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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)