ADENTAN MUNICIPALITY

Copyright (c) 2014 Ghana Statistical Service

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 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

No meaningful developmental activity can be undertaken without taking into account the
characteristics of the population for whom the activity is targeted. The size of the population
and its spatial distribution, growth and change over time, in addition to its socio-economic
characteristics are all important in development planning.
A population census is the most important source of data on the size, composition, growth
and distribution of a country’s population at the national and sub-national levels. Data from
the 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will serve as reference for equitable
distribution of national resources and government services, including the allocation of
government funds among various regions, districts and other sub-national populations to
education, health and other social services.
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is delighted to provide data users, especially the
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, with district-level analytical reports based
on the 2010 PHC data to facilitate their planning and decision-making.
The District Analytical Report for the Adentan Municipality is one of the 216 district census
reports aimed at making data available to planners and decision makers at the district level. In
addition to presenting the district profile, the report discusses the social and economic
dimensions of demographic variables and their implications for policy formulation, planning
and interventions. The conclusions and recommendations drawn from the district report are
expected to serve as a basis for improving the quality of life of Ghanaians through evidence-
based decision-making, monitoring and evaluation of developmental goals and intervention
programmes.
For ease of accessibility to the census data, the district report and other census reports
produced by the GSS will be disseminated widely in both print and electronic formats. The
report will also be posted on the GSS website: www.statsghana.gov.gh.
The GSS wishes to express its profound gratitude to the Government of Ghana for providing
the required resources for the conduct of the 2010 PHC. While appreciating the contribution
of our Development Partners (DPs) towards the successful implementation of the Census, we
wish to specifically acknowledge the Department for Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development (DFATD) formerly the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for providing resources for
the preparation of all the 216 district reports. Our gratitude also goes to the Metropolitan,
Municipal and District Assemblies, the Ministry of Local Government, Consultant Guides,
Consultant Editors, Project Steering Committee members and their respective institutions for
their invaluable support during the report writing exercise. Finally, we wish to thank all the
report writers, including the GSS staff who contributed to the preparation of the reports, for
their dedication and diligence in ensuring the timely and successful completion of the district
census reports.

Dr. Philomena Nyarko

Government Statistician

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................. iii

LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... vi
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... vii
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................. viii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1
1.1 Background ......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Physical Features ................................................................................................................ 1
1.3 Political Administration ...................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Social And Cultural Structure ............................................................................................. 4
1.5 Economy ............................................................................................................................. 5
1.6 Census Methodology, Concepts And Definitions ............................................................... 6
1.7 Organization Of The Report ............................................................................................. 16
CHAPTER TWO: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.............................................. 17
2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 17
2.2 Population Size And Distribution ..................................................................................... 17
2.3 Age-Sex Structure ............................................................................................................. 18
2.4 Fertility, Mortality And Migration .................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER THREE: SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................... 23
3.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 23
3.2 Household Size, Composition And Structure ................................................................... 23
3.3 Marital Status .................................................................................................................... 24
3.4 Nationality......................................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Religious Affiliation ......................................................................................................... 28
3.6 Literacy And Education .................................................................................................... 28
CHAPTER FOUR: ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS .................................................... 31
4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 31
4.2 Economic Activity Status ................................................................................................. 31
4.3 Occupation ........................................................................................................................ 32
4.4 Industry ............................................................................................................................. 33
4.5 Employment Status ........................................................................................................... 34
4.6 Employment Sector ........................................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER FIVE: INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ................... 36
5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 36
5.2 Ownership Of Mobile Phones And Use Of Internet ......................................................... 36
5.3 Household Ownership Of Fixed Telephone Lines And Desktop/ Laptop Computers..... 37
CHAPTER SIX: DISABILITY ................................................................................................ 38
6.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 38
6.2 Population With Disability ............................................................................................... 38
6.3 Types Of Disability ........................................................................................................... 39
6.4 Disability And Activity ..................................................................................................... 39
6.5 Disability And Level Of Education .................................................................................. 41

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CHAPTER SEVEN: AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 42
7.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 42
7.2 Households In Agriculture ................................................................................................ 42
7.3 Types Of Livestock Farming Activities ............................................................................ 42
CHAPTER EIGHT: HOUSING CONDITIONS .................................................................... 44
8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 44
8.2 Housing Stock ................................................................................................................... 44
8.3 Type Of Dwelling, Holding And Tenancy Arrangements ................................................ 44
8.4 Construction Materials ...................................................................................................... 46
8.5 Room Occupancy .............................................................................................................. 47
8.6 Access To Utilities And Household Facilities .................................................................. 48
8.7 Main Source Of Water For Drinking And For Other Domestic Use ................................ 49
8.8 Bathing And Toilet Facilities ............................................................................................ 50
8.9 Method Of Waste Disposal ............................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER NINE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY
IMPLICATIONS ....................................................................................... 53
9.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 53
9.2 Summary Of Findings And Conclusions .......................................................................... 53
9.3 Policy Implications ........................................................................................................... 56
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 57
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................. 58
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ..................................................................................................... 64

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1: Zonal councils with their communities......................................................................... 4

Table 2.1: Population by age, sex and type of locality ................................................................ 17
Table 2.2: Reported total fertility rate, general fertility rate and crude birth rate by district ....... 20
Table 2.3: Female population 12 years and older by age, children ever born, children .............. 20
surviving and sex of child ........................................................................................... 20
Table 2.4: Total population, deaths in households and crude death rate, by district ................... 21
Table 2.5: Cause of deaths by district .......................................................................................... 22
Table 2.6: Birthplace by duration of residence of migrants ......................................................... 22
Table 3.1: Households by type of locality ................................................................................... 23
Table 3.2: Household population by structure and sex ................................................................ 23
Table 3.3: Household population by composition and sex .......................................................... 24
Table 3.4: Persons 12 years and older by sex, age-group and marital status ............................... 25
Table 3.5: Persons 12 years and older by sex, marital status and level of education ................. 26
Table 3.6: Persons 12 years and older by sex, marital status and activity status ........................ 27
Table 3.7: Population by nationality and sex ............................................................................... 28
Table 3.8: Population by religion and sex ................................................................................... 28
Table 3.9: Population 3 years and older by level of education, school attendance and sex ........ 30
Table 4.1: Activity status of population 15 years and older by sex ............................................. 31
Table 4.2: Activity status of population 15 years and older by sex and age ................................ 32
Table 4.3: Employed population 15 years and older by occupation and sex ............................... 33
Table 4.4: Employed population 15 years and older by industry and sex ................................... 34
Table 4.5: Employed population 15 years and older by employment status and sex .................. 35
Table 4.6: Employed population 15 years and older by employment sector and sex .................. 35
Table 5.1: Population 12 years and older by mobile phone ownership and internet facility ....... 36
usage by sex ................................................................................................................ 36
Table 5.2: Households having desktop/laptop computers, fixed telephone lines by sex ............. 37
of household head ....................................................................................................... 37
Table 6.1: Population by type of locality, disability type and sex ............................................... 38
Table 6.2: Persons 15 years and older with disability by economic activity status and sex ........ 40
Table 6.3: Persons 3 years and older with disability by educational level and sex ..................... 41
Table 7.1: Households by agricultural activities and locality ...................................................... 42
Table 7.2: Size of households by number of animals and keepers .............................................. 43
Table 8.1: Stock of houses and households ................................................................................. 44
Table 8.2: Type of occupied dwelling unit by sex of household head and type of locality ........ 45
Table 8.3: Ownership status of dwelling by sex of household head and type of locality ............ 46
Table 8.4: Main construction material for outer wall of dwelling unit by type of locality ......... 46
Table 8.5: Main construction materials for the floor of dwelling unit by type of locality .......... 47
Table 8.6: Main construction material for the roofing of dwelling unit by type of locality ........ 47
Table 8.7: Household size and number of sleeping rooms occupied in dwelling unit ................ 48
Table 8.8: Main source of lighting of dwelling unit by type of locality ...................................... 48
Table 8.9: Main source of cooking fuel, and cooking space used by households ....................... 49
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Table 8.10:Main source of water for drinking and for other domestic use.................................. 50
Table 8.11:Type of bathing facility used by household by type of locality ................................. 51
Table 8.12:Method of solid and liquid waste disposal by type of locality ................................... 52
Table A1: Age-sex distribution .................................................................................................... 58
Table A2: Household composition by type of locality ................................................................ 59
Table A3: Population 11 years and older by sex, age and literacy status .................................... 60
Table A4: Population 3 years and older by sex, disability type and level of education .............. 61
Table A5: Population by sex, number of Household and House in the 20 largest communities . 62
Table A6: Population by age groups in 20 largest communities ................................................. 63

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1: Map of Adentan Municipal ......................................................................................... 3

Figure 2.1: Population pyramid ................................................................................................... 19

Figure 2.2: Reported age specific death rate by sex .................................................................... 21

Figure 3.1: Literacy status of population 11 years and older ....................................................... 29

Figure 3.2: School attendance of population 3 years and older by sex........................................ 29

Figure 8.3: Toilet facilities ........................................................................................................... 51

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 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

CBD Central Business District

CHPS Community Health Planning Services
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
EA Enumeration Area
GCB Ghana Commercial Bank
GPRTU Ghana Private Road Transport Union
ICT Information Communication Technology
JHS Junior High School
JSS Junior Secondary School
LI Legal Instrument
NIB National Investment Bank
PROTOA Private Road Transport Owners Association
PWDs Persons with Disabilities
SHS Senior High School
SSS Senior Secondary School
TBA Traditional Birth Attendant
ZC Zonal Council

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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction
The district census report is the first of its kind since the first post-independence census was
conducted in 1960. The report provides basic information about the district. It gives a brief
background of the district, describing its physical features, political and administrative
structure, socio-cultural structure and economy. Using data from the 2010 Population and
Housing Census (2010 PHC), the report discusses the population characteristics of the district,
fertility, mortality, migration, marital status, literacy and education, economic activity status,
occupation, employment; Information Communication Technology (ICT), disability,
agricultural activities and housing conditions of the district.

Population size, structure and composition

The population of Adentan Municipality, according to the 2010 Population and Housing
Census, is 78,215. Males constitute 50.3 percent and females represent 49.7 percent. About 62.5
percent of the population resides in urban and 37.5 percent in rural areas. The Municipality has
a sex ratio of 101.3. The population of the district depicts a broad base population pyramid
which tapers off with a small number of elderly persons. The age dependency ratio for the
Municipality is 51.1, the age dependency ratio for males is lower (49.5) than that of females
(52.8).

Fertility, mortality and migration

The Total Fertility Rate for the Municipality is 2.7. The General Fertility Rate is 87.8 births per
1000 women aged 15-49 years and a Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is 26.3 per 1000 population. The
crude death rate for the Municipality is 3.4 per 1000. Accident/violence/homicide/suicide
accounted for 13.2 percent of all deaths while other causes constitute 86.8 percent of deaths in
the Municipality 12 months prior to the census. Among migrants living in the Municipality,
24.1 percent was born elsewhere in the Greater Accra Region and 3.8 percent was born outside
Ghana. For migrants born elsewhere in another region, 25.8 percent was born in the Volta
region and 18 percent, in the Eastern Region.
Household Size, composition and structure
The Municipality has a household population of 76,601 with a total number of 20,478
households. The average household size in the Municipality is 3.7 persons per household.
Children constitute the largest proportion of the household members accounting for 35.1
percent. Spouses form about 12.4 percent. Nuclear households (head, spouse(s) and children)
constitute 26.9 percent of the household structure in the Municipality.
Marital status
Nearly four in ten (39.7%) of the population aged 12 years and older are married, 46.7
percent have never married, 6.8 percent are in consensual unions, 2.3 percent is widowed, 2.4
percent divorced and 6.6 percent separated. At age 25-29 years, about half of females
(42.7%) are married compared to their male counterpart (21.7%). At age 65 and older,
widowed females account for as high as 49.5 percent while widowed males account for only
9.0 percent. . Among the married, 9.9 percent have no education while about 4.4 percent of
those who are never married also have no education. About 8 in 10 of the married population
(81.1%) are employed, 4.3 percent are unemployed and 14.6 percent are economically not

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active. A greater proportion of those who have never married (47.9%) are economically not
active and 7.5 percent of them are also not employed.
Nationality
The population of the Municipality shows that Ghanaians by birth in the constitute 92.8
percent. Those who have naturalised constitute 0.9 percent and the non-Ghanaian population
in the Municipality is 3.1 percent.

Literacy and education

Of the population 11 years and older, 91.9 percent are literate and 8.1 percent is not literate.
Slightly more than five out of ten people (54.8%) could read and write in both English and a
Ghanaian language. Of the population aged 3 years and older 24,740 are currently attending
school in the Municipality.
Economic Activity Status
About 74.1 percent of the population aged 15 years and older are economically active while
25.9 per cent are economically not active. Of the economically active population, 91.2
percent is employed while 8.8 percent is unemployed. For those who are economically not
active, a larger percentage of them are students (50.9%), 23.9 percent perform household
duties and 2.4 percent are disabled or too sick to work. Nearly six out of ten (57.3%) of the
unemployed persons are seeking work for the first time.
Of the employed population, 31.8 percent is in Service and sales work and 25.4 percent is in
Craft and related trades. Females are more likely than males to be engaged in Service and
sales work (51.5%) whereas males are more likely than females to be engaged as Craft and
related trades workers (34.8%). Of the population 15 years and older, 40.5 percent of the
workforce is self-employed without employees with females and males proportions as 53.1
percent and 29.9 percent respectively.
Information and Communication Technology
Of the population 12 years and older, 79.0 percent own mobile phones. Men who own mobile
phones constitute 83.7 percent as compared to 74.3 percent of females. About 22.4 percent of
the population 12 years and older use internet facilities in the Municipality. About 4,256
households representing 20.8 percent of the total households in the Municipality have
desktop/laptop computers.

Disability
About 1.3 percent of the Municipal’s total population has a disability. The proportion of the
male population with disability is the same as the female (1.3%). The types of disability in
the Municipality include sight, hearing, speech, physical, intellect, and emotion. Persons with
sight disability recorded the highest (35%) followed by physical disability (29.1%). Of the
population (94.0) who has disability, 209 constituting 22.2 percent have never been to school.
Agriculture
Only 7.1 percent of households in the Adentan Municipality are engage in agriculture. There
are more households (938) in urban localities that are into agriculture than households in rural
localities (515). Most households in agriculture in the Municipality (88.9%) are involved in
crop farming. Poultry (chicken) and goats are the dominant animal reared in the
Municipality.

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Housing
The housing stock of Adentan Municipality is 13,669. The urban areas have a higher
proportion of the houses (59.9%) than the rural areas (40.1%). The average number of persons
per house is 5.6.
Type, tenancy arrangement and ownership of dwelling units
About 31.1 percent of all dwelling units in the Municipality are separate houses, 30.7 percent,
compound houses; and 8.2 percent, semi-detached houses. About 44.9 percent of the dwelling
units in the Municipality are owned by private individuals and 38.9 percent are owned by
members of households; 9.6 percent is owned by a relative who is not a member of the
household and only 1.1 percent is owned by public or government. Less than one percent
(0.7%) of the dwelling units is owned through mortgage schemes.

Material for construction of outer wall, floor and roof

The main construction material for outer walls of dwelling units in the Municipality is
cement/concrete (82.8%). Cement (61.6%) and Ceramic/Porcelain/Granite/Marble tiles
(10.1%) are the two main materials used for the construction of floors of dwelling units in the
Municipality. Metal sheets (63.6 %) and Slate/asbestos (20.0%) are the main roofing
materials for dwelling units in the Municipality.
Utilities and household facilities
The main sources of lighting in dwelling units in the Municipality are electricity (71.7%),
flashlight/torch (12.1%), and kerosene lamp (9.3%). The main sources of fuel for cooking for
most households in the Municipality are Gas (47.2%) and charcoal (40.1%). Water for
drinking in the Municipality are mainly sachet water (53.4%), pipe-borne outside dwelling
(15.4%) and tanker supply/Vendor provided (13.4%).
The main toilet facility used in the district is WC (32.2%), public toilet (16.4%) and KVIP
(14.7%). representing 59.5 percent followed by pit latrine (26.8%). About 23.5 percent of the
households in the Municipality have no toilet facility. About 36.3 percent own bathroom for
exclusive use in their dwellings and 23.7 percent use shared open cubicles for bathing.
Waste disposal
The most common method of solid waste disposal is collection (45.8%). Dumping of solid
waste indiscriminately is practiced by 4.0 percent of the households. For liquid waste
disposal, throwing waste onto the compound (48.4%) and onto the street (15.4%) are the two
most common practices by households in the Municipality.

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 CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background
The Adentan Municipality was carved out of Tema Metropolitan Assembly in February 2008
by LI 1888. Adentan serves as a dormitory town for most people who have migrated to seek
employment in the service sector, industries and government institutions within the Tema-
Accra metropolitan areas. The 2010 Population and Housing Census is the first census
conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service with Adentan as a district.

1.2 Physical Features

The Adentan Municipal Assembly (with Adentan as its Central Business District) lies 10
kilometres to the Northeast of Accra, which is specifically located on latitude 5′ 43′′ north
and longitude 0′ 09′′ West. The Municipal has a land area of about 928.4 sq km. It shares
boundaries with Ashaiman Municipal Assembly and Kpong Akatamanso District Assembly
in the east and north, La Nkwantanang Municipal Assembly in the West and south, in the
north. (Figure 1.1)
Climate
Temperatures are generally high throughout the year. The high temperatures warm up the air,
which rises to condense contributing to the second type of precipitation called Conventional
rainfall for the area. March to April is usually the hottest period with temperatures reaching
32°C during the day and 27°C at night. Cooler temperatures occur from May to September,
with a high of 27-29°C during the day and 22-24°C in the night. Adentan experiences two
types of rainy seasons: the first and the major season is from April to July while the second
but minor season is from September to November. The bi-modal rainfall pattern provides a
suitable environment for farming activities in most months (8 months) of the year as residents
are able to cultivate and harvest different type of crops in each season.
Vegetation
The rainfall pattern and the terrain of Adentan have influenced the vegetation cover of the
environment. The southern part of Adentan is covered by Savannah grass with scattered Nim
trees. The northern part has Savannah semi-rain forest with deciduous trees but due to human
activities, the general vegetation cover of some parts of the community have changed to
grassland and in some places, bare land. The climatic condition and vegetation cover have
contributed immensely to animal rearing and vegetable production in the area.

