Table 2 Distribution of the study population by socio-demographic characteristics in Ghana DHS, 2022 (n = 6,839)
Variables | Categories | Weighted Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Individual-level variables | Â | Â | ||
Age | 15–29 | 3,544 | 51.8 | |
30–39 | 2,661 | 38.9 | ||
40–49 | 634 | 9.3 | ||
Women’s education level | No formal education | 1,871 | 27.4 | |
Primary education | 1,096 | 16 | ||
Secondary and higher | 3,839 | 56.6 | ||
Religion | Christians | 3,889 | 56.8 | |
Islam | 2,106 | 30.8 | ||
No religion | 151 | 2.2 | ||
Others | 693 | 10.2 | ||
Women employment | Not working | 1,556 | 22.8 | |
Working | 5,283 | 77.2 | ||
Partner’s education level | No formal education | 1,727 | 30 | |
Primary education | 622 | 10.8 | ||
Secondary and higher education | 3,407 | 59.2 | ||
Household wealth index | Poor | 3,680 | 53.8 | |
Middle | 1,267 | 18.5 | ||
Rich | 1,892 | 27.7 | ||
Community-level variables | ||||
Place of residence | Urban | 2,916 | 42.6 | |
Rural | 3,923 | 57.4 | ||
Region | Western | 330 | 4.8 | |
Central | 411 | 6 | ||
Greater Accra | 351 | 5.1 | ||
Volta | 301 | 4.4 | ||
Eastern | 346 | 5.1 | ||
Ashanti | 455 | 6.7 | ||
Western North | 339 | 5 | ||
Ahafo | 348 | 5.1 | ||
Bono | 319 | 4.7 | ||
Bono East | 474 | 6.9 | ||
Oti | 468 | 6.8 | ||
Northern | 652 | 9.5 | ||
Savannah | 591 | 8.6 | ||
North East | 592 | 8.7 | ||
Upper East | 445 | 6.5 | ||
Upper West | 417 | 6.1 | ||
Community-level poverty | Low | 3,680 | 53.8 | |
| Â | High | 3,159 | 46.2 | |
Community-level literacy | Low | 2,967 | 43.4 | |
High | 3,872 | 56.6 | ||
Community-level media exposure | Low | 5,481 | 80.1 | |
High | 1,358 | 19.9 | ||