Research Article
Women’s Health Decision-Making Autonomy and Skilled Birth Attendance in Ghana
Table 3
Distribution of place of delivery by healthcare decision-making autonomy.
| Variable | Home Delivery (%) | Health Facility (%) |
| Decision making on healthcare | | | Respondent alone | 28.1 | 71.9 | Respondent and others | 32.7 | 67.3 | Age | | | 15–19 | 22.6 | 77.4 | 20–24 | 31.0 | 69.0 | 25–29 | 25.2 | 74.9 | 30–34 | 26.6 | 73.4 | 35–39 | 23.5 | 76.6 | 40–44 | 31.0 | 69.0 | 45–49 | 42.9 | 57.2 | Wealth status | | | Poorest | 54.2 | 45.8 | Poorer | 40.5 | 59.5 | Middle | 24.2 | 75.8 | Richer | 6.6 | 93.4 | Richest | 3.0 | 97.0 | Education | | | No education | 48.7 | 51.3 | Primary | 32.1 | 67.9 | Secondly | 14.9 | 85.2 | Higher/tertiary | 2.0 | 98.0 | Religious affiliation | | | Christianity | 22.9 | 77.1 | Islam | 28.8 | 71.2 | Traditionalist | 79.3 | 20.8 | No religion | 53.9 | 46.2 | Marital status | | | Not married | 27.6 | 72.4 | Married | 26.8 | 73.2 | Residential status | | | Rural | 41.6 | 58.4 | Urban | 9.4 | 90.6 | Region of residence | | | Western | 35.3 | 64.7 | Central | 28.8 | 71.2 | Greater Accra | 32.9 | 67.1 | Volta | 38.4 | 61.6 | Eastern | 30.0 | 70.4 | Ashanti | 27.6 | 72.4 | Brong Ahafo | 31.6 | 68.4 | Northern | 32.0 | 68.1 | Upper east | 37.2 | 63.0 | Upper west | 26.3 | 73.7 | NHIS Subscription | | | No | 34.5 | 65.6 | Yes | 23.5 | 76.5 | Partner’s occupation | | | Primary | 48.0 | 52.0 | Secondary | 16.8 | 83.2 | Tertiary | 10.8 | 89.2 | Frequency of watching TV | | | Not at all | 45.6 | 54.4 | Less than once a week | 24.2 | 75.9 | At least once a week | 16.0 | 84.0 | Frequency of listening to radio | | | Not at all | 47.7 | 52.2 | Less than a week | 32.1 | 67.9 | At least once a week | 23.5 | 76.5 | Frequency of reading newspaper | | | Not at all | 33.4 | 66.6 | Less than once a week | 8.1 | 91.9 | At least once a week | 6.3 | 93.7 |
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Source: computed from 2014 GDHS.
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