Soil and geology

The soils are highly elastic when wet but become hard and compact when dry and then crack
vertically from the surface. This renders the soil unsuitable for land cultivation. The soil type
is confined mainly to small amounts of subsistence crop farming. The short type of grassland
provides extensive grazing fields. There are brownish grey, medium or coarse sand,
underlain by a hard porous gristly loam along the Frafraha area. The soils have low
nutritional status and are quick in becoming parched at the end of the rainy season. The area
is underlain with Precambrian rocks of the Dahomeyan formation. Sedimentary rocks are
deposited at the southern, western and eastern parts of the Municipality. Metamorphic rocks

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deposits are found at the northern parts that consist of granite and gneiss making this part
rocky and stony in appearance. The rock formation in the area has promoted stone quarry and
sand winning, providing a kind of informal employment.
Water bodies
Adentan abounds in several rivers; prominent among them are the Nugbete River in
Nmaidjor and the Ogbojo stream. To facilitate farming and agricultural activities, various
individuals and institutions over the years have succeeded in constructing dams within the
Adentan Municipality, including Japan Motors Tourist Resort, Faahe Dam at Nmai Djor,
Tessa Dam at Adjiringanor, University Farms Dam, Water Body at Amrahia and Water
Bodies at Ashiyie.
Anecdotal information indicates that the Japan Motors Tourist Resort Dam was built in the
1960’s by Japan Motors (an automobile firm) for its cattle ranch. Currently, the area around
the dam has been used for the development of residential housing unit and hence the facility
has been abandoned. Plans are however underway to use the lake for aquaculture activities
with the aim of finally developing the site as a tourist attraction centre in the near future.
Faahe dam in Nmai Djor on the other hand was constructed by one Alhaji Bariko for his
cattle. The dam almost dries up in the dry season. It is anticipated that when desilted, the
dam’s capacity to hold large volumes of water could increase and hence be useful for
aquaculture all year round.
The Tessa dam at Adjiringanor was built by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (President of the 1st
Republic) during the construction of the Accra - Tema Motorway. The area has a serene
environment which could be conducive to tourism activities if the facility is properly
developed for aquaculture purposes.
The University Farm’s dam was constructed by the University of Ghana to aid practical work
of its Faculty of Agriculture. Currently, the facility is not being used and land around it
continues to be encroached upon by real estate developers.
Water Bodies at Amrahia and Ashiyie have seen very little of the purpose for which they
were constructed. Residents, continue to use the facilities for domestic purposes.

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Figure 1.1: Map of Adentan Municipal

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, GIS

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1.3 Political Administration
Adentan Municipality is governed by an assembly which is made up of the following:
a. Twelve (12) elected members each from the twelve new electoral areas.
b. Six (6) government appointees
c. One member of parliament for the constituency
d. One Municipal Chief Executive who is the head of state’s representation at the
District level.
The General Assembly is the highest political and administrative body in the Municipal
Assembly. The Presiding member who is elected by the members of the assembly presides
over all meetings of the General Assembly meetings. The Adentan Municipal Assembly has
four zonal councils namely; Koose, Gbentanaa, Nii Ashale and Sutsurunaa. These zonal
councils have 12 electoral areas.
Table 1.1: Zonal councils with their communities
Zonal
Council Communities

Koose Maledjor, Amrahia, Amanfro, Ashieye, Ampomah Village

Adentan Old Town, New Adentan, Adentan Housing Estates, Approtech,

Gbentanaa Commandos, East Adentan, New Legon, SSNIT Flats, Frafraha, Ritz Areas,
Alhaji

Ashale Botwe, Ogbojo, Sraha, Little Roses, Japan Motors-Lake side, Third
Nii Ashale
Gate, Arap Adjei, Part Dzen Ayor

Obudankadi, University Farms, Nmai Djorn, Dzornaaman, Otano, Trassacco

Sutsurunaa
Area, Adjiringanor, Bedzen, Tesaa, Otinshie, Part Dzen-Ayor

1.4 Social and cultural structure

Traditional setting
Traditionally, the main rulers of the entire land mass of the Adentan Municipality are the
families of La and Teshie. These are two main paramountcies but they do not own the land.
Rather the various families within the paramount areas own the lands. The families are also
divided into various clans which collectively own certain portions of the land. The paramount
chiefs only preside over the various family lands.
Festivals
Homowo, which means hooting at hunger, is the main festival in the Municipality as prevails
in the entire Ga land. The celebration of this festival in the Municipality is not as grand as in
main Ga traditional areas due to its ethnic diversity. Besides this, the various ethnic groups
celebrate replicas of their home festivals that are subtle and almost imperceptible.

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Health
Currently, Adentan Municipality has a Public Community Clinic at Amanfrom and a
Community-Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Adjiringanor. There are
about 14 private health facilities and one Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in the
Municipality. These health facilities provide the following services: laboratory, pharmacy,
family planning, reproductive and child health and maternal services.
Education
Adentan has 13 public basic schools and 135 private basic schools. There are nine (9) Senior
High Schools (SHS) which are private. There is no public SHS in the Municipality and
therefore students who graduate from Junior High School (JHS) have to move to other
districts to attend SHS. The Municipality has two private tertiary institutions.

Water
Perennial water shortage is characteristic of the Municipality. Adentan hardly gets pipe borne
water, and most of the residents rely on poly tanks, and concrete-built tanks to store water.
The residents also harvest rainwater during the rainy seasons. During the dry season, they
also depend on dams at Nmai-Djor, Adjiringanor, Ashale Botwe, Amrahia and Ashieye.
Sanitation
Adentan is one of the few areas in the Greater Accra region that has relatively good sanitation
and waste management. The Adentan Municipality has no final disposal sites for both liquid
and solid wastes. This situation increases the cost of final disposal of waste due to travel
distance. There is therefore the need to acquire land and develop a final disposal site for
waste.

1.5 Economy
Markets
Currently most residents travel to Madina and other markets to shop. Patronage of the
Adentan Shopping Mall is low. The allocation of sheds at the upgraded Ogbojo market with
facilities such as a lorry station, public toilet and urinal provides an opportunity for a vibrant
market in the Municipality.
Agriculture
The soil type is confined mainly to small amounts of subsistence cropping of cassava, okro,
maize and other vegetables. The short type of grassland provides extensive grazing fields.
The main crops grown here include pepper, okro, watermelon and maize.
Industry
The area is underlain with Precambrian rocks of the Dahomeyan formation. Sedimentary
rocks are deposited at the southern, western and eastern parts of the Municipality.
Metamorphic rocks deposits are found at the northern parts that consist of granite and gneiss
making this part rocky and stony in appearance. The rock formation in the area has promoted
stone quarry and sand winning, providing a kind of informal employment.
The Municipality has few manufacturing, processing industries and quiet a number of real
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These contribute to internal generated revenue from business operating licences and property
rate.
Processing Industries
There are a few processing firms scattered along the breath and length of the Municipality.
Five of these firms are semi-industrial while the remaining ones are at the cottage level. The
main commodities processed include milk, fruits, vegetables and wood. These are usually
done with little or no additives and there is more room for expansion and fresh investment in
this sector. Examples of such industries are Amrahia Dairy farm, Trassaco.

Manufacturing Industries
There are a few manufacturing industries in the Municipality which produce alcoholic
beverages and plastics such as Baron Distilleries, Josh Plastic, Yuri M Plastic.
Service Industries
The Municipality has a number of service industries such as the hospitality industry that take
care of visitors who come into the Municipality to do business and for tourism purposes,
estate developers who provide various types of residential and business accommodation,
Banks/ Financial Institutions ,(GCB, NIB, Prudential Bank, Beige Capital,) and transport
industry like GPRTU, Co-operatives, and PROTOA.

1.6 Census Methodology, Concepts and Definitions

1.6.1 Introduction
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) was guided by the principle of international comparability
and the need to obtain accurate information in the 2010 Population and Housing Census
(2010 PHC). The Census was, therefore, conducted using all the essential features of a
modern census as contained in the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for
countries taking part in the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses.
Experience from previous post independence censuses of Ghana (1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000)
was taken into consideration in developing the methodologies for conducting the 2010 PHC.
The primary objective of the 2010 PHC was to provide information on the number,
distribution and social, economic and demographic characteristics of the population of Ghana
necessary to facilitate the socio-economic development of the country.

1.6.2 Pre-enumeration activities

Development of census project document and work plans
A large scale statistical operation, such as the 2010 Population and Housing Census required
meticulous planning for its successful implementation. A working group of the Ghana
Statistical Service prepared the census project document with the assistance of two
consultants. The document contains the rationale and objectives of the census, census
organisation, a work plan as well as a budget. The project document was launched in
November 2008 as part of the Ghana Statistics Development Plan (GSDP) and reviewed in
November 2009.

Census secretariat and committees

A well-structured management and supervisory framework that outlines the responsibilities
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housing census. To implement the 2010 PHC, a National Census Secretariat was set up in
January 2008 and comprised professional and technical staff of GSS as well as staff of other
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) seconded to GSS. The Census Secretariat was
primarily responsible for the day-to-day planning and implementation of the census activities.
The Secretariat had seven units, namely; census administration, cartography, recruitment and
training, publicity and education, field operations and logistics management, data processing,
and data analysis and dissemination.
The Census Secretariat was initially headed by an acting Census Coordinator engaged by the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2008 to support GSS in the planning of the
Census. In 2009, the Census Secretariat was re-organised with the Government Statistician
as the National Chief Census Officer and overall Coordinator, assisted by a Census
Management Team and a Census Coordinating Team. The Census Management Team had
oversight responsibility for the implementation of the Census. It also had the responsibility of
taking critical decisions on the census in consultation with other national committees. The
Census Coordinating Team, on the other hand, was responsible for the day-to-day
implementation of the Census programme.
A number of census committees were also set up at both national and sub-national levels to
provide guidance and assistance with respect to resource mobilization and technical advice.
At the national level, the committees were the National Census Steering Committee (NCSC),
the National Census Technical Advisory Committee (NCTAC) and the National Census
Publicity and Education Committee (NCPEC). At the regional and district levels, the
committees were the Regional Census Implementation Committee and the District Census
Implementation Committee, respectively.
The Regional and District Census Implementation Committees were inter-sectoral in their
composition. Members of the Committees were mainly from decentralized departments with
the Regional and District Coordinating Directors chairing the Regional Census
Implementation Committee and District Census Implementation Committee, respectively.
The Committees contributed to the planning of district, community and locality level
activities in areas of publicity and field operations. They supported the Regional and District
Census Officers in the recruitment and training of field personnel (enumerators and
supervisors), as well as mobilizing logistical support for the census.
Selection of census topics
The topics selected for the 2010 Population and Housing Census were based on
recommendations contained in the UN Principles and Recommendations for 2010 Round of
Population and Housing Censuses and the African Addendum to that document as well as the
needs of data users. All the core topics recommended at the global level, i.e., geographical
and internal migration characteristics, international migration, household characteristics,
demographic and social characteristics such as age, date of birth, sex, and marital status,
fertility and mortality, educational and economic characteristics, issues relating to disability
and housing conditions and amenities were included in the census.
Some topics that were not considered core by the UN recommendations but which were
found to be of great interest and importance to Ghana and were, therefore, included in the
2010 PHC are religion, ethnicity, employment sector and place of work, agricultural activity,
as well as housing topics, such as, type of dwelling, materials for outer wall, floor and roof,
tenure/holding arrangement, number of sleeping rooms, cooking fuel, cooking space and
Information Communication Technology (ICT).
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Census mapping
A timely and well implemented census mapping is pivotal to the success of any population
and housing census. Mapping delineates the country into enumeration areas to facilitate
smooth enumeration of the population. The updating of the 2000 Census Enumeration Area
(EA) maps started in the last quarter of 2007 with the acquisition of topographic sheets of all
indices from the Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission. In addition, digital
sheets were also procured for the Geographical Information System Unit.
The Cartography Unit of the Census Secretariat collaborated with the Survey and Mapping
Division of the Lands Commission and the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Services (CERSGIS) of the Department of Geography and Resource
Development, University of Ghana, to determine the viability of migrating from analog to
digital mapping for the 2010 PHC, as recommended in the 2000 PHC Administrative Report.
Field cartographic work started in March 2008 and was completed in February 2010.

Development of questionnaire and manuals

For effective data collection, there is the need to design appropriate documents to solicit the
required information from respondents. GSS consulted widely with main data users in the
process of the questionnaire development. Data users including MDAs, research institutions,
civil society organisations and development partners were given the opportunity to indicate
the type of questions they wanted to be included in the census questionnaire.
Documents developed for the census included the questionnaire and manuals, and field
operation documents. The field operation documents included Enumerator’s Visitation
Record Book, Supervisor’s Record Book, and other operational control forms. These record
books served as operational and quality control tools to assist enumerators and supervisors to
control and monitor their field duties respectively.
Pre-tests and trial census
It is internationally recognized that an essential element in census planning is the pre-testing
of the questionnaire and related instructions. The objective of the pre-test is to test the
questionnaire, the definition of its concepts and the instructions for filling out the
questionnaire.
The census questionnaire was pre-tested twice in the course of its development. The first pre-
test was carried out in March 2009 to find out the suitability of the questions and the
instructions provided. It also tested the adequacy and completeness of the responses and how
respondents understood the questions. The second pre-test was done in 10 selected
enumeration areas in August, 2009. The objective of the second pre-test was to examine the
sequence of the questions, test the new questions, such as, date of birth and migration, and
assess how the introduction of ‘date of birth’ could help to reduce ‘age heaping’. With regard
to questions on fertility, the pre-tests sought to find out the difference, if any, between proxy
responses and responses by the respondents themselves. Both pre-tests were carried in the
Greater Accra Region. Experience from the pre-tests was used to improve the final census
questionnaire.
A trial census which is a dress rehearsal of all the activities and procedures that are planned
for the main census was carried out in October/November 2009. These included recruitment
and training, distribution of census materials, administration of the questionnaire and other
census forms, enumeration of the various categories of the population (household,

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institutional and floating population), and data processing. The trial census was held in six
selected districts across the country namely; Saboba (Northern Region), Chereponi (Northern
Region), Sene (Brong Ahafo Region), Bia (Western Region), Awutu Senya (Central Region),
and Osu Klottey Sub-Metro (Greater Accra Region). A number of factors were considered in
selecting the trial census districts. These included: administrative boundary issues, ecological
zone, and accessibility, enumeration of floating population/outdoor-sleepers, fast growing
areas, institutional population, and enumeration areas with scattered settlements.
The trial census provided GSS with an opportunity to assess its plans and procedures as well
as the state of preparedness for the conduct of the 2010 PHC. The common errors found
during editing of the completed questionnaires resulted in modifications to the census
questionnaire, enumerator manuals and other documents. The results of the trial census
assisted GSS to arrive at technically sound decisions on the ideal number of persons per
questionnaire, number of persons in the household roster, migration questions, placement of
the mortality question, serial numbering of houses/housing structures and method of
collection of information on community facilities. Lessons learnt from the trial census also
guided the planning of the recruitment process, the procedures for training of census field
staff and the publicity and education interventions.
1.6.3 Census enumeration
Method of enumeration and field work
All post-independence censuses (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) conducted in Ghana used the
de facto method of enumeration where people are enumerated at where they were on census
night and not where they usually reside. The same method was adopted for the 2010 PHC.
The de facto count is preferred because it provides a simple and straight forward way of
counting the population since it is based on a physical fact of presence and can hardly be
misinterpreted. It is thought that the method also minimizes the risks of under-enumeration
and over enumeration. The canvasser method, which involves trained field personnel visiting
houses and households identified in their respective enumeration areas, was adopted for the
2010 PHC.
The main census enumeration involved the canvassing of all categories of the population by
trained enumerators, using questionnaires prepared and tested during the pre-enumeration
phase. Specific arrangements were made for the coverage of special population groups, such
as the homeless and the floating population. The fieldwork began on 21st September 2010
with the identification of EA boundaries, listing of structures, enumeration of institutional
population and floating population.
The week preceding the Census Night was used by field personnel to list houses and other
structures in their enumeration areas. Enumerators were also mobilized to enumerate
residents/inmates of institutions, such as, schools and prisons. They returned to the
institutions during the enumeration period to reconcile the information they obtained from
individuals and also to cross out names of those who were absent from the institutions on
Census Night.
Out-door sleepers (floating population) were also enumerated on the Census Night
Enumeration of the household population started on Monday, 27th September, 2010.
Enumerators visited houses, compounds and structures in their enumeration areas and started
enumerating all households including visitors who spent the Census Night in the households.
Enumeration was carried out in the order in which houses/structures were listed and where
the members of the household were absent, the enumerator left a call-back-card indicating
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when he/she would come back to enumerate the household. The enumeration process took off
smoothly with enumerators poised on completing their assignments on schedule since many
of them were teachers and had to return to school. However, many enumerators ran short of
questionnaires after a few days’ work.
Enumeration resumed in all districts when the questionnaire shortage was resolved and by
17th October, 2010, enumeration was completed in most districts. Enumerators who had
finished their work were mobilized to assist in the enumeration of localities that were yet to
be enumerated in some regional capitals and other fast growing areas. Flooded areas and
other inaccessible localities were also enumerated after the end of the official enumeration
period. Because some enumeration areas in fast growing cities and towns, such as, Accra
Metropolitan Area, Kumasi, Kasoa and Techiman were not properly demarcated and some
were characterized by large EAs, some enumerators were unable to complete their assigned
tasks within the stipulated time.
1.6.4 Post enumeration survey
In line with United Nations recommendations, GSS conducted a Post Enumeration Survey
(PES) in April, 2011 to check content and coverage error. The PES was also to serve as an
important tool in providing feedback regarding operational matters such as concepts and
procedures in order to help improve future census operations. The PES field work was
carried out for 21 days in April 2011 and was closely monitored and supervised to ensure
quality output. The main findings of the PES were that:
 97.0 percent of all household residents who were in the country on Census Night (26th
September, 2010) were enumerated.
 1.3 percent of the population was erroneously included in the census.
 Regional differentials are observed. Upper East region recorded the highest coverage
rate of 98.2 percent while the Volta region had the lowest coverage rate of 95.7
percent.
 Males (3.3%) were more likely than females (2.8%) to be omitted in the census. The
coverage rate for males was 96.7 percent and the coverage rate for females was 97.2
percent. Also, the coverage rates (94.1%) for those within the 20-29 and 30-39 age
groups are relatively lower compared to the coverage rates of the other age groups.
 There was a high rate of agreement between the 2010 PHC data and the PES data for
sex (98.8%), marital status (94.6%), relationship to head of household (90.5%) and
age (83.0%).

