ABSTRACT The study examines socio-economic and demographic correlates of labour force participation in Ghana. Data from the 2010 Ghana Population and Housing Census were used for this study. The study focused on the population aged between 15 to 64 years (who were considered to be within the active working age). The analysis was done at three levels namely, univariate, bivariate and multivariate levels. Graphs, frequencies and percentages were used to describe the characteristics of the respo...
ABSTRACT Globally, food security continues to be a complex phenomenon that people across all fields have to manage. In developing countries of which Ghana is part of, the number of people who are food insecure keeps increasing. Little attention has been given to households in the rural areas of the agro-ecological zones and how their occupation influences food security. This study seeks to examine the relationship between occupation and food security in the agro-ecological zones in rural Ghan...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relationship between female education and fertility in urban poor communities, namely James Town, Usher Town and Agbogboloshie. Using the second round of the 2011 Urban and Health Project data conducted by the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), fertility levels for different educational categories were estimated. The unit of analysis for the study was women in their reproductive ages (15–49). A sample of five hundred and forty three (543) wom...
ABSTRACT Early childhood development forms the foundation for a productive adult life of every individual and to the progress of every nation. The socioemotional domain of development is the bedrock of this foundation. The numerous psychosocial problems that ravage individuals and our societies informed the objective of this study to examine the influence of socioeconomic status of households, social relations and quality of home environment on the socioemotional outcomes of children in Ghan...
ABSTRACT In recent years, divorce rates have been on the rise over the world and sub-Sahara Africa has not been left out. One of the factors that have been agreed by researchers to be a cause of divorce is ethnicity. In the African society, each ethnic group has its own social structure and organization. This structure and organization of ethnic groups can predict the potential of divorcing and rates of divorce in the society. Using the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (2014), a sample of...
ABSTRACT Anaemia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. World Health Organization estimated that anaemia affects one-quarter of the world's population and is concentrated within preschool age children and in resource-poor countries like Cameroon. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that affect child anaemia in the country and to formulate recommendations that may help reduce its effect on these children. Data for this study were collected as part of the ...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity and malnutrition remain global food and health challenge. This is likely to be severe in developing countries where statistics on food insecurity and malnutrition are high. This study examined the association between dietary pattern and child nutritional status using the weight-for-age as indicator. A child was defined as having poor nutritional status (underweight) if his or her weight-for-age index was less than minus two standard deviations below the WHO refere...
ABSTRACT Over the years, the meaning of health seeking behaviour (HSB) has gone beyond just the use of health care facilities to include understanding what social and cultural factors influence a person’s decision to utilize a healthcare facility. Although most STIs are treatable, a range of social and cultural factors prevent access to healthcare treatment and this contributes to the burden of untreated infection. An important tool in effective sexually transmitted infection (STI) control...
ABSTRACT Female occupation is very crucial in this contemporary era where there exist several advocacy groups calling for involvement of women in decision making at all levels and particularly at the time where economic hardship has considerably reduced men’s ability to take on the breadwinner’s role. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between female occupation and fertility in Ghana. The levels of fertility for the various categories of occupation are derived t...
ABSTRACT Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a major public health problem globally that require greater efforts for prevention through research and policy-making. It is reported that ARI is a leading cause of death, morbidity, and disability among children under- five years in many developing countries. Several studies have tried to link the association between biomass fuel use and respiratory infection, morbidity and mortality, yet the association of type of cooking fuels and incidence of ...
ABSTRACT High infant and maternal mortality rates are major public health concerns in developing countries including Ghana. Most of these deaths are caused by pregnancy related complications. In Ghana, about 57 percent of women in their reproductive ages had Facility Based Deliveries (GSS, 2008) as against 95 percent who received antenatal care. This is therefore not enough to achieve MDGs 4 and 5. Currently maternal mortality is estimated to be 350 death per 100 000 live births meanwhile, th...
ABSTRACT Infant mortality has declined globally, however, sub-Saharan Africa still experiences high rate of infant deaths. Despite efforts made to reduce infant mortality in Ghana, the rate is still high. This study examines the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana using the six successive Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS). The general objective is to examine the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana from 1988-2014 using 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 20...
ABSTRACT Infant mortality has declined globally, however, sub-Saharan Africa still experiences high rate of infant deaths. Despite efforts made to reduce infant mortality in Ghana, the rate is still high. This study examines the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana using the six successive Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS). The general objective is to examine the trends and differentials in infant deaths in Ghana from 1988-2014 using 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 20...
ABSTRACT Abstract Worldwide, the proportion of aged and chronic diseases are increasing. In Ghana, rapid urbanization and social change makes disability a problem. This study seeks to identify factors associated with disability in Ghana. The WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1 2007-2010 dataset was used. The mean age was 60 ±13.9 years. About 33.6%, 33.7% and 33 % reported none, mild and severe disability respectively. Also, 11.9%, 11.4%, 3.4% and 1.9% were living with ...
ABSTRACT Reports that emanated from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey indicated that anaemia among women in the country stood at 59 per cent, making it a severe public health problem based on the classification of the World Health Organisation. Majority of studies on the aetiology and determinants of anaemia among Ghanaian women were community based and did not permit an understanding of the problem among women of different socio-demographic groups residing in the larger spatial un...