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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and prevalence of unmet need: 2003–2014

From: Spatio-temporal variations in unmet need for family planning in Ghana: 2003–2014

Characteristics

2003

2008

2014

All years

Age

%

%

%

%

 15–19

20.2 (45.4)

20.8 (45.7)

17.3 (43.4)

6.6 (44.7)

 20–29

34.5 (36.8)

34.8 (39.2)

34.2 (29.7)

39.9 (34.2)

 30–39

26.8 (35.0)

26.1 (36.7)

28.4 (34.3)

36.0 (35.1)

 40–49

18.5 (47.0)

18.3 (43.2)

20.1 (42.1)

17.5 (43.8)

Education level

    

 No education

28.2 (42.6)

21.2 (42.2)

19.1 (36.5)

26.4 (40.1)

 Primary education

20.0 (44.0)

20.1 (45.6)

17.8 (38.0)

19.7 (41.9)

 Secondary/higher

51.8 (33.4)

58.7 (35.6)

63.1 (32.4)

53.9 (33.5)

Religious affiliation

    

 Christianity

97.0 (37.6)

77.5 (40.1)

80.1 (34.1)

83.3 (36.6)

 Islam

2.7 (54.0)

15.0 (37.8)

15.2 (35.1)

12.0 (37.4)

 Traditional

0.1 (99.5)

4.2 (38.8)

2.0 (35.9)

2.3 (37.5)

 Other

0.2 (0.5)

3.3 34.3)

2.7 (37.3)

2.4 (36.0)

Ethnicity

    

 Akan

53.3 (36.5)

53.2 (40.9)

52.4 (32.6)

51.5 (35.8)

 Ga-Dangme

8.2 (45.0)

7.0 (36.6)

7.7 (39.1)

7.2 (40.4)

 Ewe

13.1 (43.7)

12.9 (37.7)

13.5 (39.5)

13.5 (40.2)

 Mole-Dagbani

12.8 (36.0)

16.1 (36.6)

14.8 (35.5)

15.6 (36.0)

 Other

12.6 (40.8)

10.8 (40.8)

11.6 (31.1)

12.2 (36.7)

Wealth status

    

 Poor

33.7 (44.3)

34.3 (44.4)

33.5 (37.2)

36.9 (41.2)

 Middle

18.8 (41.7)

19.9 (43.7)

20.6 (36.3)

19.8 (39.6)

 Rich

47.5 (32.0)

45.8 (33.2)

45.9 (31.3)

43.3 (31.9)

Marital status

    

 Never married

28.4 (25.3)

32.4 (27.8)

32.9 (29.6)

12.0 (28.3)

 Married/living together

62.4 (40.4)

58.5 (41.5)

56.6 (36.3)

84.2 (38.8)

 Widowed/divorced/separated

9.2 (26.8)

9.1 (23.4)

10.5 (17.2)

3.8 (20.6)

Work status

    

 Working

75.2 (38.6)

75.3 (38.9)

73.5 (33.5)

83.1 (36.4)

 Not working

24.8 (38.7)

24.7 (43.5)

26.5 (37.8)

16.9 (39.2)

Parity

    

 0

31.6 (27.4)

33.7 (25.8)

31.3 (22.1)

15.2 (24.5)

 1–2

26.0(36.3)

27.0 (37.5)

28.2 (31.0)

33.0 (34.1)

 3–4

20.1 (40.0)

20.8 (43.0)

21.5 (35.0)

27.5 (38.3)

 5+

22.3 (46.2)

18.5 (47.2)

19.0 (46.7)

24.3 (46.7)

Residence

    

 Urban

48.4(32.5)

48.5 (35.6)

53.8(33.4)

46.6(33.7)

 Rural

51.6(43.0)

51.5 (42.5)

46.2(35.4)

53.4(39.7)

Total

100 (38.6)

100 (39.5)

100 (34.4)

100 (36.9)

  1. Note: Prevalence of unmet need for family planning in parenthesis