Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children, mothers and health insurance status in Ghana, 2017/18
Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex of child | ||
  Male   Female | 4369 4505 | 49.2 50.8 |
Age of child (months) | ||
  0–11   12–23   24–35   36–47   48–59 | 1700 1694 1750 1928 1802 | 19.2 19.1 19.7 21.7 20.3 |
Mother's education | ||
  Pre-primary/none   Primary   Junior High School   Senior High School   Higher | 2428 1790 3259 954 443 | 27.3 20.2 36.7 10.8 5 |
Wealth quintile | ||
  Poorest   Second   Middle   Fourth   Richest | 1966 1834 1769 1676 1630 | 22.2 20.7 19.9 18.8 18.4 |
Residence | ||
  Urban   Rural | 3821 5053 | 43.1 56.9 |
Region | ||
  Western   Central   Greater Accra   Volta   Eastern   Ashanti   Brong- Ahafo   Northern   Upper East   Upper West | 931 926 862 710 953 2111 833 1055 282 211 | 10.5 10.4 9.7 8 10.7 23.8 9.4 11.9 3.2 2.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
  Akan   Mole Dagbani   Others (Ewe, Gruma etc.) | 4091 1503 3280 | 46.1 16.9 37 |
Health insurance status | ||
  Insured   Non-insured | 5186 3689 | 58.4 41.6 |