1.6.5 Release and dissemination of results

The provisional results of the census were released in February 2011 and the final results in
May 2012. A National Analytical report, six thematic reports, a Census Atlas, 10 Regional
Reports and a report on Demographic, Social, Economic and Housing were prepared and
disseminated in 2013.
1.6.6 Concepts and definitions
Introduction
The 2010 Population and Housing Census of Ghana followed the essential concepts and
definitions of a modern Population and Housing Census as recommended by the United

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Nations (UN). It is important that the concepts, definitions and recommendations are adhered
to since they form the basis upon which Ghana could compare her data with that of other
countries.
The concepts and definitions in this report cover all sections of the 2010 Population and
Housing Census questionnaires (PHC1A and PHC1B). The sections were: geographical
location of the population, Household and Non-household population, Literacy and
Education, Emigration, Demographic and Economic Characteristics, Disability, Information
and Communication Technology (ICT), Fertility, Mortality, Agricultural Activity and
Housing Conditions.
The concepts and definitions are provided to facilitate understanding and use of the data
presented in this report. Users are therefore advised to use the results of the census within the
context of these concepts and definitions.
Region
There were ten (10) administrative regions in Ghana during the 2010 Population and Housing
Census as they were in 1984 and 2000.
District
In 1988, Ghana changed from the local authority system of administration to the district
assembly system. In that year, the then existing 140 local authorities were demarcated into
110 districts. In 2004, 28 new districts were created; this increased the number of districts in
the country to 138. In 2008, 32 additional districts were created bringing the total number of
districts to 170. The 2010 Population and Housing Census was conducted in these 170
administrative districts (these are made-up of 164 districts/municipals and 6 metropolitan
areas). In 2012, 46 new districts were created to bring the total number of districts to 216.
There was urgent need for data for the 46 newly created districts for planning and decision-
making. To meet this demand, the 2010 Census data was re-programmed into 216 districts
after carrying out additional fieldwork and consultations with stakeholders in the districts
affected by the creation of the new districts.
Locality
A locality was defined as a distinct population cluster (also designated as inhabited place,
populated centre, settlement) which has a NAME or LOCALLY RECOGNISED STATUS. It
included fishing hamlets, mining camps, ranches, farms, market towns, villages, towns, cities
and many other types of population clusters, which meet the above criteria. There were two
main types of localities, rural and urban. As in previous censuses, the classification of
localities into ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ was based on population size. Localities with 5,000 or more
persons were classified as urban while localities with less than 5,000 persons were classified
as rural.

Population
The 2010 Census was a “de facto” count and each person present in Ghana, irrespective of
nationality, was enumerated at the place where he/she spent the midnight of 26th September
2010.
Household
A household was defined as a person or a group of persons, who lived together in the same
house or compound and shared the same house-keeping arrangements. In general, a
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household consisted of a man, his wife, children and some other relatives or a house help who
may be living with them. However, it is important to remember that members of a household
are not necessarily related (by blood or marriage) because non-relatives (e.g. house helps)
may form part of a household.
Head of household
The household head was defined as a male or female member of the household recognised as
such by the other household members. The head of household is generally the person who has
economic and social responsibility for the household. All relationships are defined with
reference to the head.

Household and non-household population

Household population comprised of all persons who spent the census night in a household
setting. All persons who did not spend the census night in a household setting (except
otherwise stated) were classified as non-household population. Persons who spent census
night in any of the under listed institutions and locations were classified as non-household
population:
a) Educational institutions
b) Children's and old people’s homes
c) Hospitals and healing centres
d) Hotels
e) Prisons
f) Service barracks
g) Soldiers on field exercise
h) Floating population: The following are examples of persons in this category:
i. All persons who slept in lorry parks, markets, in front of stores and offices,
public bathrooms, petrol filling stations, railway stations, verandas,
pavements, and all such places which are not houses or compounds.
ii. Hunting and fishing camps.
iii. Beggars and vagrants (mentally sick or otherwise).
Age
The age of every person was recorded in completed years disregarding fractions of days and
months. For those persons who did not know their birthdays, the enumerator estimated their
ages using a list of district, regional and national historical events.

Nationality
Nationality is defined as the country to which a person belongs. A distinction is made
between Ghanaians and other nationals. Ghanaian nationals are grouped into Ghanaian by
birth, Ghanaian with dual nationality and Ghanaian by naturalization. Other nationals are

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grouped into ECOWAS nationals, Africans other than ECOWAS nationals, and non-
Africans.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity refers to the ethnic group that a person belonged to. This information is collected
only from Ghanaians by birth and Ghanaians with dual nationality. The classification of
ethnic groups in Ghana is that officially provided by the Bureau of Ghana Languages and
which has been in use since the 1960 census.

Birthplace
The birthplace of a person refers to the locality of usual residence of the mother at the time of
birth. If after delivery a mother stayed outside her locality of usual residence for six months
or more or had the intention of staying in the new place for six or more months, then the
actual town/village of physical birth becomes the birthplace of the child.
Duration of residence
Duration of residence refers to the number of years a person has lived in a particular place.
This question is only asked of persons not born in the place where enumeration took place.
Breaks in duration of residence lasting less than 12 months are disregarded. The duration of
residence of persons who made multiple movements of one (1) year or more is assumed to be
the number of years lived in the locality (town or village) since the last movement.
Religion
Religion refers to the individual’s religious affiliation as reported by the respondent,
irrespective of the religion of the household head or the head’s spouse or the name of the
person. No attempt was made to find out if respondents actually practiced the faith they
professed.
Marital status
Marital status refers to the respondent’s marital status as at Census Night. The question on
marital status was asked only of persons 12 years and older. The selection of the age limit of
12 years was based on the average age at menarche and also on the practice in some parts of
the country where girls as young as 12 years old could be given in marriage.

Literacy
The question on literacy referred to the respondent's ability to read and write in any language.
A person was considered literate if he/she could read and write a simple statement with
understanding. The question on literacy was asked only of persons 11 years and older.
Education
School Attendance
Data was collected on school attendance for all persons three (3) years and older. School
attendance refers to whether a person has ever attended, was currently attending or has never
attended school. In the census, school meant an educational institution where a person
received at least four hours of formal education.
Although the lower age limit of formal education is six years for primary one, eligibility for
the school attendance question was lowered to three years because pre-school education has
become an important phenomenon in the country.
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Level of Education
Level of education refers to the highest level of formal school that a person ever attended or
was attending. This information was obtained for persons 3 years and older.
Activity status
Activity status refers to economic or non-economic activity of respondents during the 7 days
preceding census night. Information on type of activity was collected on persons 5 years and
older. A person was regarded as economically active if he/she:
a. Worked for pay or profit or family gain for at least 1 hour within the 7 days preceding
Census Night. This included persons who were in paid employment or self-
employment or contributing family workers.
b. Did not work, but had jobs to return to.
c. Were unemployed.
The economically not active were persons who did not work and were not seeking for work.
They were classified by reasons for not being economically active. Economically not active
persons included homemakers, students, retired persons, the disabled and persons who were
unable to work due to their age or ill-health.
Occupation
This referred to the type of work the person was engaged in at the establishment where he/she
worked. This was asked only of persons 5 years and older who worked 7 days before the
census night, and those who did not work but had a job to return to as well as those
unemployed who had worked before. All persons who worked during the 7 days before the
census night were classified by the kind of work they were engaged in. The emphasis was on
the work the person did during the reference period and not what he/she was trained to do.
For those who did not work but had a job to return to, their occupation was the job they
would go back to after the period of absence. Also, for persons who had worked before and
were seeking for work and available for work, their occupation was on the last work they did
before becoming unemployed. If a person was engaged in more than one occupation, only the
main one was considered.
Industry
Industry referred to the type of product produced or service rendered at the respondent’s work
place. Information was collected only on the main product produced or service rendered in
the establishment during the reference period.
Employment status
Employment status refers to the status of a person in the establishment where he/she currently
works or previously worked. Eight employment status categories were provided: employee,
self-employed without employees, self-employed with employees, casual worker,
contributing family worker, apprentice, domestic employee (house help). Persons who could
not be classified under any of the above categories were classified as “other”.

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Employment sector
This refers to the sector in which a person worked. The employment sectors covered in the
census were public, private formal, private informal, semi-public/parastatal, NGOs and
international organizations.
Disability
Persons with disability were defined as those who were unable to or were restricted in the
performance of specific tasks/activities due to loss of function of some part of the body as a
result of impairment or malformation. Information was collected on persons with visual/sight
impairment, hearing impairment, mental retardation, emotional or behavioural disorders and
other physical challenges.

Information communication technology (ICT)

ICT questions were asked for both individuals and households. Persons having mobile
phones refer to respondents 12 years and older who owned mobile phones (irrespective of the
number of mobile phones owned by each person). Persons using internet facility refers to
those who had access to internet facility at home, internet cafe, on mobile phone or other
mobile device. Internet access is assumed to be not only via computer, but also by mobile
phones, PDA, game machine and digital television.
Households having Personal Computers/Laptops refer to households who own
desktops/laptop computers. The fixed telephone line refers to a telephone line connecting a
customer’s terminal equipment (e.g. telephone set, facsimile machine) to the public switch
telephone network.
Fertility
Two types of fertility data were collected: lifetime fertility and current fertility. Lifetime
fertility refers to the total number of live births that females 12 years and older had ever had
during their life time. Current fertility refers to the number of live births that females 12-54
years old had in the 12 months preceding the Census Night.
Mortality
Mortality refers to all deaths that occurred in the household during the 12 months preceding
the Census Night. The report presents information on deaths due to accidents, violence,
homicide and suicide. In addition, data were collected on pregnancy-related deaths of
females 12-54 years.

Agriculture
The census sought information on household members who are engaged in agricultural
activities, including the cultivation of crops or tree planting, rearing of livestock or breeding
of fish for sale or family consumption. Information was also collected on their farms, types of
crops and number and type of livestock.
Housing conditions and facilities
The UN recommended definition of a house as “a structurally separate and independent place
of abode such that a person or group of persons can isolate themselves from the hazards of
climate such as storms and the sun’’ was adopted. The definition, therefore, covered any type
of shelter used as living quarters, such as separate houses, semi-detached houses,
flats/apartments, compound houses, huts, tents, kiosks and containers.
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Living quarters or dwelling units refer to a specific area or space occupied by a particular
household and therefore need not necessarily be the same as the house of which the dwelling
unit may be a part.
Information collected on housing conditions included the type of dwelling unit, main
construction materials for walls, floor and roof, holding/tenure arrangement, ownership type,
type of lighting, source of water supply and toilet facilities. Data was also collected on
method of disposal of solid and liquid waste.

1.7 Organization of the report

This report is organized into nine main chapters. Chapter one introduces the work and
provides discussions on the physical features, political administration, economy, and socio-
cultural structure of the Municipality. Chapter two captures the population size, fertility,
mortality and migration of the population of the Municipality. Chapter three encompasses
household composition, marital status, nationality, religious affiliation, literacy and
education. The economic activity, occupation, industry, employment status and employment
issues is captured under chapter four. Key issues such as accessibility to mobile phones,
internet, desktop computers or lap tops are thoroughly discussed in chapter five. Chapter six
provides data such as population, type of disability, economic activity, literacy and
geographic location of persons with disability. Key data on agricultural activities are analysed
in chapter seven while housing characteristics such as housing stock, dwelling types,
construction materials, occupancy rate and mode of waste disposal is tackled in chapter eight.
Finally, chapter nine covers the summary of and policy implications.

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 CHAPTER TWO
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

2.1 Introduction
It is imperative that demographic characteristics of any population be analyzed to assist
planners and policy makers to recommend sustainable goals and objectives to address
developmental needs and challenges of a Municipality. This chapter deals with the various
characteristics of the population which include the population size and distribution, age-sex
structure, fertility, mortality and migration.

Table 2.1: Population by age, sex and type of locality

Sex Sex Type of locality
Age Group Both Sexes Male Female ratio Urban Rural
All Ages 78,215 39,366 38,849 101.3 49,995 28,220
0-4 9,870 5,024 4,846 103.7 6,268 3,602
5-9 7,583 3,770 3,813 98.9 4,860 2,723
10 - 14 7,131 3,390 3,741 90.6 4,676 2,455
15 - 19 6,777 3,105 3,672 84.6 4,399 2,378
20 - 24 9,268 4,535 4,733 95.8 5,852 3,416
25 - 29 10,043 4,959 5,084 97.5 6,317 3,726
30 - 34 8,055 4,239 3,816 111.1 5,096 2,959
35 - 39 5,828 3,180 2,648 120.1 3,668 2,160
40 - 44 4,159 2,296 1,863 123.2 2,627 1,532
45 - 49 2,901 1,559 1,342 116.2 1,847 1,054
50 - 54 2,204 1,161 1,043 111.3 1,453 751
55 - 59 1,435 751 684 109.8 960 475
60 - 64 1,090 555 535 103.7 722 368
65 - 69 679 327 352 92.9 467 212
70 - 74 493 233 260 89.6 324 169
75 - 79 269 107 162 66.0 182 87
80 - 84 228 87 141 61.7 140 88
85 - 89 107 41 66 62.1 67 40
90 - 94 61 25 36 69.4 43 18
95 - 99 34 22 12 183.3 27 7
All Ages 78,215 39,366 38,849 101.3 49,995 28,220
0-14 24,584 12,184 12,400 98.3 15,804 8,780
15-64 51,760 26,340 25,420 103.6 32,941 18,819
65+ 1,871 842 1,029 81.8 1,250 621
Age-dependency ratio 51.1 49.5 52.8 51.8 49.9
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

2.2 Population size and distribution

Table 2.1 reveals that the Adentan Municipal Area has a population of 78,215 as at the 2010
Housing and Population Census. Slightly more than half (50.3%) of the population are males
and 49.7 percent are females, giving a sex ratio (male-female ratio) of 101.3 which is the
highest in the Greater Accra Region. The age cohort 40-44 has the highest male-female sex of
123.2. Table 2.1 further shows that, 62.5 percent of the population resides in urban
settlements while 37.5 percent resides in rural areas.

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The total population has been grouped into different age groups from 0-14 (children
population), then 15-64 (working population) and 65+ (the aged population). About two-
thirds (66.2%) of the total population falls within the working population, 31.4 percent falls
within the children’s population and 2.4 percent falling within the aged population. The sex
structure for the Municipality shows that males (50.9%) form a slightly higher percentage of
the working population than females (49.1%). Regarding the aged population, females form
more than half (55%), endorsing the fact that females have a higher life expectancy than
males.
Dependency ratio
The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the dependent population (those under age 15 and 65
years and older) to the working-age population (15 to 64 years). The age dependency ratio is
often used as an indicator of the economic burden the productive population must carry. The
higher the ratio is, the more a potential worker is assumed to be supporting and vice-versa.
From Table 2.1, the age dependency ratio for the Municipality is 51.1 percent. This means
that 100 persons in the working group look after 51 persons in the dependent population. The
age dependency ratio for females (52.8%) is higher than for males (49.5%). The age
dependency ratio for urban areas (51.8%) is slightly higher than that of rural areas (50.0%).

2.3 Age-sex structure

Figure 2.1 shows a pyramid for the male-female population distribution which indicates that
the Municipality has a youthful population with the age cohorts 0-4 and 25-29 having the
highest percentages of the population. The age-sex structure is broad based, with
concentration of the population in younger ages. The pyramid also shows that fertility decline
set in but is now stalling.

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Figure 2.1: Population pyramid

Age

85+
80-84
75-79 Male Female
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4

6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000

Population

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

2.4 Fertility, Mortality and Migration

2.4.1 Fertility
From Table 2.2, it is realized that Adentan Municipality has the lowest female (1.9%, 26,376
out of 1,395,208) population and the lowest number of births (2.2%, 2,060 out of 93,052) in
the Greater Accra Region. However the Municipality recorded a Total Fertility Rate of 2.7, a
General Fertility Rate of 87.8 and a Crude Birth Rate of 26.3 per 1,000 women which is the
fifth highest Crude Birth Rate in the region.

