Contraceptive Use among Basic School Pupils in Ghana: A Case Study of a Municipality

Table 1

Background characteristics of respondents.

Variable	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age
10–12	65	15.2
13–15	237	55.5
16–18	125	29.3
Total	427	100
Class
Upper primary	118	27.6
JHS	309	72.4
Total	427	100
Religion
Christian	372	87.1
Islam	46	10.8
Traditionalist	9	2.1
Total	427	100
Sex
Female	224	52.5
Male	203	47.5
Total	427	100
Ethnicity
Fante	286	67.0
Akan	30	7.0
Ewe	51	12.0
Ga-Adangbe	34	8.0
Others	26	6.1
Total	427	100
Person leaving with
Live alone	20	4.7
Both parents	212	49.7
Mother only	140	32.8
Father only	32	7.5
Others	23	5.4
Total	427	100
Number of siblings
0	174	40.8
1	17	4.0
2	115	27
3	119	27.9
>4	2	0.5
Total	427	100
Birth order among siblings
1	238	55.7
2	50	11.7
3	58	13.6
4	50	11.7
>5	31	7.3
Total	427	100

Source: field data 2019.