Association between Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Northern Ghana

Table 2

Demographic characteristics and gestational weight gain of study subjects.

Demographic characteristics and weight gain	Frequency ()	Percentage
Mean age in
Age (years)
Below 20	78	12.77
20-29	311	50.90
30-39	193	31.59
40 and above	29	4.75
Highest educational level
No formal education	379	62.03
Basic	134	21.93
Secondary/technical	81	13.26
Tertiary	17	2.78
Occupation
Public/civil servant	20	3.27
Vocational/self-employed	349	57.12
None	242	39.61
Marital status
Married	555	90.83
Not married	56	9.17
Mean gravidity/number of all
Gravidity
Primigravida	158	25.86
Multigravida	453	74.14
Mean parity/number of live births from all
Parity
Nulliparous	75	12.27
Primiparous	202	33.06
Multiparous	334	54.66
Mean BMI in
Prepregnancy BMI
Underweight	83	13.58
Normal weight	420	68.74
Overweight	85	13.91
Obese	23	3.76
Mean gestational weight gain in
Gestational weight gain
Normal weight gain	76	12.44
Inadequate weight gain	516	84.45
Excessive weight gain	19	3.11