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Table 2.2: Reported total fertility rate, general fertility rate and crude
birth rate by district
Number of Number of Total General Crude
women 15- births in last Fertility Fertility Birth
District Population 49 years 12 months Rate Rate Rate
All Districts 4,010,054 1,395,208 93,052 2.6 75.7 23.2
Weija (Ga South) Municipal 485,643 161,263 15,460 3.7 108.8 31.8
Ga West Municipal 262,742 90,185 7,138 3.0 89.4 27.2
Ga East Municipal 259,668 91,031 6,375 2.7 78.6 24.6
Accra Metropolis 1,848,614 659,831 37,006 2.2 63.4 20.0
Adentan Municipal 78,215 26,376 2,060 2.7 87.8 26.3
Ledzokuku/Krowor Municipal 227,932 80,404 5,120 2.4 72.3 22.5
Ashaiman Municipal 190,972 66,657 4,534 2.6 77.5 23.7
Tema Metropolis 402,637 142,008 9,045 2.4 71.9 22.5
Dangbe West 122,836 38,604 2,822 2.9 86.3 23.0
Dangbe East 130,795 38,849 3,492 3.7 108.7 26.7
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

2.4.2 Mortality
A number of fertility measures were derived from the census data. Children ever born and
children surviving are presented in Table 2.3. It is observed that, out of the total number
(45,023) of children ever born in the Municipality to female population aged 12 years and
older, 91.9 percent of the children survived and 8.1 percent of them died after birth.
Table 2.3: Female population 12 years and older by age, children ever born, children
surviving and sex of child
Number Children ever born Children surviving
of Both Both
Age Female Sexes Male Female Sexes Male Female
All Ages 28,624 45,023 22,365 22,658 41,377 20,225 21,152
12-14 2,175 8 3 5 6 3 3
15-19 3,672 198 94 104 178 86 92
20-24 4,733 1,954 999 955 1,813 909 904
25-29 5,084 5,244 2,597 2,647 4,828 2,335 2,493
30-34 3,816 7,047 3,591 3,456 6,614 3,299 3,315
35-39 2,648 6,556 3,241 3,315 6,139 3,003 3,136
40-44 1,863 5,776 2,863 2,913 5,404 2,642 2,762
45-49 1,342 4,339 2,184 2,155 4,043 2,001 2,042
50-54 1,043 3,914 1,871 2,043 3,639 1,705 1,934
55-59 684 2,701 1,330 1,371 2,466 1,196 1,270
60+ 1,564 7,286 3,592 3,694 6,247 3,046 3,201
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Crude Death Rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 populations in a given year. Table 2.4
reveals that, the total number of deaths in the Municipality was 265. The computed death rate
of Adentan Municipality is 3.4 deaths per 1,000 populations which is lower than the regional
average (4.3 deaths per 1,000).

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Table 2.4: Total population, deaths in households and crude death rate, by district
Total Deaths in Crude death rate
District population Households (per 1,000)
All Districts 4,010,054 17,363 4.3
Weija (Ga South) 485,643 1,949 4.0
Ga West 262,742 877 3.3
Ga East 259,668 899 3.5
Accra Metropolis 1,848,614 8,083 4.4
Adentan Municipality 78,215 265 3.4
Ledzokuku/Krowor 227,932 818 3.6
Ashaiman 190,972 738 3.9
Tema Metropolis 402,637 1,741 4.3
Dangbe West 122,836 868 7.1
Dangbe East 130,795 1,125 8.6
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Death rates are calculated for specific age groups in order to compare mortality at different
ages or at the same age over time. The age specific death rate is computed as a ratio of deaths
in specified age groups. The results for Adentan Municipality are shown in Figure 2.2. A
higher percentage of female deaths are recorded in the 0-4 age group. However by age 9
years, the females record the least mortality. From age 14 to age 34 years, more male deaths
are observed than females, reversing between ages 34 and 44 years. Though rising, female
deaths remain lower throughout the rest of the older ages than male deaths, until after age 64
years when male deaths are higher than female deaths.

Figure 2.2: Reported age specific death rate by sex

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The proportion of the deaths due to accident/violence/homicide/suicide recorded in the

Greater Accra Region is 12.5 percent while 87.5 percent of the deaths are due to other causes.
Adentan Municipality recorded a slightly higher percentage (13.2%) of deaths due to
accident/violence/ homicide/suicide and a slightly lower percentage (86.8%) of deaths due to
all other causes as compared to the regional averages (Table 2.5).

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Table 2.5: Cause of deaths by district
Death due to
District Accident/violence/ All other
Total deaths homicide/suicide causes
Greater Accra 17,363 12.5 87.5
Weija (Ga South) 1,949 11.3 88.7
Ga West 877 13.6 86.4
Ga East 899 12.2 87.8
Accra Metropolis 8,083 12.1 87.9
Adentan Metropolis 265 13.2 86.8
Ledzokuku/Krowor 818 10.4 89.6
Ashaiman 738 16.7 83.3
Tema Metropolis 1,741 13.4 86.6
Dangbe West 868 17.3 82.7
Dangbe East 1,125 10.0 90.0
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

2.4.3 Migration
Table 2.6 indicates that the total population enumerated in the Municipality was 78,215. Out
of this number, 24.1 percent were born in the Greater Accra Region while 75.9 percent was
born outside the Greater Accra Region. Of those born outside the Greater Accra Region, 3.8
percent were born outside Ghana. A quarter (25.8%) and about 18 percent of those born in
another region in Ghana were born in the Volta and Eastern regions respectively. Regarding
those born elsewhere in Greater Accra Region, 38.8 percent has lived in the Municipality for
1-4 years while 5.2 percent has resided in the Municipality for more than 20 years.
Table 2.6: Birthplace by duration of residence of migrants

Duration of residence (%)

Less than 10-19 20+

Birthplace Number Percent 1 year 1-4 5-9 years years
Total 59,658 100.0 17.9 39.7 20.9 15.6 5.9
Born elsewhere in the region 14,378 24.1 16.8 38.8 21.5 17.7 5.2
Born elsewhere in another region:
Western 1,711 2.9 18.8 38.7 23.0 13.8 5.7
Central 4,038 6.8 17.5 40.9 19.1 15.9 6.6
Volta 15,392 25.8 17.4 39.9 21.8 15.4 5.5
Eastern 10,569 17.7 16.6 39.1 20.7 16.3 7.2
Ashanti 5,796 9.7 19.2 41.0 20.4 13.3 6.2
Brong Ahafo 2,176 3.6 18.4 40.0 20.0 14.3 7.3
Northern 1,840 3.1 18.6 39.6 21.0 15.3 5.5
Upper East 905 1.5 17.8 39.6 21.2 13.4 8.1
Upper west 560 0.9 21.4 40.2 15.4 17.1 5.9
Outside Ghana 2,293 3.8 29.3 43.2 15.7 8.7 3.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER THREE
SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

3.1 Introduction
The welfare of a geographical scope and its inhabitants can be better understood in terms of
its social characteristics. This chapter analyses the household size, household composition
and structure, marital status, nationality, religious affiliation, literacy and educational status
of the population of Adentan Municipality.

3.2 Household Size, Composition and Structure

The Adentan Municipality has a total population of 78,215 out of which 76,601 persons were
enumerated in households (household population). Table 3.1 presents households by type of
locality. It shows that 76,601 people were enumerated in a total of 20,478 households with an
average size of 3.7 persons which is slightly lower than the regional average of 3.8. The
average household size in urban areas (3.8) is slightly higher than that of the rural localities
(3.7).
Table 3.1: Households by type of locality
Categories Region District Urban Rural
Total household population 3,888,512 76,601 49,055 27,546
Number of households 1,036,370 20,478 12,978 7,500
Average household size 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The household structure by sex is shown in Table 3.2 which indicates that nuclear family
constitutes 42.6 percent and extended family type forms 53.4 percent of all households in the
Municipality. Nuclear households made up of the head, spouse and children constitute the
highest percentage of 26.9 percent. The extended households made up of the head, spouses,
children and head’s relatives constitute 20.8 percent of all households.
Table 3.2: Household population by structure and sex
Total Male Female
Household structure Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 76,601 100.0 38,438 100.0 38,163 100.0
Nuclear Family 32,659 42.6 16,917 44.0 15,742 41.2
Head only 4,173 5.5 3,076 8.0 1,097 2.9
Head and a spouse only 2,196 2.9 1,107 2.9 1,089 2.9
Nuclear (Head, spouse and children) 20,610 26.9 10,356 26.9 10,254 26.9
Single parent Nuclear 5,680 7.4 2,378 6.2 3,302 8.7
Extended Family 43,942 53.4 21,521 56.0 22,421 58.8
Extended (Head, spouse, children and
Head's relatives) 15,933 20.8 7,760 20.2 8,173 21.4
Extended and non-relatives 2,993 3.9 1,398 3.6 1,595 4.2
Head, spouse and other composition 4,828 6.3 2,411 6.3 2,417 6.3
Single parent Extended 7,962 10.4 3,130 8.1 4,832 12.7
Single parent Extended and non-relative 1,618 2.1 675 1.8 943 2.5
Head and other composition but no spouse 10,608 13.9 6,147 16.0 4,461 11.7
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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The composition of households is presented in Table 3.3 which shows that more than one
third (35.1%) of household members is made up of children, indicating the high fertility rate
in the Municipality. More than one-quarter (26.7%) are heads of households, spouses
constitute 12.4 percent and other relatives form 10.0 percent of households in the
Municipality. Adopted/foster child and step child composition of household membership is
very low (0.3 % and 0.6% respectfully). Males (38.1%) are twice likely than females (15.3%)
to be heads of households in the Municipality.
Table 3.3: Household population by composition and sex
Total Male Female
Household composition Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 76,601 100.0 38,438 100.0 38,163 100.0
Head 20,478 26.7 14,640 38.1 5,838 15.3
Spouse (wife/husband) 9,527 12.4 796 2.1 8,731 22.9
Child (son/daughter) 26,880 35.1 13,383 34.8 13,497 35.4
Parent/Parent in-law 622 0.8 103 0.3 519 1.4
Son/Daughter in-law 321 0.4 130 0.3 191 0.5
Grandchild 2,760 3.6 1,299 3.4 1,461 3.8
Brother/Sister 3,829 5.0 2,098 5.5 1,731 4.5
Step child 484 0.6 232 0.6 252 0.7
Adopted/Foster child 208 0.3 91 0.2 117 0.3
Other relative 7,635 10.0 3,539 9.2 4,096 10.7
Non-relative 3,857 5.0 2,127 5.5 1,730 4.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

3.3 Marital status

Marital status varies greatly across the Municipality as shown in Table 3.4; however those
who have never married dominate persons aged 12 years and older with a percentage of 46.7
percent. The proportion of those married constitute 39.7 percent, those who are living
together constitute 6.8 percent, whiles those who were formerly in a marital union constitute
less than a tenth (6.6%); they are the separated (1.9%), divorced (2.4%) and widowed (2.3%)
as illustrated in Table 3.4.
A high proportion of the population in the age groups 12-14 years (94.8%), 15-19 years
(94.1%), and 20-24 (78.6.8%) have never married as shown in Table 3.4. This is because of
schooling, especially in the case of the younger cohorts aged below 20 years. The constitution
of Ghana is being breached as 4.5 percent of children aged 12-14 years is married. These
children are supposed to be in school.

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Table 3.4: Persons 12 years and older by sex, age-group and marital status
Informal/
Consensual
Never union/Living
Sex/Age-group Number Total married together Married Separated Divorced Widowed
Both Sexes
Total 57,754 100.0 46.7 6.8 39.7 1.9 2.4 2.3
12-14 4,123 100.0 94.8 0.8 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 - 19 6,777 100.0 94.1 1.7 4.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
20 - 24 9,268 100.0 78.6 7.3 13.1 0.6 0.3 0.0
25 - 29 10,043 100.0 54.3 11.0 32.4 1.3 0.9 0.1
30 - 34 8,055 100.0 28.7 11.0 55.4 2.3 2.2 0.4
35 - 39 5,828 100.0 15.2 8.9 68.4 3.2 3.4 0.9
40 - 44 4,159 100.0 8.6 7.2 72.6 4.5 5.0 2.1
45 - 49 2,901 100.0 6.1 5.0 74.1 3.8 7.1 3.9
50 - 54 2,204 100.0 2.8 3.1 76.5 4.5 7.2 5.9
55 - 59 1,435 100.0 2.4 2.3 71.7 4.1 8.4 11.0
60 - 64 1,090 100.0 2.5 1.8 68.9 3.8 7.2 15.8
65+ 1,871 100.0 6.3 2.4 50.3 3.4 6.4 31.3
Male
Total 29,130 100.0 50.8 6.8 39.1 1.3 1.4 0.6
12-14 1,948 100.0 94.0 0.7 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 - 19 3,105 100.0 96.1 0.8 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
20 - 24 4,535 100.0 90.3 4.2 5.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
25 - 29 4,959 100.0 67.4 9.9 21.7 0.6 0.3 0.0
30 - 34 4,239 100.0 35.6 12.2 49.5 1.5 1.0 0.2
35 - 39 3,180 100.0 18.5 10.0 67.0 2.2 1.9 0.2
40 - 44 2,296 100.0 9.5 8.8 75.2 3.2 2.8 0.5
45 - 49 1,559 100.0 6.9 6.2 78.5 2.2 4.6 1.5
50 - 54 1,161 100.0 2.6 4.2 85.8 2.2 3.9 1.4
55 - 59 751 100.0 2.8 3.3 82.2 3.2 5.5 3.1
60 - 64 555 100.0 1.4 2.5 86.3 3.4 3.1 3.2
65+ 842 100.0 6.7 3.4 72.9 2.9 5.1 9.0
Female
Total 28,624 100.0 42.6 6.9 40.4 2.6 3.5 4.1
12-14 2,175 100.0 95.4 0.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 - 19 3,672 100.0 92.3 2.5 5.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
20 - 24 4,733 100.0 67.5 10.4 20.7 0.9 0.5 0.1
25 - 29 5,084 100.0 41.5 12.0 42.7 2.0 1.5 0.2
30 - 34 3,816 100.0 21.0 9.7 62.0 3.1 3.5 0.7
35 - 39 2,648 100.0 11.1 7.5 70.1 4.3 5.2 1.8
40 - 44 1,863 100.0 7.4 5.3 69.4 6.2 7.7 4.1
45 - 49 1,342 100.0 5.2 3.5 69.0 5.5 10.1 6.7
50 - 54 1,043 100.0 3.0 1.9 66.3 7.1 10.9 10.8
55 - 59 684 100.0 2.0 1.2 60.2 5.1 11.7 19.7
60 - 64 535 100.0 3.6 1.1 50.8 4.1 11.6 28.8
65+ 1,029 100.0 6.0 1.5 31.8 3.9 7.4 49.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The marital status by sex and level of education is presented in Table 3.5 which indicates that
the highest percentage of the residents with the various category of marital status have basic
school as the highest level of educational level attained. Approximately, 64.6 percent of those
in consensual union have basic school as their highest educational level attained, 24.7 percent
of never married population have secondary school as highest educational level, while 26.5
percent of married persons have tertiary school as highest educational level.

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Table 3.5: Persons 12 years and older by sex, marital status and level of education
Post middle/
Voc/ secondary
All No. Secon- Tech/ certificate/
Sex/Marital status Number levels Education Basic1 dary2 Comm diploma3 Tertiary4
Both Sexes
Total 57,754 100.0 8.2 51.3 19.5 4.4 6.7 9.9
Never married 26,991 100.0 4.4 52.4 24.7 3.1 6.3 9.2
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 3,946 100.0 9.9 64.6 15.5 4.4 3.0 2.6
Married 22,953 100.0 9.9 48.0 15.6 5.9 7.8 12.8
Separated 1,114 100.0 14.1 55.7 13.9 5.0 7.5 3.8
Divorced 1,402 100.0 15.9 54.1 11.3 6.3 6.3 6.0
Widowed 1,348 100.0 36.9 39.5 7.1 4.4 8.5 3.6

Male
Total 29,130 100.0 5.0 50.0 21.5 4.5 7.2 11.8
Never married 14,791 100.0 3.7 51.4 25.6 3.0 6.6 9.8
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 1,972 100.0 5.1 63.9 18.3 5.4 4.0 3.4
Married 11,392 100.0 6.0 46.0 17.2 6.2 8.4 16.2
Separated 376 100.0 8.8 54.5 14.9 5.9 10.9 5.1
Divorced 414 100.0 11.4 49.0 16.4 6.8 7.0 9.4
Widowed 185 100.0 18.4 41.1 14.1 6.5 9.2 10.8
Female
Total 28,624 100.0 11.5 52.5 17.5 4.3 6.3 7.9
Never married 12,200 100.0 5.3 53.6 23.6 3.2 5.9 8.5
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 1,974 100.0 14.8 65.2 12.8 3.3 2.1 1.7
Married 11,561 100.0 13.8 50.1 14.0 5.6 7.2 9.4
Separated 738 100.0 16.8 56.4 13.4 4.6 5.7 3.1
Divorced 988 100.0 17.8 56.3 9.1 6.2 6.1 4.6
Widowed 1,163 100.0 39.9 39.2 6.0 4.0 8.3 2.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The marital status by sex and economic activity status is presented in Table 3.6. About 63.0
percent of the marriageable population are employed, 6.1 percent are unemployed and 30.9
percent are economically not active. Very high proportions (about 80.0 percent) of the
married (81.1%) and those in informal union (79.5%) are employed. Relatively low
proportion (8.5%) of the population in informal union are unemployed while the widowed
(50.5%) and the never married (47.9%) are more likely than others to be economically not
active. Males who are in informal union (90.1%) are more likely than their female
counterparts (69.0%) to be employed.

