| |
Hospital Attended
| | |
|---|
|
Maternal Characteristics
|
Upper West Regional Hospital
|
St Joseph’s Hospital
|
Total
|
P-Value
|
|---|
| |
N (%)
|
N (%)
|
N (%)
| |
|---|
|
Number of Antenatal patients
|
206 (49.5)
|
210 (50.5)
|
416 (100)
| |
|
Age of Pregnant woman in years
| | | |
0.831
|
|
19 and below
|
27 (13.1)
|
22 (10.5)
|
49 (11.8)
| |
|
20–24
|
45 (21.8)
|
43 (20.5)
|
88 (21.2)
| |
|
25–29
|
65 (31.6)
|
68 (32.4)
|
133 (32.0)
| |
|
30–34
|
42 (20.4)
|
51 (24.3)
|
93 (22.4)
| |
|
35 and above
|
27 (13.1)
|
26 (12.4)
|
53 (12.7)
| |
|
Highest Level of formal Education
| | |
0.001
|
|
No formal Education
|
21 (10.2)
|
53,925.6)
|
74 (18.0)
| |
|
Primary School
|
18 (8.8)
|
30 (14.5)
|
48 (11.6)
| |
|
Junior Secondary School
|
12 (5.9)
|
37 (17.9)
|
49 (11.9)
| |
|
Senior Secondary School
|
40 (19.5)
|
23 (11.1)
|
63 (15.3)
| |
|
Vocational / Technical
|
24 (11.7)
|
4 (1.9)
|
28 (6.8)
| |
|
Tertiary
|
90 (43.9)
|
59 (28.0)
|
148 (35.9)
| |
|
Occupation
| | | |
0.004
|
|
Unemployed
|
43 (20.9)
|
43 (20.7)
|
86 (20.7)
| |
|
Trader
|
32 (15.5)
|
21 (10.1)
|
53 (12.8)
| |
|
Artisan
|
31 (15.1)
|
36 (17.3)
|
67 (16.2)
| |
|
Professional
|
80 (38.8)
|
52 (25.0)
|
132 (31.9)
| |
|
Student
|
13 (6.3)
|
24 (11.5)
|
37 (8.9)
| |
|
Other
|
7 (3.4)
|
32 (15.4)
|
39 (9.4)
| |
|
Religion
| | | |
0.001
|
|
Christianity
|
119 (57.8)
|
180 (86.5)
|
299 (72.2)
| |
|
Islam
|
84 (40.8)
|
13 (6.3)
|
97 (23.4)
| |
|
Traditional
|
3 (1.5)
|
14 96.7)
|
17 (4.1)
| |
|
Others
|
–
|
1 (0.5)
|
1 (0.2)
| |
|
Marital Status
| | | |
0.001
|
|
Never Married
|
37 (18.5)
|
7 (3.4)
|
44 (10.8)
| |
|
Currently Married
|
106 (53.0)
|
188 (90.8)
|
294 (72.2)
| |
|
Co-habiting
|
48 (24.0)
|
11 (5.3)
|
59 (14.5)
| |
|
Widowed
|
4 (2.0)
|
1 (0.5)
|
5 (1.2)
| |
|
Separated
|
5 (2.5)
|
–
|
5 (1.2)
| |
|
Ethnicity
| | | |
0.001
|
|
Akan
|
24 (11.8)
|
10 (4.8)
|
34 (8.2)
| |
|
Ga/ Dangme
|
8 (3.9)
|
1 (0.5)
|
9 (2.2)
| |
|
Ewe
|
16 (7.8)
|
–
|
16 (3.9)
| |
|
Northern ethnic groups
|
149 (73.0)
|
196 (93.3)
|
345 (83.3)
| |
|
Non-Ghanaians
|
7 (3.4)
|
1 (0.5)
|
8 (1.9)
| |
|
Others
|
–
|
2 (1.0)
|
2 (0.5)
| |
