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Table 7 Per cent distribution of most recent live or stillbirths in the five years preceding the survey by place of delivery according to religion and ethnicity*

From: Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study

Background characteristic

Own’s home

Other home

Government hospital/polyclinic

Government health center

Government health post/clinic

Other public health facility

Private hospital clinic

Private maternity home

Other private health facility

Other

Total

Number of women

Religion

            

 Catholic

39.3

5.3

30

9.4

4.3

0.1

6.8

3.9

0.4

0.4

100

694

 Protestant

30

1.2

41.2

13.8

3.8

0

6.2

2.5

0

1.2

100

80

 Methodist

28.7

5.5

35.9

10.1

4.6

0

9.5

5.2

0

0.6

100

348

 Presbyterian

28.4

6.6

38.2

9.5

4.4

0.3

7.3

5.3

0

0

100

317

 Pentecostal/Charismatic

25.4

8

36.3

9.5

4

0.1

9.6

5.9

0.9

0.3

100

1404

 Other Christian

31.3

7.1

31.1

11.1

5.5

0

8.1

5.1

0.1

0.5

100

836

 Moslem

47.5

2.5

27.6

8.4

2.5

0

7.3

3.9

0.1

0.3

100

895

 Traditional/Spiritualist

76.3

5.3

6.3

6.8

2.9

0

1

0.5

0

1

100

207

 No Religion

65.2

5.5

10.6

9.6

4.4

0

2.4

1.7

0

0.7

100

293

 Other

0

0

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100

1

Ethnicity

            

 Akan

23.3

7.2

36.8

10.8

5.4

0

9.7

5.9

0.5

0.4

100

2.248

 Ga/Dangme

21.5

11.4

37.1

8.7

3.7

0.2

9.2

6.4

1.2

0.5

100

404

 Ewe

43.5

5.4

28.3

8.2

2.8

0

6.4

5

0.2

0.3

100

644

 Guan

57.1

9.2

19.3

2.5

2.5

0

5.9

1.7

0

1.7

100

119

 Mole-Dagbani

60.7

2.4

20.3

7.5

2.6

0

3.8

2.2

0

0.5

100

547

 Grussi

59.8

0.4

22.4

8.5

2.8

0

5.7

0.4

0

0

100

246

 Gruma

66.8

2.9

15.5

9.3

1.5

0.3

2.6

0.9

0

0.3

100

343

 Hausa

12.9

3.2

59.7

3.2

0

0

12.9

8.1

0

0

100

62

 Other

44.3

4.5

23.5

11.9

5

0

6.5

3.7

0.2

0.4

100

463

Total

37

5.9

30.5

9.6

4.1

0.1

7.6

4.6

0.4

0.4

100

5076

  1. *Total includes 148 women with missing information on place of delivery.