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Table 1 Trends in total fertility rate, disaggregated across four inequality dimensions, 1993–2014

From: Trends in total fertility rate in Ghana by different inequality dimensions from 1993 to 2014

Dimension

1993 (5.50)

N = 20,838

1998 (4.55)

n = 21,817

2003 (4.58)

n = 25,421

2008 (4.14)

n = 21,922

2014 (4.15)

n = 42,569

n

R [UI]

n

R [UI]

N

R [UI]

n

R [UI]

n

R [UI]

Economic status

Poorest

3333

7.00 [5.95–8.22]

4506

6.28 [5.54–7.12]

4410

6.77 [5.67–8.09]

3501

6.61 [5.51–7.94]

6593

6.29 [4.86–8.12]

Poorer

4047

6.60 [5.62–7.74]

3748

5.49 [4.76–6.34]

4290

6.07 [5.18–7.12]

3967

5.12 [4.51–5.80

7194

5.44 [4.50–6.58]

Middle

4162

6.04 [5.25–6.94]

3971

5.05 [4.38–5.83]

4736

4.91 [4.16–5.80]

4347

3.94 [3.32–4.66]

8830

3.90 [3.28–4.63

Richer

4395

4.91 [4.26–5.66]

4348

3.38 [3.39–4.47]

5537

3.48 [2.98–4.05

5002

3.48 [2.99–3.99]

9766

3.31 [2.70–4.06]

Richest

4899

3.50 [3.09–3.97]

5243

2.45 [2.14–2.81]

6445

2.72 [2.33–3.19]

5102

2.45 [2.06–2.92]

10,185

2.85 [2.24–3.64]

Education

No education

7661

6.67 [5.74–7.75]

6742

5.83 [5.17–6.58]

7686

6.02 [5.17–7.01]

5030

6.10 [5.25–7.08]

8775

5.98 [4.64–7.71]

Primary

11,030

5.14 [4.71–5.62]

3920

4.94 [4.39–5.56]

4855

5.47 [4.79–6.25]

4316

4.91 [4.29–5.63]

7202

4.90 [4.28–5.62]

Secondary + 

2147

2.90 [2.42–3.47]

11,154

3.56 [3.23–3.93]

12,879

3.30 [2.95–3.69]

12,575

3.06 [2.77–3.38]

26,592

3.40 [2.90–3.99]

Place of residence

Rural

13,137

6.36 [6.09–6.65]

14,010

5.41 [5.17–5.67]

13,274

5.83 [5.56–6.12]

11,241

5.03 [4.71–5.37]

19,425

5.10 [4.85–5.37]

Urban

7701

3.99 [3.68–4.32]

7807

2.96 [2.71–3.23]

12,147

3.18 [2.94–3.44]

10,681

3.21 [2.99–3.44]

23,144

3.36 [3.15–3.57]

Region

Western

1792

5.54 4.86–6.30]

2616

4.70 [4.07–5.42]

2445

4.75 [4.01–5.63]

2001

4.06 [3.47–4.74]

4660

3.69 [3.23–4.23]

Central

2006

5.57 [5.07–6.12]

2476

4.78 [4.24–5.38]

1888

5.03 [4.21–6.01]

1846

4.94 [4.38–5.57]

4285

4.56 [3.99–5.21]

Greater Accra

2799

3.56 [3.10–4.08]

3613

2.66 [2.32–3.06]

4219

3.03 [2.60–3.47]

3872

2.70 [2.39–3.04]

8845

2.86 [2.62–3.13]

Volta

2230

5.41 [4.80–6.10]

2400

4.44 [3.89–5.07]

2195

4.30 [3.67–5.04]

1917

3.99 [3.46–4.61]

3288

4.15 [3.65–4.72]

Eastern

2337

5.10 [4.56–5.72]

2862

4.41 [3.91–4.97]

2714

4.32 [3.71–5.03]

2122

3.71 [3.26–4.23]

4017

4.17 [3.73–4.66]

Ashanti

3467

5.60 [5.12–6.12]

3339

4.76 [4.17–5.42]

5055

4.33 [3.83–4.90]

4514

3.80 [3.33–4.33]

8083

4.15 [3.79–4.55]

Brong Ahafo

2119

5.46 [4.57–6.53]

1549

5.40 [4.72–6.17]

2518

5.06 [4.45–5.74]

1921

4.44 [3.963–4.99]

3389

4.60 [4.17–5.06]

Northern

2046

7.39 [6.74–8.12]

1096

6.98 [6.07–8.01

2309

7.04 [6.28–7.89]

2087

6.96 [6.17–7.86]

3503

6.50 [600–7.05]

Upper West

729

6.02 [5.15–7.03]

549

6.14 [5.43–6.93]

694

5.57 [4.75–6.54]

1106

4.28 [3.73–4.92]

1551

4.83 [4.42–5.29]

Upper East

1309

6.44 [5.59–7.43]

1313

4.98 [4.35–5.69]

1380

5.08 [4.28–6.01]

532

5.02 [4.40–5.72]

945

5.24 [4.58–5.98]

  1. R: Rate; UI: Uncertainty Interval