Women Empowerment and Skilled Birth Attendants among Women in Rural Ghana

Table 1

Background characteristics and skilled birth attendants.

Variable	Frequency ()	Percentage	Proportion of skilled birth attendant
Women empowerment
Decision-making ability power
Low	167	8.0	46.8
Medium	657	31.4	55.8
High	1,269	69.6	66.5
Women’s knowledge level
Low	214	10.2	36.6
Medium	1,087	52.0	58.5
High	792	37.8	72.5
Labour force
Not working	313	15.0	62.9
Working	1,780	85.0	61.3
Acceptance of wife beating
Low	1,439	68.7	66.0
Medium	364	17.4	58.1
High	290	13.9	44.0
Age
15–19	55	2.6	68.7
20–24	345	16.5	61.4
25–29	533	25.4	64.3
30–34	454	21.8	56.6
35–39	413	20.0	64.1
40–44	209	10.0	63.0
45–49	84	4.0	51.2
ANC visit
Less than 4	332	15.9	27.1
4 or more	1,761	84.1	68.1
Partner’s educational level
No education	654	31.2	44.4
Primary	302	14.5	61.6
Secondary	1,025	49.0	69.7
Higher	112	5.3	87.1
Getting medical for self: money needed for treatment
Big problem	1,025	49.0	54.0
Not a big problem	1,068	51.0	68.8
Getting medical help for self: distance to a health facility
Big problem	753	36.5	49.4
Not a big problem	1,330	63.5	68.6