Research Article
Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertensive Disorders amongst Pregnant Women Seeking Healthcare in Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study respondents.
| | Variable | Without HDPs
(%) | With HDPs
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Age | | | | | 18–24 | 74 (23.57) | 25 (13.44) | 99 (19.80) | | 25–29 | 110 (35.03) | 64 (34.41) | 174 (34.8) | | 30–34 | 76 (24.20) | 47 (25.27) | 123 (24.6) | | 35–39 | 47 (14.97) | 31 (16.67) | 78 (15.6) | | 40–44 | 7 (2.23) | 19 (10.22) | 26 (5.20) | | Educational background | | | | | No education | 51 (16.24) | 29 (15.60) | 80 (16.06) | | Primary | 23 (7.32) | 7 (3.76) | 30 (6.02) | | JHS | 81 (25.80) | 26 (13.99) | 107 (21.49) | | SHS | 83 (26.43) | 46 (24.73) | 129 (25.90) | | Tertiary | 76 (23.57) | 78 (41.93) | 154 (30.52) | | Marital status | | | | | Single | 75 (23.89) | 44 (23.66) | 119 (23.90) | | Married | 236 (75.16) | 140 (77.27) | 376 (75.50) | | Divorced | 1 (0.32) | 2 (1.08) | 3 (0.60) | | Religion | | | | | Christian | 246 (78.34) | 163 (87.63) | 394 (82.80) | | Moslem | 39 (12.42) | 15 (8.06) | 54 (10.93) | | Others | 24 (7.64) | 7 (3.76) | 31 (6.28) | | Occupation | | | | | Gov. employee | 61 (19.43) | 55 (29.57) | 116 (23.08) | | Housewife | 38 (12.10) | 22 (11.83) | 60 (12.15) | | Private business | 209 (66.56) | 109 (58.60) | 320 (64.77) | | Setting of facility receiving ANC | | | | | Periurban | 205 (65.28) | 25 (13.44) | 230 (46) | | Urban | 109 (34.71) | 161 (86.56) | 270 (54) | | Knowledge | | | | | Poor | 63 (20.06) | 6 (3.28) | 69 (13.88) | | Satisfactory | 123 (39.17) | 8 (4.37) | 131 (26.36) | | Good | 40 (12.74) | 38 (20.77) | 78 (15.69) | | Excellent | 88 (28.03) | 131 (71.58) | 219 (44.06) |
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