Table 1 Distribution of selected dependent and independent variables in Ghana
Variable | Obs | Mean | Std. dev | Min | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of ANC visits | 4169 | 6.474 | 2.876 | 0 | 20 |
Age | 4169 | 30.632 | 7.025 | 15 | 49 |
Barriers to access | 4169 | −0.119 | 1.344 | −1.187 | 4.013 |
Variable | Obs | Frequency (%) | |||
Place of Delivery | |||||
Home | 1015 | 24.3 | |||
Health facility | 3154 | 75.6 | |||
Birth attendant | |||||
Skilled birth attendant | 985 | 23.6 | |||
Unskilled birth | 3184 | 76.4 | |||
Health Insurance (NHIS) | |||||
No | 1384 | 33.2 | |||
Yes | 2785 | 66.8 | |||
Wealth Quintile | |||||
Poorest | 873 | 20.9 | |||
Poorer | 847 | 20.3 | |||
Middle | 841 | 20.2 | |||
Rich | 1608 | 38.6 | |||
Education | |||||
No education | 1068 | 25.6 | |||
Primary | 815 | 19.5 | |||
At least secondary | 2286 | 54.8 | |||
Employment | |||||
Not employed | 721 | 17.3 | |||
Employed | 3448 | 82.7 | |||
Marital status | |||||
Never married | 401 | 9.6 | |||
Currently married | 3462 | 83.0 | |||
Formerly married | 306 | 7.3 | |||
Religion | |||||
Christian | 3234 | 77.6 | |||
Moslem | 652 | 15.6 | |||
Traditional | 122 | 2.9 | |||
No religion | 161 | 3.8 | |||
Ethnicity | |||||
Akan | 2013 | 48.3 | |||
Ga | 272 | 6.5 | |||
Ewe | 565 | 13.6 | |||
Northern | 1319 | 31.6 | |||
Residence | |||||
Rural | 2457 | 58.93 | |||
Urban | 1712 | 41.07 | |||
Region | |||||
Western | 436 | 10.5 | |||
Central | 462 | 11.1 | |||
Greater Accra | 666 | 15.9 | |||
Volta | 315 | 7.6 | |||
Eastern | 397 | 9.5 | |||
Ashanti | 738 | 17.7 | |||
Brong Ahafo | 376 | 9.0 | |||
Northern | 489 | 11.7 | |||
Upper East | 177 | 4.2 | |||
Upper West | 113 | 2.7 | |||
Frequency of watching Television | |||||
Not at all | 717 | 17.2 | |||
At least once | 3452 | 82.0 | |||
Total | 4169 | 100 | |||