You are viewing the site in preview mode

Skip to main content

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and OOP payments by women

From: The operations of the free maternal care policy and out of pocket payments during childbirth in rural Northern Ghana

Variable Incurred OOP Payments? N = 353
Yes No Total
n(%) n (%) n(%)
Age < 20 3 (8.3) 33 (91.7) 36 (10.2)
20 – 24 10 (10.9) 81 (89.1) 91 (25.8)
25 -29 8 (6.8) 110 (93.2) 118 (33.4)
30- 39 7 (7.0) 93 (93.0) 100 (28.3)
40+ 4 (50.0) 4 (50.0) 8 (2.3)
Marital status Single 1 (7.7) 12 (92.3) 13 (3.7)
Married 31 (9.1) 309 (90.9) 340 (96.3)
Highest educational level No formal education 6 (12.8) 41 (87.2) 47 (13.3)
Basic education 21 (10.9) 172 (89.1) 193 (54.7)
Secondary/Technical education 2 (3.1) 62 (96.9) 64 (18.1)
Tertiary 3 (6.1) 46 (93.9) 49 (13.9)
Occupation Unemployed 1 (4.2) 23 (95.8) 24 (6.8)
Trader 8 (11.3) 63 (88.7) 71 (20.1)
Farmer 18 (14.9) 103 (85.1) 121 (34.3)
Public/Civil servant 2 (4.4) 44 (95.6) 46 (13.0)
Student 1 (2.6) 37 (97.4) 38 (10.8)
Other 2 (3.8) 51 (96.2) 53 (15.0)
Religious background Traditional 4 (6.7) 13 (93.3) 17 (4.8)
Catholic 9 (6.0) 170 (94.0) 174 (49.3)
Protestant 16 (12.6) 118 (87.4) 134 (37.9)
Muslim 2 (7.1) 26 (92.9) 28 (8.0)
Ethnicity Kasem 15 (6.8) 206 (93.2) 221 (62.6)
Nankam 15 (14.2) 91 (85.8) 106 (30.0)
Other 2 (7.7) 24 (92.3) 26 (7.4)
Number of births 1 10 (8.4) 109 (91.6) 119 (33.7)
2 8 (8.3) 88 (91.7) 96 (27.2)
3 4 (5.7) 66 (94.3) 70 (19.8)
4 or more 10 (14.7) 58 (85.3) 68 (19.3)