From: Ghana’s National Health insurance scheme and maternal and child health: a mixed methods study
Characteristic | Percentage | |
---|---|---|
Women’s age (years) | 15-19 | 7.5 |
20-24 | 25.4 | |
25-34 | 44.9 | |
35-49 | 22.2 | |
Parity | 0-1 | 22.0 |
2-3 | 30.8 | |
≥4 | 47.2 | |
Current marital status | Married | 87.8 |
Not Married | 12.2 | |
Education | None | 51.1 |
Primary | 19.6 | |
Secondary or more | 29.3 | |
Working status | Unemployed/unpaid | 51.5 |
Self-employed | 44.2 | |
Paid | 4.3 | |
Wealth category | Poorest | 40.3 |
Middle | 42.5 | |
Richest | 17.2 | |
Religion | Christian | 56.7 |
Muslim | 43.3 | |
Belongs to the dominant ethnicity for region | Yes | 77.9 |
No | 22.1 | |
Locality of residence | Urban | 23.1 |
Rural | 76.9 | |
Region of residence | Northern | 49.7 |
Central | 50.3 | |
Child’s age | Under 1 | 43.0 |
1-3 | 20.9 | |
3 to 5 | 36.1 |