Women’s Health Decision-Making Autonomy and Skilled Birth Attendance in Ghana

Table 1

Background characteristics, Ghana DHS 2014 ( = 5,884).

Background characteristics	Frequency (%)
Age
15–19	211 (3.6)
20–24	1,003 (17.1)
25–29	1,468 (25.0)
30–34	1,465 (25.0)
35–39	1,087 (18.5)
40–44	504 (8.6)
45–49	146 (2.5)
Level of education
No Education	1,613 (27.4)
Primary	1,179 (20.0)
Secondary	2,830 (48.1)
Higher/tertiary	262 (4.5)
Religious affiliation
Christianity	4,446 (75.6)
Islam	1,002 (17.0)
Traditionalist	189 (3.2)
No religion	246 (4.2)
Marital status
Married	3,722 (63.3)
Not married	2,162 (36.8)
Occupation
Not working	1,035 (17.6)
Primary	1,554 (26.5)
Secondary	745 (12.7)
Tertiary	2,536 (43.2)
Wealth status
Poor	2,541 (43.2)
Middle	1,151 (19.6)
Rich	2,192 (37.3)
Residential status
Rural	3,236 (55.0)
Urban	2,648 (45.0)
Region of residence
Western	443 (10.3)
Central	469 (11.0)
Greater Accra	698 (16.3)
Volta	325 (7.6)
Eastern	402 (9.4)
Ashanti	765 (17.9)
Brong Ahafo	387 (9.0)
Northern	497 (11.6)
Upper east	182 (4.3)
Upper west	115 (2.7)

Source: computed from 2014 GDHS data set.