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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study population (women aged 15–49)

From: Socio-demographic determinants of skilled birth attendant at delivery in rural southern Ghana

Characteristics

Frequencya

Proportion (%)

Age group

 15–19

223

11.9

 20–24

494

26.36

 25–29

498

26.57

 30–34

348

18.57

 35–39

207

11.05

 40+

104

5.55

Mean = 27.41 (SD = 6.87)

  

Ethnicity

 Ga-Dangme

1370

73.11

 Akan

101

5.39

 Ewe

298

15.9

 Northern

97

5.18

 Others

8

0.43

Religion

 Christianity

1727

92.16

 Islamic

100

5.34

 Traditional

22

1.17

 Others

25

1.33

Occupation

 Unemployed

477

25.45

 Farmer

299

15.96

 Artisan

252

13.45

 Petty trader

510

27.21

 Civil servant

30

1.6

 Student

265

14.14

 Others

41

2.19

Level of education

 No education

512

27.32

 Primary

567

30.26

 Junior high/middle school

646

34.47

 Senior high and above

149

7.95

Marital status

 Single

550

29.35

 Married

349

18.62

 Separated/divorced

32

1.71

 Cohabiting

907

48.4

 Widowed

9

0.48

 Missing

27

1.44

Parity

 Parity 1

543

28.98

 Parity 2

464

24.76

 Parity 3

329

17.56

 Parity 4

223

11.9

 Parity 5+

315

16.81

Assisted delivery

 No skilled person

583

31.11

 Skilled person

1291

68.89

ANC attendance during last pregnancy

 Yes

1841

98.29

 No

32

1.71

Is this your first live birth

 Yes

543

28.98

 No

1331

71.02

  1. n = 1873
  2. SD standard deviation
  3. aNumber of respondents across some variables categories may not add up to 1873 due to missing data