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

Table 3

Distribution of place of delivery by healthcare decision-making autonomy.

Variable	Home Delivery (%)	Health Facility (%)
Decision making on healthcare
Respondent alone	28.1	71.9
Respondent and others	32.7	67.3
Age
15–19	22.6	77.4
20–24	31.0	69.0
25–29	25.2	74.9
30–34	26.6	73.4
35–39	23.5	76.6
40–44	31.0	69.0
45–49	42.9	57.2
Wealth status
Poorest	54.2	45.8
Poorer	40.5	59.5
Middle	24.2	75.8
Richer	6.6	93.4
Richest	3.0	97.0
Education
No education	48.7	51.3
Primary	32.1	67.9
Secondly	14.9	85.2
Higher/tertiary	2.0	98.0
Religious affiliation
Christianity	22.9	77.1
Islam	28.8	71.2
Traditionalist	79.3	20.8
No religion	53.9	46.2
Marital status
Not married	27.6	72.4
Married	26.8	73.2
Residential status
Rural	41.6	58.4
Urban	9.4	90.6
Region of residence
Western	35.3	64.7
Central	28.8	71.2
Greater Accra	32.9	67.1
Volta	38.4	61.6
Eastern	30.0	70.4
Ashanti	27.6	72.4
Brong Ahafo	31.6	68.4
Northern	32.0	68.1
Upper east	37.2	63.0
Upper west	26.3	73.7
NHIS Subscription
No	34.5	65.6
Yes	23.5	76.5
Partner’s occupation
Primary	48.0	52.0
Secondary	16.8	83.2
Tertiary	10.8	89.2
Frequency of watching TV
Not at all	45.6	54.4
Less than once a week	24.2	75.9
At least once a week	16.0	84.0
Frequency of listening to radio
Not at all	47.7	52.2
Less than a week	32.1	67.9
At least once a week	23.5	76.5
Frequency of reading newspaper
Not at all	33.4	66.6
Less than once a week	8.1	91.9
At least once a week	6.3	93.7

Source: computed from 2014 GDHS.