Table 1 Trends in contraceptive prevalence in Ghana by different inequality dimensions, 1993–2014

Age

 15–19 years

161

13[8.7, 19]

122.1

19.2[12.7, 28]

137.2

8.4[5, 13.9]

85

13.6[7.4, 23.8]

104.1

18.6[11.5, 28.6]

 20–49 years

3043

20.6[19.1, 22.3]

3009

22.1[20.5, 23.8]

3411.7

25.8[24, 27.8]

2791.3

23.8[21.8, 25.9]

5217.4

26.8[24.9, 28.9]

Economic Status

 Poorest

541

11.8[9, 15.4]

731.1

12.3[10.1, 15.1]

753

14[11.5, 17]

572.8

14.2[10.9, 18.3]

1016

22.1[19.1, 25.3]

 Poorer

657

11.4[9.4, 13.8]

582.9

15.9[13, 19.2]

687.4

24[20, 28.5]

576.9

20.3[16.7, 24.6]

964.2

27.2[23.5, 31.4]

 Middle

688

17.3[14.7, 20.2]

565.6

22.3[18.9, 26.1]

692.5

24.9[20.8, 29.5]

525.2

21.8[18.1, 26]

1001.2

26.8[23.4, 30.4]

 Richer

642

24.9[21.7, 28.5]

589.8

27.2[23.5, 31.2]

694.9

29[24.6, 33.8]

600.2

29[25, 33.4]

1089.8

28.9[25.8, 32.2]

 Richest

676

34.2[30.7, 37.8]

661.7

33[28.7, 37.7]

721.1

34.6[31, 38.3]

601.2

31.4[26.6, 36.7]

1250.3

28[23.1, 33.5]

Education

 No education

1356

8.2[6.9, 9.7]

1105.9

13.2[11.1, 15.6]

1353.6

15.3[13.2, 17.6]

852.8

13.6[11.1, 16.4]

1478.2

18.6[16.3,21]

 Primary school

1608

26.2[24, 28.6]

575.8

20.3[17,24]

710.4

26.1[22.2, 30.3]

638

26.6[22.9, 30.8]

978.7

28.9[25.4, 32.6]

 Secondary/higher education

240

48.3[42.7, 54]

1449.3

29.3[26.8, 32]

1484.9

33.8[31.1, 36.6]

1385.5

28.2[25.5, 31.1]

2864.6

30.1[27.4, 33]

Place of residence

 Rural

2179

15.4[13.7, 17.2]

2152.9

18.1[16.4, 20]

2112.8

20.9[18.8, 23.3]

1660.3

20.9[18.4, 23.6]

2657.4

27.5[25, 30.2]

 Urban

1025

30.6[27.7, 33.7]

978.2

30.4[27.3, 33.7]

1436.1

31.4[28.4, 34.6]

1216

27.1[24, 30.4]

2664.1

25.8[23, 28.8]

Region

 Ashanti

553

13.7[11.6, 16.2]

491

24.6[20.3, 29.5]

643.2

29.7[25, 34.9]

542.2

27[22.8, 31.7]

968.7

26.4[21.9, 31.6]

 Brong Ahafo

307

25.4[21.2, 30.2]

234.6

24.7[20.4, 29.6]

398.4

33[27.8, 38.5]

267.2

29[23.1, 35.6]

438.9

30.1[25.1, 35.7]

 Centre

301

15.6[12.2, 19.8]

338.3

19.3[14.6, 25.1]

274.4

15.2[10.7, 21]

254.2

22.9[16.3, 31.2]

531.7

31.1[27.2, 35.2]

 East

340

25.9[20.8, 31.8]

425.6

26.6[21.6, 32.4]

354.1

27.1[21.6, 33.3]

252.2

24.2[18.6, 30.9]

500.3

29.4[24.6, 34.6]

 Greater Accra

356

36.8[30.3, 43.8]

449.4

32.2[28, 36.7]

475.9

34[28.5, 39.9]

422.2

32.6[26.6, 39.3]

1005.3

28.7[22.8, 35.5]

 Northern

376

11.2[8, 15.4]

195.6

10[6.5, 15.1]

431

12.1[9.6, 15.3]

337.7

5.9[3.5, 9.8]

560.7

11.2[8.6, 14.5]

 Upper East

236

10.2[5.3, 18.5]

97.5

11.9[7.1, 19.2]

236.3

11.9[62.2, 21.5]

168.1

14.7[9.2, 22.5]

218.2

23.7[19.9, 28]

 Upper West

136

6.6[2.4, 16.9]

209.4

9[6.3, 12.6]

113.3

26.3[22.3, 30.8]

81.5

21.7[17.3, 26.8]

145.9

25.2[20.4, 30.8]

 Volta

349

25.2[21, 29.9]

334

21.1[16.9, 26.1]

303.6

23.6[18.9, 29]

290.2

28.6[21.7, 36.8]

404.9

32.2[26.8, 38.2]

 Western

250

26.4[20.1, 33.9]

355.5

18.3[14.6, 22.7]

318.7

28.2[23.5, 33.5]

260.8

19.1[14.4, 24.9]

546.8

27.1[22.1, 32.8]