Determinants of use of supervised delivery care under Ghana’s fee exemption policy for maternal healthcare: the case of the Central Region

Table 1 Percentage distribution of background characteristics of respondents

Background Characteristics	Frequency	Percent
Age Group
20–29	239	58.0
30–39	155	37.6
40–49	18	4.4
Total	412	100
Highest level of education
Pre-school	22	5.3
Primary	108	26.2
Middle/JSS/JHS	163	39.6
Secondary/SSS/SHS/Tech/Voc	49	11.9
Higher than secondary	10	2.4
Don’t know	6	1.5
No education	54	13.1
Total	412	100.0
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	355	87.7
Divorced/separated	14	3.5
Widowed	2	0.5
Never married/never cohabited	34	8.4
Total	405	100
Religious affiliation
Catholic	42	10.2
Anglican	4	1.0
Methodist	54	13.1
Presbyterian	16	3.9
Pentecostal/charismatics	147	35.7
Other Christian	81	19.7
Moslem	45	10.9
Traditional	4	1.0
Spiritualist	6	1.5
No religion	11	2.7
Other	2	0.5
Total	412	100.0
Employment status
Unpaid family worker/farmer	60	16
Unemployed	5	1.3
Self-employed	218	58
Employee - formal work (paid)	42	11.2
Informal work (paid)	31	8.2
Others	20	5.3
Total	376	100.0
Parity
1	125	30.3
2	109	26.5
3	65	15.8
4	35	8.5
5 and above	78	18.9
Total	412	100.0

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