Table 1 Characteristics of total sample (baseline and midline), recent birth sample, and analysis sample from Ghana evaluation of Maternal and Newborn Referrals Project, 2012, 2013

Age:

 <19

7.8

196

7.5

138

4.7

76

 20-24

23.7

597

25.4

468

23.4

375

 25-34

44.7

1,127

48.7

896

51.9

833

 35-49

23.9

604

18.4

338

20.1

322

Education:

 None

47.4

1,199

45.3

835

50.0

803

 Primary

20.1

508

20.5

378

18.4

295

 Secondary or higher

32.4

819

34.2

629

31.6

508

Ethnicity:

 Akan

47.9

1,210

50.3

926

45.6

732

 Mole-Dagbani

32.1

811

30.8

568

34.5

554

 Konkomba

9.6

242

8.9

164

9.3

150

 Other

10.4

264

10.0

184

10.6

170

Work status:

 Unpaid/unemployed

58.3

1,474

59.3

1,092

57.7

927

 Self employed

38.1

964

37.1

684

38.7

622

 Paid work

3.5

89

3.6

66

3.6

57

Religion:

 Christian

56.0

1,414

58.1

1,071

54.4

874

 Muslim

29.8

752

28.1

517

30.7

493

 None/traditional/other

14.3

361

13.8

254

14.9

239

Marital status:

 Not currently in union

15.1

381

12.7

234

0.0

0

 Currently in union

84.9

2,146

87.3

1,608

100.0

1606

Parity:

 0

4.9

124

0.0

0

0

0

 1

20.8

526

23.2

427

18.4

296

 2

15.7

397

17.9

329

17.3

277

 3

14.0

352

14.9

275

16.2

260

 4

12.7

322

13.1

242

14.2

228

 5

9.6

242

9.9

183

10.9

175

 6+

22.3

564

21.0

386

23.0

370

Region:

 Central

50.1

1,267

52.6

968

48.0

770

 Northern

49.9

1,260

47.5

874

52.1

836

Wealth category

 Poorest

40.4

1,022

40.5

745

41.5

667

 Medium

40.3

1,019

40.3

742

39.3

631

 Richest

19.2

486

19.3

355

19.2

308

Time

 Baseline

50.1

1,267

45.7

841

45.8

735

 Midline

49.9

1,260

54.3

1011

54.2

871