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Table 3.6: Persons 12 years and older by sex, marital status and activity status
Economically not
All status Employed Unemployed active
Sex/Marital Status Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Both Sexes
Total 57,754 100.0 36,380 63.0 3,529 6.10 17,845 30.9
Never married 26,991 100.0 12,045 44.6 2,024 7.50 12,922 47.9
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 3,946 100.0 3,139 79.5 337 8.50 470 11.9
Married 22,953 100.0 18,615 81.1 988 4.30 3,350 14.6
Separated 1,114 100.0 865 77.6 75 6.70 174 15.6
Divorced 1,402 100.0 1,085 77.4 69 4.90 248 17.7
Widowed 1,348 100.0 631 46.8 36 2.70 681 50.5

Male
Total 29,130 100.0 19,784 67.9 1,618 5.60 7,728 26.5
Never married 14,791 100.0 7,318 49.5 1,137 7.70 6,336 42.8
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 1,972 100.0 1,776 90.1 99 5.00 97 4.9
Married 11,392 100.0 9,946 87.3 326 2.90 1,120 9.8
Separated 376 100.0 311 82.7 24 6.40 41 10.9
Divorced 414 100.0 327 79.0 26 6.30 61 14.7
Widowed 185 100.0 106 57.3 6 3.20 73 39.5
Female
Total 28,624 100.0 16,596 58.0 1,911 6.70 10,117 35.3
Never married 12,200 100.0 4,727 38.7 887 7.30 6,586 54.0
Informal/Consensual
union/Living together 1,974 100.0 1,363 69.0 238 12.10 373 18.9
Married 11,561 100.0 8,669 75.0 662 5.70 2,230 19.3
Separated 738 100.0 554 75.1 51 6.90 133 18.0
Divorced 988 100.0 758 76.7 43 4.40 187 18.9
Widowed 1,163 100.0 525 45.1 30 2.60 608 52.3
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

3.4 Nationality
The nationality of the population of Adentan Municipality as shown in Table 3.7 shows that,
persons of Ghanaian by birth (92.8%) constitute the largest proportion of the population.
Ghanaians with dual citizenship constitutes a very small percentage (3.2%) and the
percentage that is Ghanaians by naturalization is still lower (0.9%). About 3.1 percent of the
population is non-Ghanaians. There are more male non-Ghanaians (3.6%) than female non-
Ghanaians (2.7%) in the Municipality.

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Table 3.7: Population by nationality and sex
Number Percent
Both Both
Nationality sexes Male Female sexes Male Female
Total 78,215 39,366 38,849 100.0 100.0 100.0
Ghanaian by birth 72,552 36,348 36,204 92.8 92.3 93.2
Dual Nationality 2,506 1,246 1,260 3.2 3.2 3.2
Ghana by naturalisation 711 360 351 0.9 0.9 0.9
ECOWAS 1,740 1,055 685 2.2 2.7 1.8
African, other than ECOWAS 317 154 163 0.4 0.4 0.4
Others 389 203 186 0.5 0.5 0.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

3.5 Religious Affiliation

Christianity is the dominant religion in the Municipality, with 85.3 percent of the population
indicating affiliation to it (Table 3.8). More than two-fifth (43.2%) of the population belongs
to the Pentecostal/charismatic faith. Adherents to Islamic religion constitute 11.2 percent and
2.3 percent of the population has no religion. Again, 86.3 percent of the total female
population and 83.8 percent of males are adherents to Christianity.
Table 3.8: Population by religion and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Religion
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 78,215 100.0 39,366 100.0 38,849 100.0
No Religion 1,770 2.3 1,264 3.2 506 1.3
Catholic 7,354 9.4 3,791 9.6 3,563 9.2
Protestant (Anglican, Lutheran etc.) 17,256 22.1 8,683 22.1 8,573 22.1
Pentecostal/Charismatic 33,814 43.2 16,350 41.5 17,464 45.0
Other Christians 8,324 10.6 4,190 10.6 4,134 10.6
Islam 8,755 11.2 4,582 11.6 4,173 10.7
Traditionalist 183 0.2 114 0.3 69 0.2
Other 759 1.0 392 1.0 367 0.9
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

3.6 Literacy and education

Education serves as the backbone of development in every geographical area. Any nation that
has illiterate human resource suffers greatly in the attempt to develop. The literacy rate of the
Municipality is presented in Figure 3.1. It is observed that an overwhelming proportion
(91.9%) of the population 11 years and older are literate in in one language or another. Of the
literate population, more than half (54.8%) are literate in English and Ghanaian language.
The percentage of those who are literate in English only (35.9%) is higher than that for
Ghanaian language only (5.7%). The proportion literate in French (3.7%) is the lowest
percentage in the Municipality.

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Figure 3.1: Literacy status of population 11 years and older

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Figure 3.2 shows that less than 10 percent (7.8%) of the population in the Municipality have
never attended school. Nearly 60 percent (57.9%) of the population have attended school in
the past, while 34.3 percent are attending now. More females (10.5%) than males (5.2%)
have never attended. On the other hand, higher proportions of males (94.8%) than females
(89.5%) have ever attended school.
Figure 3.2: School attendance of population 3 years and older by sex

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Table 3.9 shows that 71.4 percent of the population 3 years and older are attending basic
education comprising kindergarten (13.8%) primary (40.7%), and JSS/JHS (16.9%). About
9.3 percent of the populations are attending higher education beyond the secondary school

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level with tertiary level raking 8 percent. About seventy percent of males comprising of
nursery kindergarten (13.7%) primary (40.1%), and JSS/JHS (16.4%) are currently at basic
schools while 72.5 percent of females comprising of kindergarten (13.8%) primary (41.4%),
and JSS/JHS (17.3%) implying girl child education is being encouraged in the Municipality.
Of those who had attended in the past, 29.5 percent (28.3 percent for males and 30.9 percent
for females) had attended school in the past. About 10 percent of the male population are
acquiring higher education beyond the secondary school level with tertiary level raking 9
percent whiles female population have 8.7 percent acquiring higher education beyond
secondary school level with tertiary level recording 7.1 percent.

Table 3.9: Population 3 years and older by level of education, school attendance and sex
Currently attending Attended in the past
Level of
Both sexes Male Female Both
education
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Sexes Male Female
Total 24,740 100.0 12,332 100.0 12,408 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Nursery 1,975 8.0 1,017 8.2 958 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kindergarten 3,402 13.8 1,688 13.7 1,714 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Primary 10,076 40.7 4,942 40.1 5,134 41.4 10.7 8.0 13.8
JSS/JHS 4,170 16.9 2,025 16.4 2,145 17.3 29.5 28.3 30.9
Middle - - - - - 0.0 15.8 16.2 15.4
SSS/SHS 2,797 11.3 1,420 11.5 1,377 11.1 15.1 16.2 13.8
Secondary - 0.0 - - - 0.0 5.2 5.7 4.7
Vocational/
Technical/ 174 0.7 79 0.6 95 0.8 5.7 5.6 5.8
Commercial
Post
middle/secondary 156 0.6 55 0.4 101 0.8 2.0 1.6 2.6
certificate
Tertiary 1,990 8.0 1,106 9.0 884 7.1 15.8 18.3 13.0
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER FOUR
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

4.1 Introduction
Data on the economic characteristics of the population in the Municipality is significant for
making sustainable interventions in development path of its economy. Again, the economic
characteristics serve as development indicators to assess the growth of a settlement’s
economy. It is against this background that the economic characteristics of the population are
examined in this chapter. The areas of focus include economic activity status, employment
status, employment sector, industry and occupation of employment.

4.2 Economic Activity Status

On the average, about 3 out of every 4 persons (74.1%) aged 15 years and older are
economically active (67.6 percent are employed and 6.5 percent are unemployed) while about
one-quarter (25.9%) are economically not active in the Municipality as portrayed by Table
4.1. Differences exist between the sexes regarding their economic activity status. The
proportion of employed males (92.5%) is higher than that of the females (89.7%). On the
contrary, the proportions of the economically not active and unemployed females are higher
than their male counterparts.
Table 4.1: Activity status of population 15 years and older by sex
Total Male Female
Activity status Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 53,631 100.0 27,182 100.0 26,449 100.0
Economically active 39,751 74.1 21,342 78.5 18,409 69.6
Employed 36,239 91.2 19,733 92.5 16,506 89.7
Worked 34,998 96.6 19,267 97.6 15,731 95.3
Did not work but had job to go back
to 1,149 3.2 406 2.1 743 4.5
Did voluntary work without pay 92 0.3 60 0.3 32 0.2
Unemployed 3,512 8.8 1,609 7.5 1,903 10.3
Worked before, seeking work and
available 1,498 42.7 644 40.0 854 44.9
Seeking work for the first time and
available 2,014 57.3 965 60.0 1,049 55.1
Economically not active 13,880 25.9 5,840 21.5 8,040 30.4
Did home duties (household chore) 3,322 23.9 680 11.6 2,642 32.9
Full time education 7,067 50.9 3,585 61.4 3,482 43.3
Pensioner/Retired 875 6.3 524 9.0 351 4.4
Disabled/Sick 330 2.4 141 2.4 189 2.4
Too old/young 883 6.4 246 4.2 637 7.9
Other 1,403 10.1 664 11.4 739 9.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

In terms of age, Table 4.2 indicates that the proportions of the employed population increase
with increase in age from 17.2 percent for the 15-19 year age group to 89.0 percent for the
40-44 year age group. It then declines gradually to 32.2 percent for the 65 years and older age
group. The proportion of the unemployed population for the 20-24 years age group is the
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high proportions of the economically not active population. The pattern of the activity status
for males and females are similar.
Table 4.2: Activity status of population 15 years and older by sex and age
Economically not
All status Employed Unemployed active
Sex/Age group Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Both Sexes
Total 53,631 100.0 36,239 67.6 3,512 6.5 13,880 25.9
15-19 6,777 100.0 1,169 17.2 254 3.7 5,354 79.0
20-24 9,268 100.0 5,052 54.5 1,121 12.1 3,095 33.4
25-29 10,043 100.0 7,625 75.9 968 9.6 1,450 14.4
30-34 8,055 100.0 6,873 85.3 449 5.6 733 9.1
35-39 5,828 100.0 5,129 88.0 279 4.8 420 7.2
40-44 4,159 100.0 3,703 89.0 155 3.7 301 7.2
45-49 2,901 100.0 2,561 88.3 91 3.1 249 8.6
50-54 2,204 100.0 1,863 84.5 86 3.9 255 11.6
55-59 1,435 100.0 1,102 76.8 40 2.8 293 20.4
60-64 1,090 100.0 559 51.3 47 4.3 484 44.4
65+ 1,871 100.0 603 32.2 22 1.2 1,246 66.6
Male
Total 27,182 100.0 19,733 72.6 1,609 5.9 5,840 21.5
15-19 3,105 100.0 528 17.0 102 3.3 2,475 79.7
20-24 4,535 100.0 2,601 57.4 495 10.9 1,439 31.7
25-29 4,959 100.0 3,959 79.8 434 8.8 566 11.4
30-34 4,239 100.0 3,802 89.7 209 4.9 228 5.4
35-39 3,180 100.0 2,936 92.3 125 3.9 119 3.7
40-44 2,296 100.0 2,134 92.9 81 3.5 81 3.5
45-49 1,559 100.0 1,447 92.8 49 3.1 63 4.0
50-54 1,161 100.0 1,043 89.8 50 4.3 68 5.9
55-59 751 100.0 631 84.0 25 3.3 95 12.6
60-64 555 100.0 312 56.2 25 4.5 218 39.3
65+ 842 100.0 340 40.4 14 1.7 488 58.0

Female
Total 26,449 100.0 16,506 62.4 1,903 7.2 8,040 30.4
15-19 3,672 100.0 641 17.5 152 4.1 2,879 78.4
20-24 4,733 100.0 2,451 51.8 626 13.2 1,656 35.0
25-29 5,084 100.0 3,666 72.1 534 10.5 884 17.4
30-34 3,816 100.0 3,071 80.5 240 6.3 505 13.2
35-39 2,648 100.0 2,193 82.8 154 5.8 301 11.4
40-44 1,863 100.0 1,569 84.2 74 4.0 220 11.8
45-49 1,342 100.0 1,114 83.0 42 3.1 186 13.9
50-54 1,043 100.0 820 78.6 36 3.5 187 17.9
55-59 684 100.0 471 68.9 15 2.2 198 28.9
60-64 535 100.0 247 46.2 22 4.1 266 49.7
65+ 1,029 100.0 263 25.6 8 0.8 758 73.7
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

4.3 Occupation
Occupation refers to the type of work the person is engaged in at the establishment where the
person works. Table 4.3 reveals that, Service and sales workers in the Municipality recorded
the highest percentage of 31.8 percent followed by Craft and related trades workers (25.4%).
Females are more likely than males to be engaged in Service and sales work (51.5%) whereas
males are more likely than females to be engaged as Craft and related trades workers
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and high educational training. The proportions of the occupations which require high skills
and long years of training such as professionals, managers and technicians accounted for 23.3
percent of the labour force. The proportion of males in the various occupational categories is
higher than that of females, the only exceptions being service and sales workers, clerical
support workers and elementary occupations.
Table 4.3: Employed population 15 years and older by occupation and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Occupation Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 36,239 100.0 19,733 100.0 16,506 100.0
Managers 2,441 6.7 1,403 7.1 1,038 6.3
Professionals 3,453 9.5 2,096 10.6 1,357 8.2
Technicians and associate professionals 1,396 3.9 1,094 5.5 302 1.8
Clerical support workers 1,151 3.2 487 2.5 664 4.0
Service and sales workers 11,522 31.8 3,029 15.3 8,493 51.5
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery
workers 1,059 2.9 598 3.0 461 2.8
Craft and related trades workers 9,219 25.4 6,865 34.8 2,354 14.3
Plant and machine operators and
assemblers 2,847 7.9 2,780 14.1 67 0.4
Elementary occupations 3,065 8.5 1,320 6.7 1,745 10.6
Other occupations 86 0.2 61 0.3 25 0.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

4.4 Industry
Industry refers to the type of product produced or services rendered at the respondent’s
workplace.Wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, constitute the
largest industry, employing about one-quarter (24.8%) of the workforce aged 15 years and
older as depicted in Table 4.4. Other major industries include Manufacturing (13.3%),
Construction (12.8%) and Accommodation and food service activities (7.5%). Activities of
extraterritorial organizations and bodies constituted the least percentage (0.2 %) of the
employed of the workforce aged 15 years and above. The largest proportions of males are
employed in the Construction sector (23.0%) while the least are employed in the activities of
extraterritorial organizations category (0.3 %). Regarding the female population, the largest
percentage (36.1 %) is employed in the Wholesale and retail industry and the least is
employed in the Mining and quarrying, and electricity gas stream and air conditioning
(0.1%).

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Table 4.4: Employed population 15 years and older by industry and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Industry
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 36,239 100.0 19,733 100.0 16,506 100.0
Agriculture forestry and fishing 1,280 3.5 762 3.9 518 3.1
Mining and quarrying 115 0.3 94 0.5 21 0.1
Manufacturing 4,802 13.3 2,392 12.1 2,410 14.6
Electricity gas stream and air
conditioning supply 105 0.3 85 0.4 20 0.1
Water supply; sewerage waste
management and remediation activities 274 0.8 184 0.9 90 0.5
Construction 4,628 12.8 4,531 23.0 97 0.6
Wholesale and retail; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles 8,992 24.8 3,029 15.3 5,963 36.1
Transportation and storage 2,376 6.6 2,198 11.1 178 1.1
Accommodation and food service
activities 2,711 7.5 432 2.2 2,279 13.8
Information and communication 562 1.6 388 2.0 174 1.1
Financial and insurance activities 920 2.5 513 2.6 407 2.5
Real estate activities 344 0.9 317 1.6 27 0.2
Professional scientific and technical
activities 873 2.4 606 3.1 267 1.6
Administrative and support service
activities 796 2.2 649 3.3 147 0.9
Public administration and defence;
compulsory social security 933 2.6 616 3.1 317 1.9
Education 1,794 5.0 874 4.4 920 5.6
Human health and social work activities 644 1.8 266 1.3 378 2.3
Arts entertainment and recreation 310 0.9 267 1.4 43 0.3
Other service activities 2,581 7.1 983 5.0 1,598 9.7
Activities of households as employers;
undifferentiated goods-and services -
producing activities of households for
own use 1,110 3.1 483 2.4 627 3.8
Activities of extraterritorial
organizations and bodies 89 0.2 64 0.3 25 0.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

4.5 Employment Status

The employment status data presented in Table 4.5 show that two-fifth (40.5%) of the
workforce is self-employed without employees. The corresponding proportions for females
and males are 53.1 percent and 29.9 percent respectively. This confirms the observation that
females are more likely to be self-employed without employees than males in the
Municipality.
Table 4.5 also shows that, self-employed with employees accounted for 9 percent of the
employed population. The proportion of males who were self-employed with employees is
9.8 percent while that of females was 8.1 percent. The proportion of employed people who
were employees was 38.5 percent. A far higher proportion of males (47.6%) were employees
as compared with females (27.6%). Contributing family workers comprised 2 percent while
apprentices were 3.8 percent.
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Table 4.5: Employed population 15 years and older by employment status and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Employment Status Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 36,239 100.0 19,733 100.0 16,506 100.0
Employee 13,949 38.5 9,389 47.6 4,560 27.6
Self-employed without employee(s) 14,662 40.5 5,899 29.9 8,763 53.1
Self-employed with employee(s) 3,271 9.0 1,931 9.8 1,340 8.1
Casual worker 1,487 4.1 1,211 6.1 276 1.7
Contributing family worker 731 2.0 240 1.2 491 3.0
Apprentice 1,363 3.8 762 3.9 601 3.6
Domestic employee (House-help) 701 1.9 250 1.3 451 2.7
Other 75 0.2 51 0.3 24 0.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

4.6 Employment Sector

Table 4.6 shows that the private informal sector (69.8%) was the largest employer in the
Municipality. This could be due to low levels of educational and professional training of the
employed population. The private informal sector does not require high levels of formal
education.
The proportion of employed females working in the private informal sector is 77.9 percent
while that of males is 63.0 percent. Among the workforce, 21.0 percent was employed in the
private formal sector while the public sector, covering Government Ministries, Departments
and Agencies, employed only 7.5 percent of the total employed population. The proportion of
males and females employed in the public sector were 8.3 percent and 6.6 percent
respectively (Table 4.6).

