Transcript REVIEW WORKSHOP ON GLSS 6 REPORT

D I S S E M I N AT I O N O F
G H A N A L I V I N G STA N DA R D S S U R V E Y
ROUND 6
MAIN REPORT
D E M O G R A P H I C C H A R AC T E R I ST I C S
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OUTLINE
2.1
Introduction
2.2
Household characteristics
2.3
Marital status and age at first marriage
2.4
Conclusion
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Introduction
What is a household?
A person or a group of persons
 who live together in the same housing unit,
 sharing the same housekeeping and catering
arrangements
 considered as one unit,
 and members acknowledge an adult (one
person) as the head
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INTRODUCTION CONT’D
The head of the household is:
the person recognised as such by other
members of the household
the person responsible for the upkeep of the
household.
The demographic and socio-economic characteristics of
heads of households
help us to understand
household dynamics and standard of living of
household members.
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There are 4 persons on average in each
household in Ghana
Country/Locality
Ghana
Mean Household Size
Estimated number
2005/2006 2012/2013 GLSS6 of Households
(Thousand)
GLSS 5
4.0
4.0
6,601.5
Urban
3.5
3.6
3,656.50
Accra (GAMA)
3.3
3.4
1,162.50
Other Urban
3.6
3.7
2,494.00
Rural
4.4
4.5
2,945.00
Rural Coastal
3.6
3.8
400.4
Rural Forest
4.1
4.1
1,674.90
Rural Savannah
5.4
5.5
869.7
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HOUSEHOLDS ARE MOSTLY HEADED BY MALES.
Ghana
69.5
30.5
Accra (GAMA)
68.2
31.8
Other urban
65.1
34.9
Rural Coastal
38.1
Rural Forest
71.8
28.2
Rural Savannah
Male
Female
61.9
83.6
16.4
0
20
40
60
80
100
Percent
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FEMALES WHO ARE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE
RELATIVELY OLDER THAN THEIR MALE
COUNTERPARTS (AVERAGE AGE)
Locality
Both Sexes
Male
Female
Urban
43.5
42.4
45.8
Accra (GAMA)
42.1
41.1
44.2
Other urban
44.2
43.0
46.5
Rural
47.0
45.4
51.5
Rural Coastal
46.7
42.9
52.8
Rural Forest
47.4
45.9
51.4
Rural Savannah
46.2
45.4
50.6
Total
45.1
43.8
48.0
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46% HAVE NEVER MARRIED IN ACCRA (GAMA)
(12 YEARS AND OLDER)
Marital
Accra
status
GAMA)
Never
married
46.1
Consensua
l union
6.2
Other
urban
Rural
Coastal
44.4
39.9
39.3
39.5
42.3
5.8
7.8
10.6
5.1
7.1
36.6
38.0
37.8
38.2
47.7
39.4
Separated
3.0
2.2
2.4
2.2
1.0
2.2
Divorced
3.6
3.9
4.3
3.9
1.3
3.4
Widowed
4.5
5.7
7.8
5.9
5.4
5.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Married
Total
Rural
Rural
Forest Savannah
Total
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FEMALES MARRY 4 YEARS EARLIER THAN MALES IN
GHANA
Locality
Male
Female
Total
25.9
21.4
23.3
Urban
27.2
22.5
24.5
Accra (GAMA)
25.3
21.0
22.7
Other urban
24.3
20.1
21.9
Rural
25.2
Rural Coastal
21.1
22.7
Rural Forest
24.3
20.1
21.9
Rural Savannah
24.1
19.6
21.5
Ghana
25.1
20.8
22.6
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SUMMARY
 Estimated number of households is 6.6 million
 Mean household size for the country is 4.0
 Average household size in rural localities is higher
than average urban household size.
 Rural Savannah has the highest mean household
size of 5.5
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SUMMARY…
 A higher proportion of households are headed by
males in Ghana and households with female
heads being older than male heads
 The mean age at first marriage is 22.6 years with
females marrying about four years earlier than
their male counterparts.
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Thank you
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