Table 1 Prevalence of contraceptive use among a sample of 1037 women in Ghana ages 15 to 19, by select characteristics: 2008
From: Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana
Characteristic | Frequency | Percent distribution | Percent using contraception |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of woman | |||
 15–17 | 610 | 58.8 | 9.2 |
 18–19 | 427 | 41.2 | 31.4 |
Level of education | |||
 No education | 87 | 8.4 | 3.5 |
 Primary | 242 | 23.3 | 19.0 |
 Secondary/Higher | 708 | 68.3 | 19.9 |
Religious affiliation | |||
 Catholic | 170 | 16.4 | 14.7 |
 Other Christian | 623 | 60.0 | 20.1 |
 Muslim | 180 | 17.4 | 19.4 |
 Traditional/spiritual | 64 | 6.2 | 7.8 |
Ethnicity | |||
 Akan | 471 | 45.4 | 20.4 |
 Ga/Dangme | 60 | 5.8 | 30.0 |
 Ewe | 127 | 12.2 | 22.8 |
 Mole-Dagbani | 379 | 36.6 | 12.4 |
 Marital status |  |  |  |
 Not married | 941 | 90.7 | 15.3 |
 Married/living together | 96 | 9.3 | 47.9 |
Work status | |||
 Working | 357 | 34.4 | 28.9 |
 Not working | 680 | 65.6 | 12.8 |
 Wealth status |  |  |  |
 Poor | 436 | 42.0 | 15.4 |
 Average | 199 | 19.2 | 25.6 |
 Rich | 402 | 38.8 | 17.9 |
Knowledge of ovulatory cycle | |||
 Yes | 789 | 76.1 | 21.9 |
 No | 248 | 23.9 | 6.8 |
Visited health facility | |||
 Yes | 285 | 27.5 | 30.2 |
 No | 752 | 72.5 | 13.8 |
Place of residence | |||
 Urban | 447 | 43.1 | 21.0 |
 Rural | 590 | 56.9 | 16.3 |
Region of residence | |||
 Western | 95 | 9.1 | 15.9 |
 Central | 77 | 7.4 | 23.4 |
 Greater Accra | 130 | 12.5 | 21.5 |
 Volta | 89 | 8.6 | 18.0 |
 Eastern | 104 | 10.0 | 30.8 |
 Ashanti | 163 | 15.7 | 22.1 |
 Brong Ahafo | 76 | 7.3 | 19.7 |
 Northern | 109 | 10.5 | 4.6 |
 Upper East | 80 | 7.7 | 10.0 |
 Upper west | 114 | 11.0 | 14.9 |