Table 4.6: Employed population 15 years and older by employment sector and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Employment Sector Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 36,239 100.0 19,733 100.0 16,506 100.0
Public (Government) 2,716 7.5 1,631 8.3 1,085 6.6
Private Formal 7,599 21.0 5,229 26.5 2,370 14.4
Private Informal 25,296 69.8 12,440 63.0 12,856 77.9
Semi-Public/Parastatal 56 0.2 39 0.2 17 0.1
NGOs (Local and International) 458 1.3 322 1.6 136 0.8
Other International Organisations 114 0.3 72 0.4 42 0.3
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER FIVE
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

5.1 Introduction
Access to information and communication technology is essential in increasing people’s
knowledge and awareness of what is taking place around them even at the global level. The
world is now linked together with advanced communication technology and access to
information is through the computer, mobile phone and internet facilities which are fast
becoming essential for living a meaningful life. Globally, education or various systems of
learning are now based on information and technology. Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) have become important tools in today’s knowledge-based information
society and economy. This role of ICT in an emerging economy such as Ghana’s has been
widely recognized at various levels. The recognition is reflected in actions such as the
development and deployment of a national ICT infrastructure, institutional and regulatory
framework for managing the sector, promoting the use of ICT in all sectors of the economy,
implementing e-governance in government institutions and the construction of a National
Data Centre as well as Regional Innovation Centres.
The 2010 Population and Housing Census therefore collected information on various aspects
of ICT facility, access, ownership and use in Ghana. This chapter is on these ICT areas in the
Adentan Municipality.

5.2 Ownership of Mobile Phones and Use of Internet

Cellular phone is the most widely used telecommunication tool in the Municipality. Table 5.1
shows that 79.0 percent of the population aged 12 years and older own mobile phones in the
Municipality. More males (83.7%) than females (74.3%) aged 12 years and older owned
mobile phones.
Table 5.1: Population 12 years and older by mobile phone ownership and
internet facility usage by sex
Population 12 years Population having mobile Population using
and older phone internet facility
Sex Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 57,754 100.0 45,631 79.0 12,947 22.4
Male 29,130 100.0 24,372 83.7 7,727 26.5
Female 28,624 100.0 21,259 74.3 5,220 18.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The Internet has become a very useful communication facility for people, businesses and
organizations. Some of the common uses of the internet include electronic mailing, accessing
information, conducting business transactions, social networking and shopping. As can be
seen from Table 5.1, 22.4 percent of population 12 years and older used internet. It is
observed that 26.5 percent of males and 18.2 percent of females used the internet. Generally,
the proportion of the population using internet facility is quite low. The relatively low levels
of education in the Municipality may explain this.

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5.3 Household ownership of fixed telephone lines and desktop/
Laptop computers
Desktop and laptop computers are useful for accessing and processing information, including
the use of the internet, electronic mail and other services. For the Municipality as a whole,
only one-fifth (20.8%) of households owned a desktop/laptop computer as depicted by Table
5.2. Male-headed households (21.9%) are more likely than female-headed households
(17.9%) to own computers.
Despite the relatively widespread of mobile phones and internet, fixed telephone lines still
remain important. Table 5.2 further shows that only 6.6 percent of all households in the
Municipality have fixed telephone lines. A relatively higher proportion of male-headed
households (6.6%) than the female-headed households (6.4%) have fixed telephone lines.
Table 5.2: Households having desktop/laptop computers, fixed telephone lines
by sex of household head
Number Households having Households having
of households desktop/laptop fixed telephone lines
Sex Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 20,478 100.0 4,256 20.8 1,345 6.6
Male-headed 14,640 100.0 3,213 21.9 973 6.6
Female-headed 5,838 100.0 1,043 17.9 372 6.4
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER SIX
DISABILITY

6.1 Introduction
Disability has generally been slurred in the Municipality, especially in the rural settings.
Children with disability are usually not offered the same opportunity for development
resulting in parents ostracizing them from the eyes of the public. Persons with Disability
(PWDs) would not usually be allowed to participate in some social activities. The key areas
of disability discussed in this chapter are distribution of population with disability, types of
disability, disability and activity, and disability type by literacy and education.

6.2 Population with disability

The number of persons with disability constitutes 1.3 percent of the total population as
illustrated in Table 6.1. Again, the sex composition of the population with disability indicates
that the same proportions (1.3%) of males and females are the same.
Table 6.1: Population by type of locality, disability type and sex
Both sexes Male Female
Disability Type Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All localities
Total 78,215 100.0 39,366 100.0 38,849 100.0
Without disability 77,230 98.7 38,873 98.7 38,357 98.7
With disability 985 1.3 493 1.3 492 1.3
Sight 345 35.0 156 31.6 189 38.4
Hearing 90 9.1 50 10.1 40 8.1
Speech 150 15.2 95 19.3 55 11.2
Physical 287 29.1 158 32.0 129 26.2
Intellect 179 18.2 79 16.0 100 20.3
Emotion 136 13.8 79 16.0 57 11.6
Other 106 10.8 55 11.2 51 10.4
Urban
Total 49,995 100.0 24,840 100.0 25,155 100.0
Without disability 49,333 98.7 24,515 98.7 24,818 98.7
With disability 662 1.3 325 1.3 337 1.3
Sight 222 33.5 105 32.3 117 34.7
Hearing 54 8.2 33 10.2 21 6.2
Speech 79 11.9 51 15.7 28 8.3
Physical 182 27.5 99 30.5 83 24.6
Intellect 135 20.4 53 16.3 82 24.3
Emotion 91 13.7 57 17.5 34 10.1
Other 65 9.8 34 10.5 31 9.2

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Table 6.1: Population by type of locality, disability type and sex (cont’d)
Both sexes Male Female
Disability Type Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Rural
Total 28,220 100.0 14,526 100.0 13,694 100.0
Without disability 27,897 98.9 14,358 98.8 13,539 98.9
With disability 323 1.1 168 1.2 155 1.1
Sight 123 38.1 51 30.4 72 46.5
Hearing 36 11.1 17 10.1 19 12.3
Speech 71 22.0 44 26.2 27 17.4
Physical 105 32.5 59 35.1 46 29.7
Intellect 44 13.6 26 15.5 18 11.6
Emotion 45 13.9 22 13.1 23 14.8
Other 41 12.7 21 12.5 20 12.9
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

6.3 Types of Disability

Table 6.1 further shows that Sight (35.0%) and Physical (29.1%) challenge are the most
common types of disability in Adentan Municipality, constituting 64.1 percent. Sight and
physical disability is common among the male and female population irrespective of locality
of residence. The least reported type is hearing disability constituting 9.1 percent. Disability
of sight is the most reported (38.5%) among the female population while physical challenge
was the highest (32.0%) among the male population. On the whole, the proportion with
disability is higher in the urban areas (1.3%) of the Municipality than in the rural population
(1.1%).

6.4 Disability and Activity

Table 6.2 shows that, more than half (51.0%) of PWDs 15 years and older are employed and
4.7 percent are unemployed in the Municipality. The economically not active PWDs
constitute 44.3 percent. Persons with Emotional difficulty (59.6%) and Sight disability
(54.6%) have the highest proportions of the employed persons. On the other hand, those with
Physical (66.5%) and Speech (51.6%) challenges have the highest proportions of the
economically not active PWDs (Table 6.2).

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Table 6.2: Persons 15 years and older with disability by economic activity
status and sex
Economically not
Sex/Disability All status Employed Unemployed active
type Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Both Sexes
Total 53,631 100.0 36,239 67.6 3,512 6.5 13,880 25.9
No disability 52,802 100.0 35,816 67.8 3,473 6.6 13,513 25.6
With a disability 829 100.0 423 51.0 39 4.7 367 44.3
Sight 304 100.0 166 54.6 16 5.3 122 40.1
Hearing 70 100.0 35 50.0 3 4.3 32 45.7
Speech 95 100.0 43 45.3 3 3.2 49 51.6
Physical 239 100.0 73 30.5 7 2.9 159 66.5
Intellectual 123 100.0 60 48.8 7 5.7 56 45.5
Emotional 109 100.0 65 59.6 4 3.7 40 36.7
Other 88 100.0 41 46.6 6 6.8 41 46.6
Male
Total 27,182 100.0 19,733 72.6 1,609 5.9 5,840 21.5
No disability 26,777 100.0 19,506 72.8 1,594 6.0 5,677 21.2
With a disability 405 100.0 227 56.0 15 3.7 163 40.2
Sight 136 100.0 78 57.4 6 4.4 52 38.2
Hearing 38 100.0 26 68.4 0 0.0 12 31.6
Speech 63 100.0 31 49.2 3 4.8 29 46.0
Physical 128 100.0 49 38.3 3 2.3 76 59.4
Intellectual 49 100.0 18 36.7 4 8.2 27 55.1
Emotional 62 100.0 39 62.9 3 4.8 20 32.3
Other 45 100.0 26 57.8 2 4.4 17 37.8
Female
Total 26,449 100.0 16,506 62.4 1,903 7.2 8,040 30.4
No disability 26,025 100.0 16,310 62.7 1,879 7.2 7,836 30.1
With a disability 424 100.0 196 46.2 24 5.7 204 48.1
Sight 168 100.0 88 52.4 10 6.0 70 41.7
Hearing 32 100.0 9 28.1 3 9.4 20 62.5
Speech 32 100.0 12 37.5 0 0.0 20 62.5
Physical 111 100.0 24 21.6 4 3.6 83 74.8
Intellectual 74 100.0 42 56.8 3 4.1 29 39.2
Emotional 47 100.0 26 55.3 1 2.1 20 42.6
Other 43 100.0 15 34.9 4 9.3 24 55.8
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Males with disability (56.0%) are more likely than their female counterparts (46.2%) to be
employed. On the other hand, females with disability are more likely than their male
counterparts to be unemployed and economically not active (Table 6.2).

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6.5 Disability and Level of Education
Educational status is generally low in the population with disability. Table 6.3 indicates the
population three years and older with disability. Those who have never attended school
constitute 22.2 percent, those with basic education constitute 43.4 percent and those with
higher education constitute 31.5 percent. Again, Table 6.3 reveals that, relatively high
proportion (43.5%) of persons with intellectual challenge had never attended school,
followed by those with hearing (23.5%) and speech (21.0%) disabilities. Furthermore, 39.9
percent of persons with sight disability had secondary or higher education.
Table 6.3: Persons 3 years and older with disability by educational level and sex
Number Percent
Sec/SHS Sec/SHS
Pre- and Pre- and
Sex/disability type Total Never Prim Basic higher Total Never Prim Basic higher
Total 72,043 5,619 5,377 37,642 23,405 100.0 7.8 7.5 52.2 32.5
No disability 71,103 5,410 5,350 37,234 23,109 100.0 7.6 7.5 52.4 32.5
With a disability 940 209 27 408 296 100.0 22.2 2.9 43.4 31.5
Sight 336 47 11 145 133 100.0 14.0 3.3 43.2 39.6
Hearing 85 20 2 46 17 100.0 23.5 2.4 54.1 20.0
Speech 124 26 6 47 45 100.0 21.0 4.8 37.9 36.3
Physical 261 69 3 104 85 100.0 26.4 1.1 39.8 32.6
Intellectual 154 67 7 49 31 100.0 43.5 4.5 31.8 20.1
Emotional 129 20 2 65 42 100.0 15.5 1.6 50.4 32.6
Other 103 14 2 58 29 100.0 13.6 1.9 56.3 28.2
Male
Total 36,228 1,873 2,705 18,540 13,110 100.0 5.2 7.5 51.2 36.2
No disability 35,757 1,799 2,693 18,325 12,940 100.0 5.0 7.5 51.2 36.2
With a disability 471 74 12 215 170 100.0 15.7 2.5 45.6 36.1
Sight 154 14 5 72 63 100.0 9.1 3.2 46.8 40.9
Hearing 47 11 2 26 8 100.0 23.4 4.3 55.3 17.0
Speech 82 18 3 30 31 100.0 22.0 3.7 36.6 37.8
Physical 145 24 2 61 58 100.0 16.6 1.4 42.1 40.0
Intellectual 66 21 2 20 23 100.0 31.8 3.0 30.3 34.8
Emotional 77 8 1 41 27 100.0 10.4 1.3 53.2 35.1
Other 53 8 0 29 16 100.0 15.1 0.0 54.7 30.2
Female
Total 35,815 3,746 2,672 19,102 10,295 100.0 10.5 7.5 53.3 28.7
No disability 35,346 3,611 2,657 18,909 10,169 100.0 10.2 7.5 53.5 28.8
With a disability 469 135 15 193 126 100.0 28.8 3.2 41.2 26.9
Sight 182 33 6 73 70 100.0 18.1 3.3 40.1 38.5
Hearing 38 9 0 20 9 100.0 23.7 0.0 52.6 23.7
Speech 42 8 3 17 14 100.0 19.0 7.1 40.5 33.3
Physical 116 45 1 43 27 100.0 38.8 0.9 37.1 23.3
Intellectual 88 46 5 29 8 100.0 52.3 5.7 33.0 9.1
Emotional 52 12 1 24 15 100.0 23.1 1.9 46.2 28.8
Other 50 6 2 29 13 100.0 12.0 4.0 58.0 26.0
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER SEVEN
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

7.1 Introduction
Agriculture has been the mainstay of the economy of Ghana. The Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) has noted that despite the unquestionable importance of agriculture, it is
arguably the least known sector of many economies in terms of hard facts and statistics (FAO
2012). Any strategy geared towards reducing poverty and food insecurity must be based on
timely and accurate information that can help to measure the impact of agricultural policies
and programmes.
The census data analyzed in this chapter on agricultural activities include households who are
engaged in agricultural activities by locality (rural/urban), types of crops cultivated, tree
planting, rearing of livestock and breeding of fish.

7.2 Households in Agriculture

Table 7.1 shows the distribution of households in agriculture. Less than a tenth (7.1%) of all
the households in the Municipality is engaged in agriculture. The percentage of households
that are engaged in agriculture is slightly higher in urban areas (7.2%) than in rural areas
(6.9%).
Table 7.1: Households by agricultural activities and locality
Total Urban Rural
Agricultural Activities Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total Households 20,478 100.0 12,978 100.0 7,500 100.0
Households engaged in
Agriculture 1,453 7.1 938 7.2 515 6.9
Crop Farming 1,292 88.9 842 89.8 450 87.4
Tree Planting 35 2.4 29 3.1 6 1.2
Livestock Rearing 325 22.4 189 20.1 136 26.4
Fish Farming 8 0.6 4 0.4 4 0.8
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Table 7.1 indicates that crop farming is the commonest (88.9%) type of agricultural activity
among the households engaged in agriculture, followed by livestock rearing (22.4%) and tree
planting (2.4%). Fish farming is the least important (0.6%) agricultural activity undertaken by
agricultural households in the Municipality. The percentage of the agricultural households
that are engaged in livestock rearing is higher in rural areas (26.4%) than in urban areas
(20.1). However, the proportion of the agricultural households that are engaged in tree
planting is higher in urban areas (3.1%) than in rural areas (1.2%).

7.3 Types of Livestock Farming Activities

Table 7.2 shows that chicken (57.3%) is the most reared animal by households in the
Municipality. Other types of animals reared by households are goat (25.2%) and sheep
(7.7%). The average animal per keeper in the Municipality is 12.2.

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Table 7.2: Size of households by number of animals and keepers

Animals Keepers Average

Animal per
Livestock/Keepers Number Percent Number Percent Keeper
Total 127,381 100.0 10,413 100.0 12.2
Beehives 6 0.0 2 0.0 3.0
Cattle 636 0.5 50 0.5 12.7
Chicken 72,954 57.3 4,306 41.4 16.9
Dove 802 0.6 52 0.5 15.4
Duck 1,209 0.9 96 0.9 12.6
Goat 32,057 25.2 4,075 39.1 7.9
Grass-cutter 554 0.4 42 0.4 13.2
Guinea fowl 903 0.7 46 0.4 19.6
Ostrich 265 0.2 17 0.2 15.6
Pig 1,203 0.9 115 1.1 10.5
Rabbit 480 0.4 27 0.3 17.8
Sheep 9,791 7.7 1,326 12.7 7.4
Silk worm 92 0.1 15 0.1 6.1
Snail 366 0.3 14 0.1 26.1
Turkey 340 0.3 35 0.3 9.7
Other 654 0.5 164 1.6 4.0
Fish farming 4,989 3.9 28 0.3 178.2
Inland fishing 50 0.0 1 0.0 50.0
Marine fishing 30 0.0 2 0.0 15.0
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER EIGHT
HOUSING CONDITIONS

8.1 Introduction
Concerns for human wellbeing conditions associated with housing led to the introduction of
questions on housing into the 2000 round of Population and Housing Census. The 2010
Population and Housing Census is thus the second time questions on housing were asked. A
number of housing characteristics and associated conditions such as overcrowding, supply of
basic services such as drinking water and sanitation facilities (toilet and bathroom) are
important areas that are required for monitoring progress in human development.
This chapter presents the findings on housing and housing conditions that pertained in the
Adentan Municipality in 2010. It examines the housing stock, type of dwelling, room
occupancy, holding and tenancy, lighting and cooking facilities, bathing and toilet facilities,
waste disposal and source of water for domestic use, among others.

