General characteristics of the study population, GDHS 2008
| Maternal health insurance status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | All GDHS included women n (%) | Not insured n (%) | Insured n (%) |
| Socioeconomic factors | |||
| Marital status | |||
| Formerly married | 150 (5) | 95 (5.3) | 55 (4.6) |
| Currently married | 2712 (91) | 1593 (89.3) | 1114 (92.7) |
| Never married | 130 (4) | 97 (5.4) | 33 (2.7) |
| Maternal occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 300 (10) | 193 (10.8) | 107 (9.0) |
| Manual job | 1650 (55) | 1055 (59.3) | 591 (49.5) |
| Skilled job | 1028 (35) | 532 (29.9) | 495 (41.5) |
| Maternal education | |||
| No education | 1132 (38) | 765 (42.9) | 362 (30.1) |
| Primary | 722 (24) | 487 (27.2) | 235 (19.6) |
| Secondary or higher | 1138 (38) | 533 (29.9) | 605 (50.3) |
| Wealth Index | |||
| Poor | 1629 (54) | 1116 (62.5) | 508 (42.3) |
| Average | 504 (17) | 296 (16.6) | 208 (17.3) |
| Rich | 859 (29) | 373 (20.9) | 486 (40.4) |
| Maternal health insurance | |||
| Yes | 1202 (40) | ||
| No | 1785 (60) | ||
| Demographic and obstetric factors | |||
| Maternal age (years) | |||
| 15–24 | 702 (23) | 462 (25.9) | 240 (20.0) |
| 25–34 | 1427 (48) | 811 (45.4) | 613 (51.0) |
| 35–49 | 863 (29) | 512 (28.7) | 349 (29.0) |
| Parity | |||
| 1 | 457 (15) | 245 (13.7) | 212 (17.6) |
| 2–4 | 1629 (55) | 964 (54.0) | 665 (55.3) |
| 5 and above | 906 (30) | 576 (32.3) | 325 (27.1) |
| Multiple gestation | |||
| No | 2860 (96) | 1713 (96.0) | 1144 (95.0) |
| Yes | 132 (4) | 72 (4.0) | 58 (5.0) |
| Distance from facility | |||
| Difficult to access | 1003 (34) | 667 (37.4) | 335 (27.9) |
| Not difficult to access | 1982 (66) | 1116 (62.6) | 866 (72.1) |
GDHS, Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.