Table 8 Per cent distribution of most recent live or stillbirth in the five years preceding the survey by whether delivery was caesarean section according to religion and ethnicity*
Background characteristic | Delivery by CS | Other | Total | Number of births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Catholic | 12.9 | 87.1 | 100 | 380 |
 Protestant | 11.1 | 88.9 | 100 | 54 |
 Methodist | 11.6 | 88.4 | 100 | 225 |
 Presbyterian | 14.5 | 85.5 | 100 | 207 |
 Pentecostal/Charismatic | 12.5 | 87.5 | 100 | 928 |
 Other Christian | 12.4 | 87.6 | 100 | 510 |
 Moslem | 10.9 | 89.1 | 100 | 440 |
 Traditional/Spiritualist | 5.7 | 94.3 | 100 | 35 |
 No Religion | 9.6 | 90.4 | 100 | 83 |
 Other | 0 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Akan | 12.4 | 87.6 | 100 | 1551 |
 Ga/Dangme | 12.6 | 87.4 | 100 | 269 |
 Ewe | 16 | 84 | 100 | 326 |
 Guan | 10.5 | 89.5 | 100 | 38 |
 Mole-Dagbani | 13.3 | 86.7 | 100 | 195 |
 Grussi | 7.2 | 92.8 | 100 | 97 |
 Gruma | 5.8 | 94.2 | 100 | 103 |
 Hausa | 11.5 | 88.5 | 100 | 52 |
 Other | 9.1 | 90.9 | 100 | 231 |
Total | 12.2 | 87.8 | 100 | 2862 |