Antenatal Care Attendance and Factors Influenced Birth Weight of Babies Born between June 2017 and May 2018 in the Wa East District, Ghana

Table 1

Background characteristics of participants.

Variable		Frequency	Percentage
Age group (years)	<20	41	17.6
	20-34	148	63.5
	≥35	44	18.9
Marital status	Legally married	215	92.3
	Cohabitation	18	7.7
Religion	Christianity	66	28.3
	Islam	167	71.7
Occupation	Unemployed	53	22.7
	Farmer	149	64.0
	Trader	31	13.3
Educational level	No education	113	48.5
	Primary/JHS	103	44.2
	SHS/tertiary	17	7.3
Parity	0-1	99	42.5
	2-3	78	33.5
	4+	56	24.0