Table 2 Background characteristics of children 0–59 months in northern Ghana from the Africa RISING project in 2012 (N = 533)
Characteristics | Regions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern (n = 206) n (%) | Upper West (n = 178) n (%) | Upper East (n = 149) n (%) | Total (N = 533) n (%) | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 107 (51.9) | 90 (50.6) | 83 (55.7) | 280 (52.5) |
Female | 99 (48.1) | 88 (49.4) | 66 (44.3) | 253 (47.5) |
*Age (months) | ||||
0–5 | 29 (14.4) | 8 (4.6) | 16 (10.5) | 53 (10.0) |
6–11 | 23 (11.4) | 15 (8.6) | 16 (10.5) | 54 (10.2) |
12–23 | 32 (15.8) | 19 (10.9) | 24 (15.8) | 75 (14.2) |
24–35 | 46 (22.8) | 33 (18.9) | 37 (24.3) | 116 (21.9) |
36–47 | 32 (15.8) | 37 (21.1) | 30 (19.7) | 99 (18.7) |
48–59 | 40 (19.8) | 63 (36.0) | 29 (19.1) | 132 (25.0) |