|
Background characteristic
|
Years
|
|---|
|
1988
|
1993
|
1998
|
2003
|
2008
|
2014
|
|---|
|
n = 2701
|
n = 1974
|
n = 2374
|
n = 2743
|
n = 2131
|
n = 4294
|
|---|
|
National
|
45.0
|
60.6
|
68.7
|
90.8
|
84.9
|
87.7
|
|
Age
|
|
15–19
|
38.9
|
62.8
|
74.5
|
91.9
|
81.0
|
94.0
|
|
20–24
|
40.4
|
63.3
|
73.7
|
93.9
|
84.2
|
89.2
|
|
25–29
|
41.3
|
61.9
|
72.9
|
92.4
|
90.2
|
91.3
|
|
30–34
|
50.3
|
61.4
|
71.2
|
91.5
|
88.2
|
91.5
|
|
35–39
|
48.7
|
57.7
|
69.4
|
92.2
|
87.8
|
91.2
|
|
40–44
|
53.1
|
53.9
|
63.9
|
88.4
|
81.5
|
89.6
|
|
45–49
|
49.1
|
37.5
|
51.9
|
89.9
|
82.8
|
77.3
|
|
Ecological Zone
|
|
Coastal Zone
|
48.9
|
66.6
|
75.4
|
93.6
|
87.1
|
91.7
|
|
Forest Zone
|
38.1
|
62.0
|
70.1
|
94.6
|
93.5
|
95.6
|
|
Savannah zone
|
52.3
|
47.9
|
59.2
|
84.7
|
74.5
|
77.9
|
|
Place of Residence
|
|
Urban
|
43.1
|
75.4
|
83.1
|
97.6
|
94.1
|
95.7
|
|
Rural
|
45.7
|
54.7
|
66.4
|
88.8
|
81.9
|
86.0
|
|
Level of Education
|
|
No education
|
48.8
|
50.8
|
63.2
|
86.2
|
77.7
|
81.4
|
|
Primary
|
41.3
|
65.1
|
75.8
|
92.3
|
85.9
|
89.7
|
|
Secondary
|
47.6
|
85.7
|
74.6
|
97.4
|
93.1
|
94.9
|
|
Higher
|
58.8
|
93.3
|
84.8
|
100.0
|
99.3
|
98.8
|
|
Wealth Status
|
|
Poorest
|
–
|
64.3
|
66.7
|
83.4
|
71.9
|
78.2
|
|
Poorer
|
–
|
57.9
|
70.9
|
91.3
|
83.4
|
88.0
|
|
Middle
|
–
|
58.0
|
70.1
|
94.9
|
92.1
|
93.0
|
|
Richer
|
–
|
59.5
|
71.1
|
95.1
|
94.1
|
96.1
|
|
Richest
|
–
|
62.8
|
72.8
|
98.7
|
97.5
|
98.7
|
|
Marital Status
|
|
Single
|
53.8
|
57.6
|
71.7
|
91.1
|
87.7
|
92.0
|
|
Married
|
43.3
|
60.9
|
70.6
|
91.8
|
86.7
|
90.8
|
|
Cohabitation
|
51.2
|
60.7
|
71.1
|
94.6
|
86.4
|
88.7
|
|
Parity
|
|
One birth
|
42.7
|
68.8
|
78.0
|
94.7
|
90.5
|
94.1
|
|
Two births
|
42.0
|
62.7
|
72.5
|
94.0
|
88.5
|
92.6
|
|
Three births
|
44.7
|
63.1
|
72.8
|
92.4
|
88.4
|
91.4
|
|
Four or more births
|
47.1
|
54.9
|
65.5
|
89.5
|
83.2
|
87.0
|
|
Ethnicity
|
|
Akan
|
41.5
|
63.0
|
73.9
|
94.7
|
93.1
|
94.3
|
|
Ga/Dangme
|
54.0
|
80.5
|
79.9
|
93.9
|
92.3
|
93.5
|
|
Ewe
|
43.7
|
62.1
|
73.5
|
92.6
|
81.7
|
92.8
|
|
Northern Ethnic Group
|
48.5
|
51.5
|
60.1
|
86.5
|
79.2
|
83.1
|
|
Other
|
52.1
|
62.5
|
61.2
|
90.6
|
82.1
|
91.9
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Not working
|
44.1
|
63.2
|
66.0
|
90.5
|
89.4
|
91.4
|
|
Working
|
45.8
|
59.9
|
71.5
|
92.2
|
86.5
|
90.4
|
- Source: Computed from GDHS 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2014
