| 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 |