8.2 Housing stock

The total stock of houses in the Adentan Municipality recorded in the 2010 Population and
Housing Census was 13,669 (Table 8.1.). The urban areas have a higher proportion of the houses
(59.9%) than the rural areas (40.1%). Again, the urban areas recorded a higher proportion of
households (63.4%) than the rural areas (36.6%).The average number of households per house
was (1.5) for the Municipality, with the urban areas having a slightly higher rate of (1.6) than
the rural areas (1.4). Also the average household size was 3.7 for the Municipality, with an
urban average of 3.8 and a slightly lower rural average of 3.7. Population per house recorded
for the Municipality was 5.6, with a higher urban rate of 6.0 and a lower rural proportion of
5.0.
Table 8.1: Stock of houses and households
Categories Total country Region District Urban Rural
Total population 24,658,823 4,010,054 78,215 49,995 28,220
Total household population 24,076,327 3,888,512 76,601 49,055 27,546
Number of houses 3,392,745 474,621 13,669 8,186 5,483
Number of households 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 12,978 7,500
Average households per
house 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.4
Population per house 7.1 8.2 5.6 6.0 5.0
Average household size 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

8.3 Type of Dwelling, Holding and Tenancy Arrangements

Table 8.2 indicates that 31.1 of households in the Municipality occupy Separate houses and
30.7 percent of households occupy compound houses. Improvised homes (13.9%) and
uncompleted buildings (10.9%) provide dwellings for about a quarter of households in the
Municipality. Semi-detached houses (7.9) and flat/apartment (3.6) form a little over a tenth of
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As shown in Table 8.2, the percentage of male-headed households occupying separate
housing units is higher (31.9%) than that of female-headed households (29.15%). The
proportion of male-headed households that occupy compound houses is lower (30.0%) than
that of female-headed households (32.5%). A slightly lower proportion of female-headed
households (13.5%) occupy improvised homes compared to that of the male-headed
households (14.9%) in the Municipality while male-headed households recorded had higher
occupancy rate of uncompleted buildings (10.9%) compared to female-headed households
(8.4%).
Table 8.2 further shows that in the rural areas of the Municipality, the percentage of houses
that are separate houses (33.4%) is higher than that in urban areas (29.7%). The proportion of
households in urban areas (33.3%) that are compound houses is higher than in rural areas
(26.3%). Improvised homes and uncompleted buildings are occupied by higher proportions of
the rural households (17.5% and 11.8% respectively) than urban households (11.4% and
9.5% respectively).

Table 8.2: Type of occupied dwelling unit by sex of household head and type of locality
District
Total Total Male Female
Type of dwelling country Region Number Percent headed headed Urban Rural
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Separate house 1,471,391 176,647 6,360 31.1 31.9 29.1 29.7 33.4
Semi-detached house 391,548 84,233 1,685 8.2 7.9 8.9 9.0 6.9
Flat/Apartment 256,355 66,202 783 3.8 3.6 4.4 4.8 2.2
Compound house
2,942,147 595,062 6,294 30.7 30.0 32.5 33.3 26.3
(rooms)
Huts/Buildings (same
170,957 11,268 110 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
compound)
Huts/Buildings
36,410 2,154 12 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
(different compound)
Tent 10,343 2,284 41 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3
Improvised home
90,934 59,977 2,844 13.9 13.5 14.9 11.8 17.5
(kiosk/container etc.)
Living quarters
20,499 7,928 193 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.0
attached to office/shop
Uncompleted building 66,624 27,284 2,088 10.2 10.9 8.4 9.5 11.4
Other 9,846 3,331 68 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Table 8.3 indicates that private individuals that are not household members own 44.9 percent
of all the dwelling units in the Municipality. The second commonest type of ownership is
household members (38.9%) while ownership by relatives who are not household members
(9.6%) comes third. Other types of ownership constitute small percentages. Higher
proportions of male-headed households and those in urban areas occupy dwellings that are
owned by private individuals. Also more Private individual household members recorded
higher ownership of dwelling units in the urban areas (46.1%) than their female counterparts
in the rural areas (42.7%).

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Table 8.3: Ownership status of dwelling by sex of household head and type of locality
District
Total
Total Male Female
Ownership status country Region Number Percent headed headed Urban Rural
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Owned by household member 2,883,236 412,943 7,973 38.9 38.0 41.3 39.1 38.7
Being purchased (e.g.
45,630 9,780 134 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.0
mortgage)
Relative not a household
851,630 127,697 1,973 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.5 9.8
member
Other private individual 1,439,021 423,234 9,185 44.9 45.0 44.5 46.1 42.7
Private employer 83,610 20,667 781 3.8 4.5 2.1 2.9 5.4
Other private agency 21,123 4,956 120 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8
Public/Government ownership 118,804 30,021 227 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.1
Other 24,000 7,072 85 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

8.4 Construction materials

The main material for outer wall of dwellings in the Municipality is cement and concrete
(82.8%). The percentage of dwellings with such walls is 85.2 percent in urban areas
compared with 78.8 percent in rural areas (Table 8.4). There is also the use of wood (13.9%)
for outer walls; however it is used by a higher percentage of households in the rural areas
(17.7%) than in urban areas (12.0%).
Table 8.4: Main construction material for outer wall of dwelling unit by type of locality
District
Total Total
Material for Outer wall Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Total 5,817,607 1,090,397 22,138 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mud brick/earth 1,991,540 39,198 336 1.5 1.1 2.2
Wood 200,594 110,736 3,079 13.9 12.0 17.1
Metal sheet/slate/asbestos 43,708 14,038 166 0.7 0.7 0.8
Stone 11,330 2,692 35 0.2 0.2 0.1
Burnt bricks 38,237 3,981 45 0.2 0.2 0.2
Cement blocks/concrete 3,342,462 896,518 18,330 82.8 85.2 78.8
Landcrete 104,270 3,810 24 0.1 0.1 0.1
Bamboo 8,206 1,380 11 0.0 0.1 0.0
Palm leaf/thatch (grass)/raffia 38,054 1,806 2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other 39,206 16,238 110 0.5 0.4 0.6
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

The main material for floor in the floor of dwelling units in Municipality is cement and
concrete (61.6%). The percentage of dwellings with such floors exceeds 60 percent in both
urban and rural areas (Table 8.5). There is also the use of ceramic/porcelain/granite/marble
tiles for floors by a tenth (10.1%) of households in both urban and rural areas. Wood is used
by a higher percentage of dwellings in rural areas (13.5%) than urban areas (7.5%). However
earth/mud is used by a higher percentage in the urban areas (11.3%) than in the rural areas
(3.7%).

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Table 8.5: Main construction materials for the floor of dwelling unit by type of locality
District
Total Total
Material for the floor Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Total 5,467,054 20,478 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Earth/Mud 872,161 1,738 1,738 8.5 11.3 3.7
Cement/Concrete 4,255,611 12,614 12,614 61.6 61.8 61.2
Stone 32,817 71 71 0.3 0.3 0.4
Burnt brick 6,537 61 61 0.3 0.3 0.4
Wood 52,856 1,987 1,987 9.7 7.5 13.5
Vinyl tiles 57,032 1,019 1,019 5.0 3.9 6.8
Ceramic/Porcelain/Granite/Marble
tiles 88,500 2,069 2,069 10.1 10.0 10.2
Terrazzo/Terrazzo tiles 85,973 845 845 4.1 4.5 3.5
Other 15,567 74 74 0.4 0.4 0.3
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Metal sheet (63.6%) is the main material used for roofing in the Municipality (Table 8.6).
The percentage of dwellings with such roofs exceeds 60 percent in both urban and rural areas.
The use of asbestos is reported by one-fifth (20.0%) of households (21.4% in the urban areas
and 17.8% in rural areas). Use of roofing tile is more in rural areas (12.2%) than in urban
areas (8.1%).
Table 8.6: Main construction material for the roofing of dwelling unit by
type of locality
District
Total Total
Main roofing materials country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Total 5,817,607 1,090,397 22,138 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mud/mud bricks/earth 80,644 3,162 235 1.1 1.2 0.8
Wood 45,547 8,895 132 0.6 0.5 0.7
Metal sheet 4,152,259 537,503 14,083 63.6 63.8 63.3
Slate/asbestos 759,039 454,300 4,432 20.0 21.4 17.8
Cement/concrete 141,072 41,671 832 3.8 3.8 3.8
Roofing tile 31,456 18,041 2,141 9.7 8.1 12.2
Bamboo 71,049 2,284 39 0.2 0.2 0.2
Thatch/palm leaf or
500,606 16,797 107 0.5 0.4 0.6
raffia
Other 35,935 7,744 137 0.6 0.6 0.6
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

8.5 Room occupancy

Table 8.7 shows the distribution of rooms in occupied housing units in the Municipality.
Nearly 60 percent (58.4%) and one-fifth (20.9%) of all households occupy single rooms and
two rooms respectively in the Municipality. On the whole, single rooms constitute the highest
percentage (89.6%) of all the types of rooms occupied in housing units by single households.
The proportion of households that occupy single rooms declines with increase in household
size. Households with 10 members or more recorded the least occupancy in single room
(7.0%) but recorded (1.1%) occupancy of 9 rooms or more dwelling units.

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Table 8.7: Household size and number of sleeping rooms occupied in dwelling unit
Total Number of sleeping rooms
House- Nine
hold One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight rooms
size Number Percent room rooms rooms rooms rooms rooms rooms rooms or more
Total 20,478 100.0 58.4 20.9 9.0 6.2 3.0 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.2
1 4,173 100.0 89.6 5.5 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1
2 3,449 100.0 74.7 17.1 4.0 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1
3 3,168 100.0 64.6 21.2 7.9 3.6 1.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2
4 2,981 100.0 54.1 26.9 9.1 5.8 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2
5 2,492 100.0 41.4 31.5 13.6 8.2 3.2 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.2
6 1,658 100.0 31.7 32.0 16.0 11.5 5.1 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.3
7 1,055 100.0 23.3 29.2 18.8 16.4 7.2 2.7 1.7 0.4 0.4
8 605 100.0 16.2 29.3 18.2 19.0 9.6 4.8 1.8 1.0 0.2
9 372 100.0 12.1 25.5 19.9 15.9 13.4 7.0 3.2 1.3 1.6
10+ 525 100.0 7.0 17.9 18.9 22.9 15.6 9.9 4.0 2.7 1.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

8.6 Access to Utilities and Household Facilities

Table 8.8 shows the main sources of lighting for dwelling units in the Municipality.
Electricity (mains) is the major source of lighting for 71.7 percent of households, followed by
flash light/touch (12.1%), kerosene lamp (9.3%) and candle (4.8%). A higher percentage of
rural households use flash light/touch (15.0%) than those in urban areas (10.4%). The
percentage of households depending on kerosene lamps is also higher in the rural areas
(11.0%) than urban areas (8.2%).
Table 8.8: Main source of lighting of dwelling unit by type of locality
District
Total Total
Main source of light Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Electricity (mains) 3,511,065 902,831 14,681 71.7 74.8 66.4
Electricity (private generator) 36,142 6,644 216 1.1 1.1 1.0
Kerosene lamp 971,807 61,509 1,896 9.3 8.2 11.0
Gas lamp 9,378 1,463 37 0.2 0.2 0.2
Solar energy 9,194 1,023 32 0.2 0.2 0.1
Candle 41,214 19,251 978 4.8 4.3 5.6
Flashlight/torch 858,651 39,942 2,475 12.1 10.4 15.0
Firewood 13,241 1,036 38 0.2 0.2 0.1
Crop residue 4,623 443 12 0.1 0.0 0.1
Other 11,739 2,228 113 0.6 0.6 0.5
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Table 8.9 shows that the main sources of cooking fuel for households in the Municipality are
Gas (47.2%) and Charcoal (40.1%). Wood is also used as source of fuel for 5.0 percent of
households in the Municipality. The proportions of households using charcoal and wood are
higher in rural areas (41.7% and 6.3% respectively) than in urban areas (39.2% and 4.3%
respectively).

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Table 8.9: Main source of cooking fuel, and cooking space used by households

Total District
Source of cooking fuel/cooking Total
space Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Main source of cooking fuel for
household
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
None no cooking 306,118 71,797 1,238 6.0 5.8 6.4
Wood 2,197,083 36,560 1,033 5.0 4.3 6.3
Gas 996,518 429,464 9,657 47.2 49.1 43.8
Electricity 29,794 9,645 88 0.4 0.4 0.6
Kerosene 29,868 11,627 151 0.7 0.7 0.8
Charcoal 1,844,290 470,277 8,218 40.1 39.2 41.7
Crop residue 45,292 724 4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saw dust 8,000 2,713 57 0.3 0.3 0.3
Animal waste 2,332 919 13 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 7,759 2,644 19 0.1 0.1 0.0
Cooking space used by
household
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
No cooking space 386,883 86,433 1,509 7.4 7.2 7.7
Separate room for exclusive use
1,817,018 319,998 7,582 37.0 38.1 35.1
of household
Separate room shared with other
410,765 30,270 406 2.0 1.9 2.1
household(s)
Enclosure without roof 117,614 17,007 246 1.2 1.3 1.0
Structure with roof but without
349,832 15,465 302 1.5 1.4 1.5
walls
Bedroom/Hall/Living room) 74,525 27,948 716 3.5 4.0 2.7
Verandah 1,173,946 302,863 4,749 23.2 23.9 22.0
Open space in compound 1,115,464 230,843 4,807 23.5 21.1 27.7
Other 21,007 5,543 161 0.8 1.1 0.3
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Again Table 8.9 shows that 37.0 percent of households have separate rooms exclusively used
for cooking. Other households use open space in compound (23.5%) and verandah (23.9%)
for cooking. The percentage using verandah is slightly higher in urban areas (23.9%) than
rural areas (22.0%). On the other hand, open space in compound is used by a higher
percentage in rural areas (27.7%) than urban areas (21.1%) for cooking. Less than one-tenth
(7.4%) of households do not have cooking space.

8.7 Main Source of Water for drinking and for other domestic use
Table 8.10 shows that sachet water is the main source of drinking water for more than half
(53.6%) of the households in the Municipality, followed by pipe-borne outside dwelling
(15.4%) and tanker supply/vendor provided (13.4%). A higher proportion of rural households
(36.9%) than urban households (21.2%) use pipe-borne water while more urban households
(16.3%) than rural households (8.3%) use tanker supply in the Municipality.

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Table 8.10: Main source of water for drinking and for other domestic use
District
Total Total
Sources of water country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Main source of drinking water for household
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pipe-borne inside dwelling 790,493 272,766 1,646 8.0 6.8 10.3
Pipe-borne outside dwelling 1,039,667 291,107 3,153 15.4 12.0 21.2
Public tap/Standpipe 712,375 103,356 715 3.5 2.4 5.4
Bore-hole/Pump/Tube well 1,267,688 15,989 398 1.9 1.9 1.9
Protected well 321,091 7,167 60 0.3 0.3 0.2
Rain water 39,438 1,833 49 0.2 0.3 0.1
Protected spring 19,345 3,513 58 0.3 0.3 0.3
Bottled water 20,261 10,952 612 3.0 2.7 3.6
Sachet water 490,283 290,342 10,984 53.6 56.8 48.2
Tanker supply/Vendor provided 58,400 29,843 2,747 13.4 16.3 8.3
Unprotected well 112,567 2,314 4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unprotected spring 12,222 318 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
River/Stream 502,804 4,179 28 0.1 0.1 0.2
Dugout/Pond/Lake/Dam/Canal 76,448 1,677 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Main source of water for other domestic use
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pipe-borne inside dwelling 905,566 363,174 2,831 13.8 11.6 17.7
Pipe-borne outside dwelling 1,089,030 384,657 4,560 22.3 17.7 30.2
Public tap/Standpipe 704,293 127,980 1,149 5.6 4.3 7.9
Bore-hole/Pump/Tube well 1,280,465 41,441 526 2.6 2.6 2.5
Protected well 465,775 24,489 279 1.4 1.5 1.2
Rain water 39,916 3,538 180 0.9 1.0 0.7
Protected spring 18,854 2,674 33 0.2 0.2 0.1
Tanker supply/Vendor provided 100,048 64,630 10,647 52.0 59.8 38.5
Unprotected well 152,055 5,804 105 0.5 0.6 0.4
Unprotected spring 15,738 1,586 36 0.2 0.2 0.1
River/Stream 588,590 11,331 67 0.3 0.3 0.3
Dugout/Pond/Lake/Dam/Canal 96,422 3,765 34 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other 10,302 1,301 31 0.2 0.1 0.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

As can be seen from Table 8.10, tanker supply/vendor provided water (52.0%) is the most
used for other domestic activities in the Municipality and the urban areas (59.8%) recorded a
higher percentage of households depending on this source than the rural areas (38.5%). The
percentage of households depending on pipe-borne water outside dwelling is higher in rural
areas (30.2%) than in urban areas (17.7%). Also a higher percentage of the households use
pipe-borne water inside dwelling in rural areas (17.7%) than in urban areas (11.6%).

8.8 Bathing and toilet facilities

Table 8.11 shows that 36.6 percent of households in the Municipality have their own
exclusively bathroom while 23.7 percent of all the households use shared open cubicle. Less
than two-fifth (18.6%) of households use separate bathroom shared in the same house with
other households. The percentage of households depending on shared open cubicle is higher
in rural areas (26.4%) than in urban areas (22.1%).

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Table 8.11: Type of bathing facility used by household by type of locality
District
Total Total
Bathing facility Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Bathing facility used by household
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Own bathroom for exclusive use 1,535,392 281,090 7,436 36.3 37.5 34.3
Shared separate bathroom in the same
1,818,522 328,195 3,816 18.6 20.7 15.1
house
Private open cubicle 381,979 43,932 1,848 9.0 8.5 10.0
Shared open cubicle 1,000,257 250,321 4,854 23.7 22.1 26.4
Public bath house 140,501 72,056 223 1.1 0.8 1.6
Bathroom in another house 187,337 16,455 410 2.0 2.1 1.9
Open space around house 372,556 40,231 1,839 9.0 8.1 10.5
River/pond/lake/dam 14,234 1,060 23 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 16,276 3,030 29 0.1 0.2 0.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Figure 8.3 shows that about one-third (32.2%) of households in the Municipality use WC.
and (16.4%) use public toilets. The proportion of households that do not have toilet facilities
is higher in rural areas (26.5%) than urban areas (21.8%). Also, more households use public
toilets in the rural areas (17.7%) than in the urban areas (15.6%). The percentage of
households using WC is about the same in rural and urban areas. About one-fourth (23.5%)
of households do not have toilet facilities. The proportion of households without toilet facility
is higher in rural households (26.5%) than in urban households (23.5%).
Figure 8.3: Toilet facilities

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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8.9 Method of Waste Disposal
Table 8.12 presents different methods of solid waste disposal by households in the Adentan
Municipality. The most common method of solid waste disposal is collection (45.8%). More
than one-quarter (27.1%) of households burn their solid waste. It is also observed that 11.3
percent of households dump their solid waste in containers while 10.0 percent of the
households dump in open spaces. Dumping of solid waste indiscriminately is practiced by 4.0
percent of the households. The proportion of households dumping waste indiscriminately is
higher in rural areas (5.2%) than in urban areas (3.2%).
Table 8.12 further shows that 48.4 percent of households in the Municipality throw their
liquid waste onto the compounds of their houses, 15.4 percent throw their liquid waste onto
the street and 10.5 percent throw theirs into a soak away. Throwing of liquid waste onto the
street is higher in urban areas (17.7%) than rural areas (11.7%). However, throwing of liquid
waste onto the compound is higher in rural areas (51.9%) than urban areas (46.3%).

