Journal of Population Sciences
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) |