2.17 Ghana

2.17.1 Total adolescent births

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Total adolescent births per woman

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Unweighted cases	Total adolescent births
		1940 1995	1249 6848	0.422354672289585 1.172277907884470
1	Ghana	1940	1,249	1.17
2	Ghana	1945	2,122	1.08
3	Ghana	1950	3,016	0.92
4	Ghana	1955	3,122	0.82
5	Ghana	1960	4,020	0.68
6	Ghana	1965	5,833	0.66
7	Ghana	1970	6,848	0.61
8	Ghana	1975	6,778	0.55
9	Ghana	1980	6,198	0.52
10	Ghana	1985	5,461	0.48

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2.17.2 Total adolescent births by age at first birth

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Total adolescent births per woman by age at first birth

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Age at first birth	Unweighted cases	Total adolescent births
		1940 1995		29 1423	1.036455040942670 3.142311084975010
1	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	113	3.14
2	Ghana	1940	15-17 years	382	2.01
3	Ghana	1940	18-19 years	309	1.08
4	Ghana	1945	14 years and younger	171	2.98
5	Ghana	1945	15-17 years	615	1.97
6	Ghana	1945	18-19 years	508	1.09
7	Ghana	1950	14 years and younger	171	2.86
8	Ghana	1950	15-17 years	804	1.79
9	Ghana	1950	18-19 years	734	1.10
10	Ghana	1955	14 years and younger	161	2.69

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2.17.3 Contribution to total adolescent fertility by cohort and age at first birth

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Contribution to total adolescent fertility by cohort and age at first birth

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Age at first birth	Unweighted cases	Proportion
		1940 1995		29 1423	0.123680502254928 0.598398306265802
1	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	113	0.24
2	Ghana	1940	15-17 years	382	0.53
3	Ghana	1940	18-19 years	309	0.23
4	Ghana	1945	14 years and younger	171	0.23
5	Ghana	1945	15-17 years	615	0.53
6	Ghana	1945	18-19 years	508	0.24
7	Ghana	1950	14 years and younger	171	0.19
8	Ghana	1950	15-17 years	804	0.52
9	Ghana	1950	18-19 years	734	0.29
10	Ghana	1955	14 years and younger	161	0.18

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2.17.4 Contribution to total adolescent fertility by age at first birth (all cohorts)

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Contribution to total adolescent fertility by age at first birth (all cohorts)

	Country	Age at first birth	Unweighted cases	Proportion
			2217 10015	0.170951454866442 0.502094499583338
1	Ghana	14 years and younger	2,217	0.17
2	Ghana	15-17 years	9,872	0.50
3	Ghana	18-19 years	10,015	0.33

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2.17.5 Completed fertility by motherhood entry age

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Children ever born by motherhood entry age, women aged 40 and older

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Age at first birth	Unweighted cases	Number of children
		1940 1975		148 2722	4.430836150938520 7.685446009389670
1	Ghana	1940	All mothers	361	7.12
2	Ghana	1940	In adolescence	213	7.69
3	Ghana	1940	After adolescence	148	6.32
4	Ghana	1945	All mothers	659	6.55
5	Ghana	1945	In adolescence	349	7.25
6	Ghana	1945	After adolescence	310	5.74
7	Ghana	1950	All mothers	720	6.05
8	Ghana	1950	In adolescence	373	6.82
9	Ghana	1950	After adolescence	347	5.17
10	Ghana	1955	All mothers	868	5.71

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2.17.6 Difference in completed fertility between adolescent and non-adolescent mothers

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Difference in completed fertility between adolescent and non-adolescent mothers

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Difference in number of births
		1940 1975	0.985606217847950 1.649625247326200
1	Ghana	1940	1.37
2	Ghana	1945	1.51
3	Ghana	1950	1.65
4	Ghana	1955	1.36
5	Ghana	1960	1.02
6	Ghana	1965	1.25
7	Ghana	1970	1.43
8	Ghana	1975	0.99

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2.17.7 Contribution of adolescent fertility to total fertility by cohort

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Contribution of adolescent fertility to total fertility by cohort

