Table 1 Background characteristics
Years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2014 |
n = 2701 | n = 1974 | n = 2374 | n = 2743 | n = 2131 | n = 4294 | |
(%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
Age | ||||||
15–19 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
20–24 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 17.0 |
25–29 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 24.6 | 26.5 | 24.2 |
30–34 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 21.9 | 20.5 | 23.4 |
35–39 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 18.8 |
40–44 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
45–49 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
Ecological Zone | ||||||
Coastal Zone | 45.6 | 39.0 | 45.9 | 37.1 | 39.7 | 45.2 |
Forest Zone | 40.6 | 38.5 | 38.0 | 40.2 | 38.3 | 36.3 |
Savannah zone | 13.8 | 22.5 | 16.1 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 18.5 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 28.4 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 35.9 | 40.2 | 46.2 |
Rural | 71.6 | 71.5 | 73.9 | 64.1 | 59.8 | 53.8 |
Education | ||||||
No education | 44.1 | 40.2 | 36.5 | 38.7 | 30.6 | 26.1 |
Primary | 50.7 | 54.1 | 20.3 | 22.3 | 24.4 | 19.6 |
Secondary | 4.6 | 5.0 | 42.1 | 37.9 | 42.6 | 49.7 |
Higher | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.6 |
Wealth Status | ||||||
Poorest | - | 17.6 | 13.5 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 21.0 |
Poorer | - | 15.7 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 20.3 |
Middle | - | 18.4 | 23.8 | 20.2 | 19.1 | 20.0 |
Richer | - | 23.9 | 23.2 | 17.9 | 20.8 | 19.6 |
Richest | - | 24.4 | 19.8 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 19.1 |
Marital Status | ||||||
Single | 11.8 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 12.5 | 16.8 |
Married | 82.2 | 76.3 | 71.6 | 79.4 | 68.0 | 61.7 |
Cohabitation | 6.0 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
Parity | ||||||
One birth | 19.0 | 20.1 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.8 |
Two births | 17.2 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 20.9 | 20.4 |
Three births | 15.3 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 17.8 |
Four or more births | 48.5 | 43.6 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 40.2 | 39.0 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Akan | 51.4 | 48.4 | 52.4 | 47.1 | 46.6 | 47.4 |
Ga/Dangme | 8.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 6.4 |
Ewe | 15.3 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.2 |
Northern Ethnic Group | 15.3 | 28.7 | 23.1 | 26.4 | 31.7 | 31.1 |
Other | 9.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
Occupation | ||||||
Not workinga | 45.6 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 17.5 |
Working | 54.4 | 80.0 | 86.2 | 88.7 | 89.6 | 82.5 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |