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Table 2: Selected socioeconomic characteristics of the regions

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

Region

% Educated

% Poverty

% Unemployed

% Rural

% Modern

contraceptive use

% Main religion

% Main ethnicity

Western

81.1

30.9

15.6

62.6

28.0

Christianity (91.7)

Akan (80.7)

Central

80.8

31.2

15.6

66.8

29.8

Christianity (91.4)

Akan (87.8)

Greater Accra

89.5

3.6

19.3

11.2

29.6

Christianity (89.5)

Akan (41.1)

Volta

77.5

48.6

15.8

70.1

30.9

Christianity (85.4)

Ewe (80.6)

Eastern

86.0

39.0

19.6

62.0

29.2

Christianity (93.5)

Akan (56.6)

Ashanti

86.3

23.0

16.2

44.0

25.6

Christianity (89.1)

Akan (79.0)

Brong Ahafo

72.9

47.6

16.3

56.8

31.1

Christianity (84.8)

Akan (66.3)

Northern

21.3

77.8

16.5

74.9

10.6

Christianity (45.6)

Mole-Dagbani (54.3)

Upper East

42.4

80.9

13.5

80.0

25.1

Christianity (66.4)

Mole-Dagbani (76.6)

Upper West

32.7

73.9

18.8

80.7

20.8

Christianity (61.6)

Mole-Dagbani (57.5)

  1. Source: GDHS 2003–2014