Pregnancy in Disability: Community Perceptions and Personal Experiences in a Rural Setting in Ghana
Table 4
Respondents’ perceptions about sexuality and pregnancy of female PWDs.
Statements
Agree ()
Disagree ()
(i) Women living with disabilities are treated fairly in Ghana
34.8
65.2
(ii) Pregnant Women living with disabilities should live in special institutions
95.7
4.3
(iii) Women living with disabilities can give birth to normal babies
100
-
(iv) Women living with disabilities can have children
99.5
0.5
(v) Women with disabilities are well integrated into maternal health care services
10.3
89.7
(vi) Women living with disabilities can have sexual feelings or desires
29.5
70.5
(vii) Women living with disabilities are asexual
60.8
39.2
(viii) People with disabilities are discriminated in Ghana
65.5
34.5
(ix) Women living with disabilities face double discrimination based on their sexuality or during pregnancy
80.5
19.5
(x)Pregnant women with disabilities should be not be kept away from other pregnant women in society
16.3
83.8
(xi) Pregnant women with disabilities are not capable of going through normal labor and childbirth
72.8
27.3
(xii) It is wrong for a woman with a disability to have children
14
86
(xiii) A woman with disability can marry a man without disability
94.5
5.5
(xiv) I will be comfortable if my close relative or friend has a sexual relationship with a woman living with disability
43.8
56.3
(xv) A woman with disability can only marry a man with disability
5.3
94.8
(xvi) A woman with disability can only have sexual relationship with a man with disability
5.3
94.8
(xvii) I would be comfortable if a woman with a disability was my sister in law
39.2
60.8
(xviii) Women living with disabilities should be kept apart from Society
13.5
86.5
(xix) Pregnant non - disabled women should avoid pregnant disabled women with disabilities because they can transmit the disability to their unborn child
