Characteristics | Builsa District (n = 325) N (%) | West Mamprusi District (n = 325) N (%) | Both Districts (n = 650) N (%) | p-value†| |||
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Age group | <  0.001 | ||||||
 15–24 | 108 | (33.7) | 63 | (19.6) | 171 | (26.7) | |
 25–34 | 133 | (41.6) | 182 | (56.7) | 315 | (49.1) | |
 35–49 | 79 | (24.7) | 76 | (23.7) | 115 | (24.2) | |
Religion | <  0.001 | ||||||
 Traditional | 70 | (21.6) | 13 | (4.0) | 83 | (12.8) | |
 Christianity | 249 | (76.9) | 79 | (24.3) | 328 | (50.5) | |
 Islam | 5 | (1.5) | 233 | (71.7) | 238 | (36.7) | |
Ethnicity | <  0.001 | ||||||
 Builsa | 324 | (99.7) | 2 | (0.6) | 326 | (50.2) | |
 Mamprusi |  | NA | 188 | (57.9) | 188 | (28.9) | |
 Other | 1 | (0.3) | 135 | (41.5) | 136 | (20.9) | |
Marital status | |||||||
 Married | 309 | (95.4) | 317 | (97.5) | 626 | (96.5) | 0.135 |
 Single/widowed/separated | 15 | (4.6) | 8 | (2.5) | 23 | (3.5) | |
Education | |||||||
 None | 165 | (50.8) | 175 | (53.9) | 340 | (52.3) |  |
 Primary | 69 | (21.2) | 73 | (22.5) | 142 | (21.9) |  |
 Middle/JSS/JHS | 64 | (19.7) | 46 | (14.1) | 110 | (16.9) |  |
 Secondary/SSS/SHS and above | 27 | (8.3) | 31 | (9.5) | 58 | (8.9) | 0.305 |
Partner’s Education | |||||||
 None | 223 | (68.8) | 187 | (57.5) | 410 | (63.2) | <  0.001 |
 Primary | 42 | (13.0) | 35 | (10.8) | 77 | (11.9) | |
 Middle/JSS/JHS | 31 | (9.6) | 36 | (11.1) | 67 | (10.3) | |
 Secondary/SSS/SHS and above | 28 | (8.6) | 67 | (20.6) | 95 | (14.6) | |
Number of children alive | |||||||
 1 | 67 | (20.6) | 58 | (17.9) | 125 | (19.2) | 0.876 |
 2 | 54 | (16.6) | 54 | (16.6) | 108 | (16.6) | |
 3 | 64 | (19.7) | 70 | (21.5) | 134 | (20.6) | |
 4 | 63 | (19.4) | 60 | (18.5) | 123 | (18.9) | |
 5 or more | 77 | (20.7) | 83 | (25.5) | 160 | (20.6) | |
Distance to health facility | |||||||
 Less than 30 min | 204 | (62.8) | 192 | (59.1) | 396 | (60.9) | 0.002 |
 30 mins – 2 h | 119 | (36.6) | 116 | (35.7) | 235 | (36.2) | |
 2 h – 4 h | 2 | (0.6) | 17 | (5.2) | 19 | (2.9) | |
Wealth Index | |||||||
 Poor | 40 | (16.1) | 117 | (52.5) | 157 | (33.4) | <  0.001 |
 Middle | 75 | (30.3) | 82 | (36.8) | 157 | (33.3) | |
 Rich | 133 | (53.6) | 42 | (10.7) | 157 | (33.3) | |
ANC attendance | <  0.001 | ||||||
  ≥ 4 attendance | 298 | (93.1) | 257 | (80.8) | 555 | (87.0) | |
  ≤ 3 attendance | 22 | (6.9) | 61 | (19.2) | 83 | (13.0) | |
Skilled delivery | <  0.001 | ||||||
 Yes | 245 | (75.4) | 186 | (57.2) | 431 | (66.3) | |
 No | 80 | (24.6) | 139 | (42.8) | 219 | (33.7) | |
PNC visits | <  0.001 | ||||||
  ≥ 3 visits | 293 | (90.1) | 112 | (34.5) | 405 | (62.3) | |
  ≤ 2 visits | 32 | (9.8) | 213 | (65.5) | 245 | (37.7) |