Languages: Asante 16%, Ewe 14%, Fante 11.6%, Boron (Brong) 4.9%, Dagomba 4.4%, Dangme 4.2%, Dagarte (
Dagaba) 3.9%, Kokomba 3.5%, Akyem 3.2%, Ga 3.1%, other 31.2%
Variable Frequency (n) Percentage (%) Age groupings (years) 15-24 176 46.5 25-34 180 44.6 35-49 44 8.8 Religion Christian 176 44.0 Muslim 216 54.0 Traditionalist 8 2.0 Classification of occupation Trader 98 24.5 Farmer 123 30.8 Civil servant 2 0.5 Service worker 67 16.8 Education/teacher 5 1.3 Health worker 3 0.8 Nothing 102 25.5 Ethnicity Dagomba 119 29.8 Kassena 71 17.8
Dagaba 110 27.5 Kukomba 2 0.5 Frafra 14 3.5 Wala 55 13.8 Fulani 2 0.5 Dorimor 27 6.8 Education level of mother None 207 51.8 Low (primary and junior high) 157 39.3 High ([greater than or equal 36 9.0 to] senior high) Marital status Single 8 2.0 Married 342 85.5 Widowed 5 1.3 Cohabiting 33 8.3 Separated 12 3.0 TABLE 2: Association between dietary intake and mean Hb among pregnant women.
The major ethnic groups are the
Dagaba, Sisaala and Wala.
After my ordination, it was March 3,2003 when Mr Edirisinghe took us to visit Ven Gotami, A Sri Lankan bhikkhuni who lived in Mahintale, the direction is opposite to Mahintale Stupa or what locally called
Dagaba. Coming from Anuradhapura, we turned left at a junction just before Mahintale
Dagaba and proceeded about 1-2 kms.