Dimension | 2003 (78.6%) | 2008 (58.2%) | 2014 (65.2%) | |||
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Sample | Proportion (%) [95% CI] | Sample | Proportion (%) [95% CI] | Sample | Proportion (%) [95% CI] | |
Mother’s age | ||||||
15–19 years | 84 | 65.8 [54.5, 75.6] | 82 | 55.6 [42.6, 67.8] | 157 | 66.7 [54.3, 77.2] |
20–49 years | 2942 | 78.9 [76.8, 80.9] | 2332 | 58.3 [55.3, 61.3] | 4703 | 65.2 [62.3, 68] |
Economic status | ||||||
Quintile 1 (poorest) | 788 | 76.3 [72.7, 79.6] | 621 | 51.3 [45.8, 56.7] | 1057 | 59 [54.1, 63.8] |
Quintile 2 | 658 | 75.6 [70.6, 80] | 546 | 59.3 [54.1, 64.4] | 1027 | 71.2 [67, 75.1] |
Quintile 3 | 576 | 79.2 [73.9, 83.6] | 441 | 57.6 [51.6, 63.3] | 948 | 67.7[62.5, 72.5] |
Quintile 4 | 530 | 79.2 [74.1, 83.5] | 459 | 65.2 [59.3, 70.7] | 920 | 61.9 [55.5, 67.9] |
Quintile 5 (richest) | 474 | 85.1 [80.3, 88.8] | 347 | 60.6 [53.1, 67.5] | 908 | 66.5 [62.1, 70.7] |
Level of education | ||||||
No education | 1200 | 74.6 [71.1, 77.7] | 791 | 54 [49.2, 58.6] | 1314 | 57.7 [53.4, 61.9] |
Primary school | 694 | 75.2 [70.4, 79.4] | 590 | 57.9 [52.6, 63.1] | 972 | 64.9 [60.2, 69.3] |
Secondary/higher | 1132 | 84.9 [82, 87.4] | 1034 | 61.6 [57.5, 65.6] | 2574 | 69.2 [65.6, 72.6] |
Place of residence | ||||||
Rural | 2009 | 77.2 [74.5, 79.7] | 1509 | 57.9 [54, 61.6] | 2658 | 67.7 [63.4, 71.8] |
Urban | 1017 | 81.2 [77.9, 84.2] | 906 | 58.8 [54, 63.5] | 2202 | 62.2 [58.6, 65.8] |
Sex of the child | ||||||
Females | 1511 | 77.4 [74.5, 80] | 1171 | 56.4 [52.7, 63.5] | 2332 | 65.1 [61.6, 68.5] |
Males | 1515 | 79.8 [77.1, 82.2] | 1243 | 60 [56.2, 63.6] | 2528 | 65.3 [62.2, 68.4] |
Region | ||||||
Ashanti | 563 | 82.7 [78, 86.6] | 468 | 67.4 [60, 74] | 902 | 64.2 [56.7, 71.1] |
Brong Ahafo | 328 | 75.1 [69.1, 80.3] | 234 | 53.8 [45.4, 62] | 443 | 78.2 [70.5, 84.4] |
Central | 259 | 66.8 [58.4, 74.2] | 229 | 59.8 [50.7, 68.3] | 538 | 79 [67.2, 87.4] |
Eastern | 313 | 78.4 [71, 84.3] | 216 | 50.3 [42.5, 58.1] | 449 | 71.4 [65.5, 76.7] |
Greater Accra | 339 | 75 [68.1, 80.9] | 289 | 55.8 [46.4, 64.9] | 769 | 54 [48.5, 59.4] |
Northern | 409 | 78.3 [73.6, 82.4] | 357 | 42.3 [34.5, 50.4] | 579 | 44.3 [37.8, 51.1] |
Upper East | 186 | 85.5 [73.4, 92.7] | 125 | 68.1 [59.1, 75.9] | 193 | 67.6 [60.8, 73.7] |
Upper West | 91 | 85.1 [76.8, 90.8] | 63 | 69.9 [62.1, 76.8] | 121 | 68.9 [60.2, 76.5] |
Volta | 242 | 82.2 [73.4, 88.5] | 208 | 65.2 [55.8, 73.6] | 372 | 76.9 [70.1, 82.5] |
West | 297 | 80.1 [73.1, 85.7] | 225 | 62.7 [52.6, 71.8] | 493 | 66.3 [60.9, 71.2] |