Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Prevalence and Predictors

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of unintended pregnancy.

Variables	Number of women	Percent	Unintended pregnancy
Age			(%)
15-19	64	9.4	71.7
20-29	301	44.3	36.9
30-39	278	40.9	34.7
40-49	36	5.4	50.2
Education level
No education	161	23.8	26.1
Primary education	113	16.6	53.9
Secondary/higher	405	59.6	41.6
Religious affiliation
Christian	542	79.8	43.3
Muslim	102	15.1	21.3
Traditionalist	19	2.8	44.1
Others	16	2.3	42.7
Ethnicity
Akan	346	51.0	43.1
Ga-Dangme	30	4.4	35.7
Ewe	109	16.1	60.0
Mole-Dagbani	99	14.6	24.0
Others	95	13.9	23.4
Wealth status
Poor	248	36.6	44.0
Middle	140	20.6	48.5
Rich	291	42.8	32.4
Marital status
Never married	104	15.3	68.9
Married/living together	563	82.9	34.4
Widowed/divorced/separated	12	1.8	48.2
Parity
0	144	21.2	46.8
1-3	380	55.9	31.9
4+	155	22.9	53.3
Work status
Working	507	74.6	37.4
Not working	172	25.4	47.5
Ovulatory cycle knowledge
Yes	287	42.2	39.8
No	392	57.8	40.0
Unmet need for contraception
No unmet need	408	60.0	000.0
Unmet need	271	40.0	100.0
Type of residence
Urban	337	49.7	33.1
Rural	342	50.3	46.7
Region
Western	73	10.7	27.6
Central	75	11.1	51.5
Greater Accra	134	19.7	36.9
Volta	45	6.6	76.2
Eastern	71	10.4	56.6
Ashanti	106	15.7	46.6
Brong Ahafo	60	8.8	36.9
Northern	71	10.5	12.3
Upper East	29	4.3	16.9
Upper West	15	2.2	23.6
Total prevalence			40.0