Table 2: Health decision making autonomy of women with children under five years in Ghana by background characteristics.
| Person who usually decides on respondent's health care? | |||||
| Respondent alone N (%) | Respondent and Husband/Partner N (%) | Husband/Partner alone N (%) | Total N (%) | P-value | |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 509 (25.46) | 1029 (51.48) | 461 (23.06) | 1999 (100) | |
| Rural | 608 (19.76) | 1674 (54.40) | 795 (25.84) | 3077 (100) | |
| Total | 1117 (22.01) | 2703 (53.25) | 1256 (24.74) | 5076 (100) | < 0.001 |
| Woman's age (yrs) | 32.01a | 31.01a | 30.78a | 31.17a | < 0.001* |
| Educational level of women | |||||
| No education | 376 (19.92) | 858 (45.44) | 654 (34.64) | 1888 (1000) | |
| Primary | 213 (21.11) | 591 (58.57) | 205 (20.32) | 1009 (100) | |
| Secondary | 481 (24.33) | 1123 (56.80) | 373 (18.87) | 1977 (100) | |
| Higher education | 47 (23.27) | 131 (64.85) | 24 (11.88) | 202 (100) | |
| Total | 1117 (22.01) | 2703 (53.25) | 1256 (24.74) | 5076 (100) | < 0.001 |
| Woman's earnings autonomy | |||||
| Respondent alone | 605 (30.74) | 834 (42.38) | 529 (26.88) | 1968 (100) | |
| Respondent and Husband/Partner | 139 (13.16) | 839 (79.45) | 78 (7.39) | 1056 (100) | |
| Husband/Partner alone | 28 (15.12) | 64 (36.16) | 85 (48.02) | 177 (100) | < 0.001 |
| Partners education | |||||
| No education | 272 (17.46) | 736 (47.24) | 550 (35.30) | 1558 (100) | |
| Primary | 132 (20.79) | 378 (59.53) | 125 (19.69) | 635 (100) | |
| Secondary | 597 (25.17) | 1275 (53.75) | 500 (21.08) | 2372 (100) | |
| Higher education | 99 (21.48) | 289 (62.69) | 73 (15.84) | 461 (100) | |
| Total | 1100 (21.89) | 2678 (53.28) | 1248 (24.83) | 5026 (100) | < 0.001 |
| Partners age (yrs) | 39.23a | 37.78a | 38.91a | 38.38a | < 0.001* |
Sources: GDHS 2014 dataset.
aMean age of under each category; *P-value for one-way analysis of variance.