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Unweighted cases	Proportion
		1940 1975	361 2722	0.119050040581512 0.134434680448554
1	Ghana	1940	361	0.13
2	Ghana	1945	659	0.13
3	Ghana	1950	720	0.13
4	Ghana	1955	868	0.12
5	Ghana	1960	1,425	0.12
6	Ghana	1965	2,722	0.13
7	Ghana	1970	2,403	0.13
8	Ghana	1975	626	0.12

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2.17.8 Mean age at first birth

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Mean age at first birth, women with first birth before age 30

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Unweighted cases	Mean age
		1940 1985	688 4927	19.23382931248580 21.51277101316870
1	Ghana	1940	1,226	19.23
2	Ghana	1945	1,335	19.67
3	Ghana	1950	1,470	20.34
4	Ghana	1955	2,049	20.41
5	Ghana	1960	2,728	20.62
6	Ghana	1965	4,083	20.88
7	Ghana	1970	4,927	21.18
8	Ghana	1975	4,688	21.38
9	Ghana	1980	2,854	21.51
10	Ghana	1985	688	21.29

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2.17.9 Adolescent parity progression ratios

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Adolescent parity progression ratios

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Progression ratio from	Unweighted cases	Ratio
		1940 1995		0 3066	0.000000000000000 0.646978142076503
1	Ghana	1940	none to 1st birth	804	0.65
2	Ghana	1940	1st to 2nd birth	420	0.52
3	Ghana	1940	2nd to 3rd birth	169	0.42
4	Ghana	1940	3rd to 4th birth	46	0.26
5	Ghana	1940	4th to 5th birth	12	0.26
6	Ghana	1945	none to 1st birth	1,294	0.61
7	Ghana	1945	1st to 2nd birth	654	0.51
8	Ghana	1945	2nd to 3rd birth	251	0.39
9	Ghana	1945	3rd to 4th birth	56	0.24
10	Ghana	1945	4th to 5th birth	9	0.16

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2.17.10 Adolescent parity progression ratios by age

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Adolescent parity progression ratios by mother's age at first birth

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Age at first birth	Progression ratio from	Unweighted cases	Ratio
		1940 1995			0 1423	0.000000000000000 0.954226265631216
1	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	none to 1st birth	113	0.09
2	Ghana	1940	15-17 years	none to 1st birth	382	0.31
3	Ghana	1940	18-19 years	none to 1st birth	309	0.25
4	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	1st to 2nd birth	108	0.95
5	Ghana	1940	15-17 years	1st to 2nd birth	285	0.74
6	Ghana	1940	18-19 years	1st to 2nd birth	27	0.07
7	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	2nd to 3rd birth	83	0.77
8	Ghana	1940	15-17 years	2nd to 3rd birth	84	0.31
9	Ghana	1940	18-19 years	2nd to 3rd birth	2	0.07
10	Ghana	1940	14 years and younger	3rd to 4th birth	35	0.42

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2.17.11 Rapid Repeat Birth probability

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Likelihood that an adolescent mother has a rapid repeat birth

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Likelihood
			0.138676520405932 0.373866040958899
1	Ghana	1940	0.37
2	Ghana	1945	0.35
3	Ghana	1950	0.30
4	Ghana	1955	0.26
5	Ghana	1960	0.20
6	Ghana	1965	0.21
7	Ghana	1970	0.18
8	Ghana	1975	0.18
9	Ghana	1980	0.19
10	Ghana	1985	0.17

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2.17.12 Rapid Repeat Birth proportion

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Proportion of nonfirst adolescent births that are rapid repeat births

	Country	5-year birth cohort	Unweighted cases (non-first adolescent births)	Proportion
		1940 1995	135 1240	0.358954165493414 0.541972242903573
1	Ghana	1940	653	0.54
2	Ghana	1945	979	0.53
3	Ghana	1950	1,022	0.51
4	Ghana	1955	850	0.48
5	Ghana	1960	786	0.44
6	Ghana	1965	1,117	0.44
7	Ghana	1970	1,240	0.40
8	Ghana	1975	1,131	0.42
9	Ghana	1980	994	0.43
10	Ghana	1985	750	0.38

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Note: Ghana MICS6 2017-2018 data description says birth histories are of ever-married women in reproductive age (15-49 years of age), but in checking the data, it looks like women who had no marriage date but had given birth had birth history.