Table 1 Frequency and percent distribution of adolescent and young adult women and their contraceptive use/non-use, abstinence practice and marital status by background characteristics (Weighted sample = 1532)
From: Correlates of sexual inactivity and met need for contraceptives among young women in Ghana
Characteristic | Frequency (n = 1532) | Proportion of total (%) | Proportion in union (%) | Proportion with unmet need (%) | Proportion abstaining (%) | Proportion with met need / using contraceptives (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unmet need for modern method | ||||||
Unmet need | 475 | 31.0 | 31.1 | |||
Abstinent | 669 | 43.7 | 11.1 | |||
Met need | 387 | 25.3 | 733.2 | |||
Marital Status | (p = .000) | |||||
Single | 1182 | 77.1 | 0 | 27.7 | 50.3 | 21.9 |
Married | 350 | 22.9 | 100.0 | 42.2 | 21.1 | 36.8 |
Age | (p = .000) | |||||
15–17 | 231 | 15.1 | 2.2 | 34.5 | 49.1 | 16.4 |
18–19 | 324 | 21.2 | 12.7 | 27.8 | 53.7 | 18.5 |
20–22 | 579 | 37.8 | 25.0 | 30.9 | 41.8 | 27.3 |
23–24 | 397 | 25.9 | 40.1 | 31.7 | 35.3 | 33.0 |
Educational attainment | (p = .000) | |||||
No education | 511 | 7.8 | 59.2 | 38.3 | 30.8 | 30.8 |
Primary | 258 | 16.8 | 29.5 | 36.4 | 35.7 | 27.9 |
JHS/JSS/Middle | 644 | 42.0 | 24.4 | 32.9 | 42.4 | 24.7 |
Secondary/Higher | 120 | 33.3 | 9.0 | 24.3 | 52.4 | 23.3 |
Wealth quintile | (p = .017) | |||||
Poorest | 235 | 15.4 | 34.7 | 28.5 | 44.7 | 26.8 |
Poor | 303 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 27.2 | 44.9 | 27.4 |
Middle | 377 | 24.6 | 19.6 | 32.5 | 39.9 | 27.5 |
Rich | 346 | 22.6 | 24.3 | 37.9 | 40.2 | 22.0 |
Richest | 271 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 25.9 | 51.1 | 23.0 |
Type of place of residence | (p = .444) | |||||
Urban | 779 | 50.9 | 18.9 | 31.4 | 44.7 | 23.9 |
Rural | 753 | 49.1 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 42.8 | 26.7 |
Region of residence | (p = .001) | |||||
Western | 212 | 13.8 | 16.5 | 32.5 | 42.0 | 25.5 |
Central | 163 | 10.6 | 27.0 | 37.7 | 37.0 | 25.3 |
Greater Accra | 258 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 27.1 | 46.5 | 26.4 |
Volta | 134 | 8.8 | 26.9 | 34.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
Eastern | 162 | 10.5 | 24.1 | 36.4 | 45.7 | 17.9 |
Ashanti | 256 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 28.6 | 50.2 | 21.2 |
Brong Ahafo | 169 | 11.0 | 20.1 | 23.1 | 39.6 | 37.3 |
Northern | 94 | 6.1 | 41.5 | 36.2 | 50.0 | 13.8 |
Upper East | 55 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 25.0 | 48.2 | 26.8 |
Upper West | 30 | 2.0 | 43.3 | 34.5 | 41.4 | 24.1 |
Religion | (p = .306) | |||||
Catholic | 154 | 10.1 | 26.0 | 26.6 | 47.4 | 26.0 |
Protestant / Other Christian | 496 | 32.4 | 16.5 | 32.3 | 42.7 | 25.0 |
Pentecostal / Charismatic | 632 | 41.2 | 23.9 | 29.1 | 43.7 | 27.2 |
Muslim | 200 | 13.0 | 30.5 | 37.0 | 44.0 | 19.0 |
Other | 49 | 3.2 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 38.8 | 26.5 |
Ethnicity | (p = .072) | |||||
Akan | 767 | 50.0 | 20.1 | 32.1 | 41.7 | 26.2 |
Ewe / Ga Dangme | 343 | 22.4 | 20.4 | 29.4 | 44.0 | 26.5 |
Mole-Dagbani | 238 | 15.5 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 50.4 | 19.7 |
Gursi / Gurma / Mande | 118 | 7.7 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 35.3 | 31.9 |
Other | 66 | 4.3 | 23.9 | 28.4 | 53.7 | 17.9 |
Employment status | (p = .027) | |||||
Not working | 421 | 31.0 | 27.3 | 29.9 | 44.4 | 25.7 |
In school | 261 | 17.6 | 2.2 | 28.9 | 52.2 | 18.9 |
Unpaid employment | 233 | 18.6 | 25.9 | 34.0 | 37.9 | 28.1 |
Paid employment | 616 | 32.7 | 28.1 | 31.5 | 41.8 | 26.7 |
Number of living children | (p = .000) | |||||
0 | 936 | 61.1 | 3.0 | 28.6 | 51.8 | 19.6 |
1 | 385 | 25.1 | 43.6 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 28.3 |
2+ | 211 | 13.8 | 73.5 | 30.3 | 24.6 | 45.0 |
Previous pregnancy termination | (p = .000) | |||||
No | 1293 | 84.4 | 20.9 | 29.5 | 47.5 | 23.0 |
Yes | 239 | 15.6 | 33.6 | 39.1 | 23.1 | 37.8 |
Total | 1532 | 100.0 | 22.9 | 31.0 | 43.7 | 25.3 |