Attribute | Proportion |
Sex of main head of household1 | |
Female | 50.6 |
Male | 49.4 |
Sex of main respondent | |
Female | 74.7 |
Male | 25.3 |
Age of main respondent | |
15 years or younger | 2.2 |
16 to 19 years | 1.5 |
20 to 39 years | 49.4 |
40 to 59 years | 42.1 |
60 years or older | 4.9 |
Marital status of main respondent | |
Divorced | 15.2 |
Married | 40.6 |
Separated | 7.1 |
Never married | 16.6 |
Widowed2 | 20.4 |
Educational level of main respondent | |
Never been to school | 27.7 |
Primary | 30.3 |
Secondary | 35.6 |
Tertiary | 5.9 |
No information on education | 0.6 |
Main source of livelihood of households | |
Salaried worker | 11 |
Cash crop production | 17 |
Casual labor | 5 |
Begging | 0.5 |
Livestock | 0.5 |
Skilled trade | 12 |
Petty trade | 23 |
Remittance | 10 |
Food assistance | 0.5 |
Household asset wealth status | |
Asset poor | 58.6 |
Asset medium | 39.9 |
Asset Rich | 1.5 |
Regional distribution of asset poor households | |
National | 67.2 |
Ashanti region | 60.2 |
Brong Ahafo region | 66.7 |
Central region | 37.2 |
Eastern region | 84.2 |
Greater Accra region | 53.3 |
Northern region | 80.9 |
Upper East region | 72.5 |
Upper West region | 54.1 |
Volta region | 90.4 |
Western region | 71.6 |
Chronic energy deficiency (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) by region | |
National | 16.3 |
Ashanti region | 18.4 |
Brong Ahafo region | 7.6 |
Central region | 27.5 |
Eastern region | 20.5 |
Greater Accra region | 21.4 |
Northern region | 20.4 |
Upper East region | 8.3 |
Upper West region | 7.4 |
Volta region | 16.9 |
Western region | 10.9 |
Annual death rate by region |