Table 1 Respondents Background Characteristics
INDICATOR | BASELINE (%) | ENDLINE (%) |
|---|---|---|
Number of women (N) | 7,693 | 4,694 |
Number of Children (N) | 3,501 | 2,669 |
Woman’s Age group | ||
15–19 years | 26.0 | 23.9 |
20–24 years | 16.9 | 18.4 |
25–29 years | 13.3 | 15 |
30–34 years | 12.3 | 11.4 |
35–39 years | 12.9 | 11 |
40–44 years | 10.7 | 10.4 |
45–49 years | 8.8 | 9.9 |
Marital Status | ||
Never Married | 32.8 | 32.7 |
Currently married/cohabiting | 60.6 | 59 |
Widowed | 1.1 | 5.4 |
Divorced/Separated | 5.6 | 2.9 |
Education | ||
None | 48.6 | 38.2 |
Primary | 16.1 | 29.4 |
JHS/JSS | 23.6 | 16.9 |
Secondary + | 11.7 | 15.5 |
Literacy | ||
Literate | 40.5 | 48.3 |
Not literate | 59.5 | 51.7 |
Ethnic group | ||
Buli | 13.3 | 10.1 |
Kusasi | 19.7 | 24.5 |
Frafra | 28.0 | 33.9 |
Kassem/Nankam | 22.6 | 13.1 |
Other | 16.5 | 18.4 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 66.3 | 69.9 |
Traditional African Religion | 8.4 | 4.6 |
Islam | 23.1 | 24.3 |
No religion/Other | 2.2 | 1.1 |
Occupation | ||
No Occupation | 11.2 | 8.5 |
Farming | 27.1 | 35.8 |
Trading/Selling | 16.7 | 13.0 |
Hairdressing/dressmaking | 10.0 | 12.4 |
Student | 25.8 | 21.4 |
Other | 9.3 | 9.0 |
Access and or, ownership of Mobile Phone | ||
Owns Phone | 40.8 | 65.2 |
Has access within the compound | 38.6 | 33.7 |
Access in community/no access | 20.6 | 1.1 |
Insurance Status | ||
Currently insured with NHIS | 42.4 | 52.4 |
Not currently insured | 57.6 | 47.6 |
Household wealth | ||
Poorest | 19.1 | 20 |
Poorer | 19.4 | 20 |
Middle | 20.4 | 20.4 |
Richer | 19.9 | 20.9 |
Richest | 21.1 | 18.7 |
District | ||
Bolgatanga Municipal | 7.1 | 7.4 |
Bongo | 9 | 9.7 |
Builsa | 13.8 | 10.6 |
Kassena-Nankana Municipal | 13.8 | 7.7 |
Kassena-Nankana West | 9.4 | 7.4 |
Garu Tempane | 17.5 | 15 |
Bawku West | 7.7 | 9.7 |
Talensi-Nabdam | 12 | 14.3 |
Bawku Municipal | 9.6 | 18.1 |