Education infrastructure inequality and academic performance in Ghana.

The main thrust of this study was to assess the infrastructure inequality and academic performance nexus. Education statistics (2018) from the Ghana Statistical Service was used for the study. Firstly, ANOVA was used to estimate whether district-level academic performance differed at various infrastructure distribution levels (Infrastructure Quintile levels).

Neighbourhood mothers' education and its differential impact on stunting: Evidence from 30 Sub-Saharan African countries.

The study used data from Demographic and Health Surveys for 30 Sub-Saharan African countries to investigate differences in the residential effects of mothers' education on stunting. Multilevel logistic regressions were employed to examine the neighbourhood effects of mothers' education on stunting. The study found that although a higher proportion of mothers with secondary education in a neighbourhood, irrespective of the residence type (rural or urban), reduces a child's probability of being stunted, this effect is stronger for children residing in rural areas than those in the urban.

Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.

Universal access to safe drinking water is essential to population health and well-being, as recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). To develop targeted policies which improve urban access to improved water and ensure equity, there is the need to understand the spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources and the factors underlying these patterns. Using the Shannon Entropy Index and the Index of Concentration at the Extremes at the enumeration area level, we analyzed census data to examine the spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources and neighborhood income in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), the largest urban agglomeration in Ghana.

Reproducibility of statistical data, academic publications and policy implications: Evidence from Ghana.

This paper examines the accuracy, validity and presentation of statistical evidence and also assesses the implications of irreproducibility associated with variations in sample size for academic research work and policy-making. The 2012/13 Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS), 10 academic publications and the Free Senior High School policy in Ghana are used to address the objectives of the paper. The data show that about 20 per cent of the tables in the Main Report of the GLSS Six is irreproducible, 10 per cent of the tables have outcomes worth re-examining, and in terms of completeness in the presentation of statistical evidence, only 3 out of the 27 sampled tables report the sample size that was used.

Dietary diversity and child malnutrition in Ghana.

The health of children in Ghana has improved in recent years. However, the current prevalence rates of malnutrition remain above internationally acceptable levels. This study, therefore, revisits the determinants of child health by using Ghana's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to investigate the effect of infant feeding practices on child health.

Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana.

Background: Identity registration is not only a matter of human rights but it also serves as an important instrument for planning about health, education and overall development. This paper examines the chances of a child born in Ghana between 2001 and 2006 obtaining legal status of identity.

Methods: Data for this paper were extracted from the 2006 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).

HOUSEHOLD NUCLEATION, DEPENDENCY AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN GHANA.

This study uses three key anthropometric measures of nutritional status among children (stunting, wasting and underweight) to explore the dual effects of household composition and dependency on nutritional outcomes of under-five children in Ghana. The objective is to examine changes in household living arrangements of under-five children to explore the interaction of dependency and nucleation on child health outcomes. The concept of nucleation refers to the changing structure and composition of household living arrangements, from highly extended with its associated socioeconomic system of production and reproduction, social behaviour and values, towards single-family households - especially the nuclear family, containing a husband and wife and their children alone.