Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Mother’s age (in years) | < 20 | 21 | 5.7 |
20–30 | 231 | 62.6 | |
31–40 | 111 | 30.1 | |
> 40 | 6 | 1.6 | |
Religion | Christianity | 18 | 4.9 |
Islam | 351 | 95.1 | |
Maternal marital status | Single | 1 | 0.3 |
Married | 367 | 99.5 | |
Separated | 1 | 0.3 | |
Number of children | < 5 | 247 | 66.4 |
6–10 | 97 | 26.3 | |
≥ 11 | 25 | 6.8 | |
Household monthly income | < Ghc500 | 329 | 89.1 |
Ghc 500–999 | 25 | 6.8 | |
Ghc 1000–1500 | 10 | 2.7 | |
> Ghc1500 | 5 | 1.4 | |
Ethnicity | Dagomba | 333 | 90.2 |
Gonja | 12 | 3.3 | |
Others | 24 | 6.5 | |
Employment status | Self-employed | 203 | 55.0 |
Employed | 23 | 6.2 | |
Unemployed | 143 | 38.8 | |
Mother’s highest educational level completed | None | 170 | 46.1 |
Primary | 65 | 17.6 | |
Middle/JHS | 58 | 15.7 | |
SHS/vocational training | 40 | 10.8 | |
Tertiary | 36 | 9.8 | |
Age of child (in months) | 6–8 | 92 | 24.9 |
9–23 | 277 | 75.1 | |
Sex of child | Male | 191 | 51.8 |
Female | 178 | 48.2 |