Table 1 Sociodemographic background of respondents
From: Factors influencing the intention of women in rural Ghana to adopt postpartum family planning
Variable | Intention to adopt PPFP method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%)* | No | ||
Age | ≥20 years | 1136 (72.6) | 429 |
<20 years | 190 (56.7) | 145 | |
Respondent-partner age difference | Partner more than 5 years older | 440 (68.9) | 199 |
Partner 1–5 years older | 798 (69.7) | 347 | |
Partner younger than respondent | 72 (77.4) | 21 | |
Highest completed educational level | Senior high school and above | 127 (56.0) | 100 |
Junior high school | 595 (70.9) | 244 | |
Primary | 317 (74.4) | 109 | |
None | 286 (70.1) | 122 | |
Ethnic group | Fanti | 1217 (70.4) | 513 |
Other | 108 (63.5) | 62 | |
Religion | Christian | 1242 (70.1) | 83 |
Other | 529 (29.9) | 46 | |
Christian denomination | Pentecostal and others | 649 (73.3) | 236 |
Protestant | 324 (67.9) | 153 | |
Catholic | 131 (65.4) | 68 | |
Occupation | Fishmonger and petty trader | 1087 (73.2) | 399 |
Government and other office workers | 71 (57.7) | 52 | |
Student | 46 (54.8) | 38 | |
Other | 68 (65.4) | 36 | |
Number of children | ≥Three | 362 (77.9) | 103 |
Two | 237 (76.0) | 75 | |
One | 338 (73.8) | 120 | |
None | 389 (58.3) | 278 | |
Area of residence | Rural | 652 (71.6) | 259 |
Semi-Rural | 673 (68.1) | 316 | |
Marital status | Married | 790 (72.5) | 299 |
Engaged or cohabiting | 380 (69.5) | 167 | |
Single, divorced, separated or widowed | 152 (58.7) | 107 | |