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 | |||||
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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] |