Women’s sexual empowerment and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ghana: evidence from the 2014 demographic and health survey

Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents

Variable	Frequency (n = 5116)	Percentage (%)
Sexual Empowerment
Low	129	2.52
Medium	4658	91.05
High	329	6.43
Total
Age
15–19	100	1.96
20–24	585	11.44
25–29	1014	19.82
30–34	1040	20.34
35–39	1013	19.80
40–44	777	15.18
45–49	587	11.46
Total
Level of education
No education	1389	27.15
Primary	936	18.30
Secondary or higher	2791	54.55
Place of residence
Urban	2563	50.09
Rural	2553	49.91
Marital status
Married	3803	74.34
Cohabiting	1313	25.66
Occupation
Not working	650	12.70
Working	4466	87.30
Wealth index
Poorest	942	18.42
Poorer	932	18.22
Middle	979	19.14
Richer	1068	20.87
Richest	1195	23.35
Health decision maker
Respondent alone	1413	27.61
Respondent and someone	2567	50.18
Partner alone	1136	22.21
Parity
Zero birth	327	6.39
One birth	749	14.65
Two births	922	18.01
Three births	912	17.82
Four births or more	2206	43.13
Religion
Christian	3964	77.47
Islam	853	16.67
Traditionalist	133	2.59
No religion	167	3.27
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
Not at all	4441	86.80
Less than once a week	675	13.20
Frequency of listening to radio
Not at all	777	15.18
Less than once a week	4339	84.82
Frequency of watching television
Not at all	1339	26.17
Less than once a week	3777	73.83

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