Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among Women in Southern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 GDHS
Table 1
Background characteristics of respondents.
| Variable | Frequency (n = 5.662) | Percentage (%) |
| Hypertension | Non hypertensive | 4744 | 83.8 | Hypertensive | 918 | 16.2 | Age (years) | 15–19 years | 922 | 16.3 | 20–24 years | 972 | 17.2 | 25–29 years | 981 | 17.3 | 30–34 years | 837 | 14.8 | 35–39 years | 791 | 14.0 | 40–44 years | 636 | 11.2 | 45–49 years | 523 | 9.2 | Wealth index | Poorest | 325 | 5.7 | Poorer | 949 | 16.8 | Middle | 1273 | 22.5 | Richer | 1496 | 26.4 | Richest | 1620 | 28.6 | Level of education | No education | 678 | 12.0 | Primary | 991 | 17.5 | Secondary | 3575 | 63.1 | Higher | 418 | 7.4 | Ethnicity | Akan | 3287 | 58.0 | Ga/Dangme | 562 | 9.9 | Ewe | 973 | 17.2 | Guan | 108 | 1.9 | Mole-dagbani | 361 | 6.4 | Grusi | 101 | 1.8 | Gurma | 116 | 2.1 | Mande | 28 | 0.5 | Others | 126 | 2.2 | Religion | Islam | 534 | 9.4 | Christian | 4930 | 87.1 | Others | 198 | 3.5 | Parity | Zero birth | 1823 | 32.2 | One birth | 819 | 14.5 | Two births | 823 | 14.5 | Three births | 694 | 12.3 | Four births or more | 1503 | 26.6 | Marital status | Single | 1921 | 33.9 | Married | 2203 | 38.9 | Living with partner | 873 | 15.4 | Widowed | 146 | 2.6 | Separated | 519 | 9.2 | Occupation | Unemployed | 1310 | 23.1 | Professional/clerical | 450 | 7.9 | Sales/services | 2479 | 43.8 | Agricultural worker | 704 | 12.4 | Manual worker | 719 | 12.7 | Salted fish in the last 24 hrs | No | 3539 | 62.5 | Yes | 2123 | 37.5 | Place of residence | Urban | 3370 | 59.5 | Rural | 2292 | 40.5 | Region | Western | 814 | 14.4 | Central | 732 | 12.9 | Greater accra | 1482 | 26.2 | Volta | 563 | 9.9 | Eastern | 680 | 12.0 | Ashanti | 1393 | 24.6 |
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