Table 1 Percentage distribution of births attended by skilled health personnel aggregated by policy at time of birth and the fixed covariates

Overall*

44.3 (5056)

49.5 (4671)

54.4 (1612)

58.6 (887)

48.6 (12,226)

Educational background

 No formal education*

24.5 (2220)

31.0 (2084)

30.7 (695)

38.1 (326)

28.6 (5325)

 Primary

49.6 (1712)

46.2 (1020)

52.4 (385)

52.7 (208)

49.0 (3325)

 Secondary or higher*

67.6 (1124)

69.5 (1567)

78.8 (532)

76.8 (353)

71.0 (3576)

Religious affiliation

 Christian*

52.8 (3290)

55.7 (3144)

62.4 (988)

65.4 (590)

56.0 (8012)

 Muslim*

33.9 (681)

41.0 (887)

46.5 (365)

51.5 (189)

40.7 (2122)

 Other

20.6 (1085)

20.9 (640)

26.7 (259)

26.2 (108)

21.7 (2092)

Ethnicity

 Akan*

53.9 (2319)

57.8 (1883)

66.4 (560)

67.8 (318)

57.8 (5080)

 Ga-Dangbe

59.5 (319)

56.8 (314)

58.3 (60)

58.3 (40)

58.2 (733)

 Ewe-Guan*

41.2 (709)

49.9 (670)

60.2 (208)

60.3 (141)

48.2 (1728)

 Mole-Dagbane*

21.6 (733)

31.2 (1000)

36.7 (485)

46.9 (234)

30.6 (2452)

 Grussi-Gruma-Hausa*

22.4 (623)

28.7 (449)

25.5 (219)

43.0 (123)

26.6 (1414)

 Other*

32.9 (353)

45.5 (355)

69.2 (80)

54.5 (31)

44.1 (819)

Partner's educational status

 No formal education*

27.4 (1972)

32.0 (1993)

33.9 (695)

40.5 (351)

31.0 (5011)

 Primary*

44.4 (1237)

34.3 (395)

38.7 (135)

47.4 (84)

42.1 (1851)

 Secondary or higher*

58.4 (1847)

63.2 (2283)

70.9 (782)

72.7 (452)

63.4 (5364)

Household wealth status

 Poorest*

16.8 (1033)

22.2 (1435)

18.3 (591)

24.3 (292)

20.0 (3351)

 Poor*

28.8 (1073)

33.5 (1042)

49.0 (351)

44.8 (185)

34.5 (2651)

 Middle*

32.6 (896)

44.8 (859)

63.4 (259)

66.7 (151)

43.6 (2165)

 Rich*

52.7 (1016)

71.8 (710)

81.5 (242)

84.2 (156)

64.9 (2124)

 Richest*

80.3 (1038)

91.9 (625)

96.3 (169)

97.4 (103)

86.6 (1935)

Place of residence

 Urban*

78.7 (1231)

81.2 (1303)

84.3 (504)

86.6 (297)

81.3 (3335)

 Rural*

32.3 (3825)

33.6 (3368)

37.8 (1108)

41.5 (590)

34.0 (8891)