioeconomic Predictors
Table 1
Socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents.
| | Frequency | Percentage |
| Area | Urban | 4703 | 43.4% | Rural | 6137 | 56.6% | Region | Western | 1036 | 9.6% | Central | 905 | 8.3% | Greater Accra | 1117 | 10.3% | Volta | 659 | 6.1% | Eastern | 820 | 7.6% | Ashanti | 1693 | 15.6% | Brong-Ahafo | 914 | 8.4% | Northern | 1151 | 10.6% | Upper East | 1146 | 10.6% | Upper West | 1399 | 12.9% | Age at first marriage | Below 15 | 1237 | 11.9% | 15-24 | 7611 | 73.1% | 25-34 | 1435 | 13.8% | 35 years and above | 128 | 1.2% | Ethnicity | Akan | 4035 | 37.2% | GA/Dangme | 666 | 6.1% | Ewe | 900 | 8.3% | Guan | 362 | 3.3% | Gruma | 458 | 4.2% | Mole Dagbani | 2976 | 27.5% | Grusi | 460 | 4.2% | Mande | 67 | 0.6% | Other | 910 | 8.4% | Educational level | Preprimary or none | 4101 | 37.8% | Primary | 1994 | 18.4% | JSS/JHS/middle | 3370 | 31.1% | SSS/SHS/secondary | 939 | 8.7% | Higher | 434 | 4.0% | Have health insurance | Yes | 6030 | 55.6% | No | 4810 | 44.4% | Functional difficulties (age 18-49 years) | Has functional difficulty | 1214 | 11.2% | Has no functional difficulty | 9607 | 88.8% | Wealth index quintile | Poorest | 3217 | 29.7% | Second | 1791 | 16.5% | Middle | 1878 | 17.3% | Fourth | 1909 | 17.6% | Richest | 2045 | 18.9% |
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