Factors Influencing Sustained Utilization of Child Welfare Services among Children Aged 18 to 59 Months in a Low-Income Rural Community, Ghana

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and caregivers’ perception towards CWS.

Variables	Parameter	Frequency	Percent
Age distribution	<20	8	2.6
	21–30	181	58.4
	31–40	112	36.1
	>40	9	2.9
Distribution of education status	None	45	14.5
	Basic	181	58.4
	Secondary	44	14.2
	Tertiary	40	12.9
Employment status	Employed	32	10.3
	Unemployed	270	87.1
	Student	8	2.6
Perceptions of services provided at CWC	Weighing	302	23.32
	Vaccination	294	22.63
	Vitamin A supplementation	267	20.55
	Health education	203	15.63
	Counselling	229	17.63
Meaning of declining weight record	Child is not growing well/has lost weight	145	28.71
	Child may be sick/has been sick	116	22.97
	Child is not eating well	107	21.19
	Do not know	137	27.13