Table 8.12: Method of solid and liquid waste disposal by type of locality
District
Total Total
Sources of water Country Region Number Percent Urban Rural
Main source of drinking water for household
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pipe-borne inside dwelling 790,493 272,766 1,646 8.0 6.8 10.3
Pipe-borne outside dwelling 1,039,667 291,107 3,153 15.4 12.0 21.2
Public tap/Standpipe 712,375 103,356 715 3.5 2.4 5.4
Bore-hole/Pump/Tube well 1,267,688 15,989 398 1.9 1.9 1.9
Protected well 321,091 7,167 60 0.3 0.3 0.2
Rain water 39,438 1,833 49 0.2 0.3 0.1
Protected spring 19,345 3,513 58 0.3 0.3 0.3
Bottled water 20,261 10,952 612 3.0 2.7 3.6
Sachet water 490,283 290,342 10,984 53.6 56.8 48.2
Tanker supply/Vendor provided 58,400 29,843 2,747 13.4 16.3 8.3
Unprotected well 112,567 2,314 4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unprotected spring 12,222 318 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
River/Stream 502,804 4,179 28 0.1 0.1 0.2
Dugout/Pond/Lake/Dam/Canal 76,448 1,677 5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Main source of water for other domestic use
Total 5,467,054 1,036,370 20,478 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pipe-borne inside dwelling 905,566 363,174 2,831 13.8 11.6 17.7
Pipe-borne outside dwelling 1,089,030 384,657 4,560 22.3 17.7 30.2
Public tap/Standpipe 704,293 127,980 1,149 5.6 4.3 7.9
Bore-hole/Pump/Tube well 1,280,465 41,441 526 2.6 2.6 2.5
Protected well 465,775 24,489 279 1.4 1.5 1.2
Rain water 39,916 3,538 180 0.9 1.0 0.7
Protected spring 18,854 2,674 33 0.2 0.2 0.1
Tanker supply/Vendor provided 100,048 64,630 10,647 52.0 59.8 38.5
Unprotected well 152,055 5,804 105 0.5 0.6 0.4
Unprotected spring 15,738 1,586 36 0.2 0.2 0.1
River/Stream 588,590 11,331 67 0.3 0.3 0.3
Dugout/Pond/Lake/Dam/Canal 96,422 3,765 34 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other 10,302 1,301 31 0.2 0.1 0.2
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 CHAPTER NINE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS
AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

9.1 Introduction
The Adentan Municipality was carved out of Tema Metropolitan Assembly in February 2008
by LI 1888. The 2010 Population and Housing Census is the first census conducted by the
Ghana Statistical Service with Adentan as a Municipality. The 2010 PHC collected
information on the socio-economic characteristics of the population in the Municipality. This
report provides useful statistical information to aid planning and decision making in the
Municipality.

9.2 Summary of Findings and Conclusions

Demographic characteristics
The Adentan Municipality has population of 78,215 as recorded during the 2010 Housing and
Population Census. More than half (50.3%) of the population are males and 49.7 percent are
females giving a male-female sex ratio of 101.3 which is the highest in the Greater Accra
Region. Again 62.5 percent of the population resides in urban setting whiles 37.5 percent
resides in rural areas. The Municipality has a youthful population. About two-thirds (66.2%)
of the total population falls within the working population, 31.4 percent falls within the
children’s population and 2.4 percent falling within the aged population.
The Adentan Municipality has the lowest number of births (2.2%) in the Greater Accra
Region; however the Municipality recorded a fertility rate of 2.73 and a crude birth rate of
26.3 which is the fifth highest in the region. More than three-quarters (75.9%) of the
population enumerated in the Municipality was born outside the Greater Accra Region.

Social characteristics
The household structure by sex indicates that nuclear family constitutes 42.6 percent with
nuclear households made up of the head, spouse and children constituting the highest with
26.9 percent. Extended family recorded 53.4 percent with extended households made up of
the head, spouses, children and heads relatives constituting 20.8 percent. About one-third
(35.1%) of members of household are made of children. Adopted or foster child and step
child composition of household membership is low, recording 0.3 percent and 0.6 percent
respectfully.
Those who have never married dominate persons aged 12 years and older with a percentage
of 46.7 percent. The proportion of those married constitute 39.7 percent, those who are living
together constitute 6.8 percent, whiles those who were in a marital union constitute less than
a tenth (6.6%).
The nationality of the population reveals that, persons of Ghanaian origin constitute the
largest percentage of the population (92.8%). About 3.1 percent of the population is non-
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About 8 in 10 (85.3%) of the population in the Municipality profess to be Christians.
Adherents to Islamic religion constitute 11.2 percent. About two percent (2.3%) of the
population do not belong to any religion.
More than half (54.8%) of the total population are literate in English and Ghanaian language.
Over 70 percent of the population 3 years and older have had basic education comprising of,
kindergarten (13.8%) primary (40.7%), and JSS/JHS (16.9%). About 9.3 percent of the
population had had higher education beyond the secondary school level.

Economic characteristics
On the average, three out of four persons (74.1%) aged 15 and older are economically active
in the Municipality. Economic activity rate of males (92.5%) is higher than that of females
(89.7%).
Service and sales are the dominant occupation in the Municipality recording 31.8 percent.
Majority (34.8%) of males find themselves within the craft and related trade workers whiles
51.5 percent of females are Service and Sales workers. Wholesale and retail; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles, constituted the largest industry employing 24.8 percent of the
workforce. Majority (23%) of males are employed in the construction sector while females
are mostly is employed wholesale and retail (36.1%).
Two-fifths (40.5%) of the workforce were self-employed. More females were self-employed
(53.1%) than males (29.9 %).The proportion of employed people who were employees was
38.5 percent. Relatively large proportions of males (47.6%) were employees as compared
with females (27.6%).
The results show that the private informal sector was the largest employer in the Municipality
69.8 percent. The proportions of employed females working in the private informal sector
were 77.9 percent whiles that of males was 63 percent.
Approximately 51.2 percent of married persons are employed, 28 percent are unemployed
whiles 18.8 percent of married couples are economically not active. Nearly 60 percent
(57.4%) persons falling in the never married category are unemployed whiles 33.1 percent
find themselves employed in the various sector of the economy.
Information communication technology
Nearly 80 percent of households 12 years and older own mobile phones in the Municipality. It
was revealed that, 53.4 percent of males 12 years and older owned mobile phones whiles females
recorded 46.6 percent. Again, 59.7 percent of all households headed by males have internet
access whiles 40.3 percent of households headed by females could access internet in the
Municipality.

Less than one-tenth (6.6%) of households own fixed telephone lines of which 72.3 percent
are males-headed while 27.7 percent are females. For the Municipality, 20.8 percent of
households owned a desktop/laptop computer, 75.5 percent of who are headed by males and
24.5 percent headed by females.

Disability
The number of persons with disability constitutes 1.3 percent of the total population. Sight
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constituting 64.1 percent. The least reported type is hearing disability constituting 9.1
percent.
The proportion of disability in the urban (1.3%) areas of the Municipality is slightly higher
than the proportion in rural areas (1.1%). Educational status is generally low in the population
with disability.

Agricultural activities
Only 7.1 percent of total households in the Municipality are engaged in Agriculture. Urban
Households engaged in Agriculture is higher (7.2%) than rural households (6.9%). Crop
farming is the commonest type of agricultural activity for households engaged in Agriculture
(88.9%), followed by Livestock rearing (22.4%) and Tree Planting (2.4%). Fish Farming
(0.6%) is the least Agricultural activity undertaken by Agricultural households in the
Municipality.
Housing conditions
The total stock of houses in the Adentan Municipality recorded during the 2010 Ghana
Population and Housing Census was 13,669. The urban areas tend to have higher proportion of
houses (59.9%) than the rural areas (40.1%). The average households per house were 1.5 for
the Municipality, Also the average household size was 3.7 .Population per house recorded for
the Municipality was 5.6.
The main material for outer wall in the Municipality is cement and concrete. The proportion
of dwellings with such walls exceeds 70 percent in both urban and rural areas. Also the main
material for floor in the Municipality is again cement and concrete. The proportion of
dwellings with such floors exceeds 50 percent in both urban and rural areas. Metal sheet is
the main material for roofing in the Municipality. The proportion of dwellings with such
roofs exceeds 50 percent in both urban and rural areas.
Single room constitutes the highest proportion (58.4%) of all the types of rooms occupied in
housing units by single households.
Electricity (mains) is highest source of lighting (71.7%) followed by Flash light/Touch
(12.1%), Kerosene lamp (9.3%) and Candle (4.8%). The main source of cooking fuel for
households in the Municipality is gas (47.2%) followed by charcoal (40.1%). 6.0 percent use
wood.
Sachet water (53.9%) is the main source of drinking water for households in the
Municipality, followed by Pipe-borne outside dwelling (15.4%) and Tanker supply/Vendor
provided (13.4%).
About one-third (32.2%) of households in the Municipality use WC and 16.4 percent use
public toilets. Nearly one-quarter (23.5%) of households do not have toilet facilities. The
most common method of disposal of solid waste is collection (45.5%).
Dumping solid waste indiscriminately is practiced by 4.0 percent of the households. Nearly
half (48.4%) of all the households in the Municipality throw their liquid waste onto the
compounds of their houses and 15.4 percent also throw their liquid waste onto the street.

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9.3 Policy Implications
The 2010 Population and Housing Census has provided an opportunity of data for planners,
decision makers and other key players in development process. The characteristics of the
population in the Municipality have implications for the general well-being of its population.
It is therefore prudent that policies formulated are informed by these characteristics for the
socio-economic development of the Municipality and the nation as a whole.
With a considerable youthful population, the Municipality should invest in education, health
and other basic social needs, to ensure an improved quality of life for the population.
Strategies to improve local economic development should also be vigorously pursued to
create employment for the youth in the Municipality. This should be done with the
consideration of gender, disability and vulnerable members of the population in mind.
Water and sanitation issues are also of great concern in the Municipality. Both national and
local strategies and programmes should be implemented to improve accessibility and
availability in an environmentally-friendly and sustainable way for the population.
Also with a growing population and a fast urbanizing rural area, spatial planning and
development control should be ensured to prevent the development of unplanned
communities in these areas. The new planning model, therefore, proposes greater
involvement of stakeholders, whether individual plot holders, large scale landlords,
traditional rulers, real estate developers, or institutions and organisations with their own areas
of development responsibility which have spatial implications. The new model of planning,
therefore, puts great emphasis on stakeholder participation in the planning process.
ICT has come to stay and as such simplest medium should be used in disseminating
information. More emphasis should be put in place to ensure that the youth are well equipped
in this area for their potentials to be well harnessed.
A high proportion of the population use unsafe toilet facilities which poses threat on the
environment and subsequently on health. The advocacy for household latrine as stipulated in
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is not really reflective in the Municipality.
Efforts should be made by stakeholders to promote educational attainment beyond the basic
school level (Primary and JSS/JHS) to provide the needed human resources necessary for the
rapid development of the district. Non formal education programmes should be invigorated
and made more attractive to those who have never been to school to facilitate their economic
activities.

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 APPENDICES

Table A1: Age-sex distribution

Both Sexes Males Females Sex
Age Group Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Ratio
All Ages 78,215 100.0 39,366 100.0 38,849 100.0 101.3
0-4 9,870 12.6 5,024 12.8 4,846 12.5 103.7
5-9 7,583 9.7 3,770 9.6 3,813 9.8 98.9
10-14 7,131 9.1 3,390 8.6 3,741 9.6 90.6
15 - 19 6,777 8.7 3,105 7.9 3,672 9.5 84.6
20 - 24 9,268 11.8 4,535 11.5 4,733 12.2 95.8
25 - 29 10,043 12.8 4,959 12.6 5,084 13.1 97.5
30 - 34 8,055 10.3 4,239 10.8 3,816 9.8 111.1
35 - 39 5,828 7.5 3,180 8.1 2,648 6.8 120.1
40 - 44 4,159 5.3 2,296 5.8 1,863 4.8 123.2
45 - 49 2,901 3.7 1,559 4.0 1,342 3.5 116.2
50 - 54 2,204 2.8 1,161 2.9 1,043 2.7 111.3
55 - 59 1,435 1.8 751 1.9 684 1.8 109.8
60 - 64 1,090 1.4 555 1.4 535 1.4 103.7
65 - 69 679 0.9 327 0.8 352 0.9 92.9
70 - 74 493 0.6 233 0.6 260 0.7 89.6
75 - 79 269 0.3 107 0.3 162 0.4 66.0
80 - 84 228 0.3 87 0.2 141 0.4 61.7
85 + 202 0.3 88 0.2 114 0.3 62.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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Table A2: Household composition by type of locality
Total Male Female
Type of household head Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural
Total 76,601 49,055 27,546 38,438 24,315 14,123 38,163 24,740 13,423
Head only 4,173 2,569 1,604 3,076 1,869 1,207 1,097 700 397
Household with head and a spouse only 2,196 1,346 850 1,107 678 429 1,089 668 421
Household with head and biological/adopted children only 5,680 3,659 2,021 2,378 1,541 837 3,302 2,118 1,184
Household with head spouse(s) and biological/adopted children
20,610 13,235 7,375 10,356 6,608 3,748 10,254 6,627 3,627
only
Household with head spouse(s) biological/adopted children and
15,933 10,279 5,654 7,760 4,944 2,816 8,173 5,335 2,838
relatives of the head only
Household with head spouse(s) biological/adopted children
2,993 1,905 1,088 1,398 889 509 1,595 1,016 579
relatives and nonrelatives of the head
Household with head spouse(s) and other composition 4,828 2,958 1,870 2,411 1,464 947 2,417 1,494 1,482
Household with head biological/adopted children and relatives
7,962 5,269 2,693 3,130 2,073 1,057 4,832 3,196 1,482
of the head only
Household with head biological/adopted children relatives and
1,618 1,007 611 675 400 275 943 607 1,482
nonrelatives of the head
Household with head and other composition but no spouse 10,608 6,828 3,780 6,147 3,849 2,298 4,461 2,979 1,482
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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Table A3: Population 11 years and older by sex, age and literacy status
English,
English French
None Ghanaian and English and
Sex/age (not English language Ghanaian and Ghanaian
group literate) Literate Total only only language French language
Both sexes
Total 4,800 54,304 100.0 35.9 5.7 54.8 1.2 2.5
11-14 138 5,335 100.0 51.4 2.3 42.2 1.3 2.8
15-19 237 6,540 100.0 40.7 2.6 52.5 0.8 3.4
20-24 566 8,702 100.0 37.1 4.4 55.1 1.2 2.3
25-29 713 9,330 100.0 35.9 6.3 54.7 1.2 1.9
30-34 625 7,430 100.0 34.2 7.7 54.5 1.2 2.4
35-39 563 5,265 100.0 33.3 8.5 54.7 1.2 2.3
40-44 427 3,732 100.0 32.1 7.6 55.9 1.7 2.8
45-49 297 2,604 100.0 27.5 7.6 60.9 1.2 2.8
50-54 251 1,953 100.0 27.4 5.8 62.9 1.2 2.7
55-59 167 1,268 100.0 23.7 4.9 68.1 0.7 2.7
60-64 191 899 100.0 20.5 6 68.9 1.4 3.2
65+ 625 1,246 100.0 20.7 7.1 68.5 0.9 2.8
Male
Total 1,470 28,298 100.0 34.6 4.4 57.1 1.3 2.7
11-14 50 2,536 100.0 52.7 2 41.2 1.4 2.8
15-19 60 3,045 100.0 40.2 2.5 53.3 0.9 3.1
20-24 194 4,341 100.0 36.6 3.8 56.2 1.2 2.3
25-29 231 4,728 100.0 33.9 5.1 58.1 1.2 1.7
30-34 196 4,043 100.0 32.5 6.1 57.3 1.5 2.7
35-39 198 2,982 100.0 32.1 6 58.1 1.2 2.5
40-44 140 2,156 100.0 31.2 5.5 58.3 1.7 3.3
45-49 93 1,466 100.0 27.8 4.5 62.8 1.4 3.5
50-54 70 1,091 100.0 26.3 3.1 65.4 1.8 3.3
55-59 48 703 100.0 22.2 3.4 70.6 1.1 2.7
60-64 50 505 100.0 19.4 1.8 72.7 2.2 4
65+ 140 702 100.0 20.4 4.1 69.9 1.4 4.1
Female
Total 3,330 26,006 100.0 37.2 7.1 52.3 1.0 2.4
11-14 88 2,799 100.0 50.2 2.6 43.2 1.2 2.8
15-19 177 3,495 100.0 41.1 2.7 51.8 0.7 3.6
20-24 372 4,361 100.0 37.5 5.0 54.0 1.1 2.3
25-29 482 4,602 100.0 38.0 7.5 51.2 1.2 2.1
30-34 429 3,387 100.0 36.2 9.6 51.3 0.9 2.1
35-39 365 2,283 100.0 34.9 11.7 50.2 1.2 2.1
40-44 287 1,576 100.0 33.4 10.4 52.6 1.6 2.0
45-49 204 1,138 100.0 27.2 11.7 58.5 0.8 1.8
50-54 181 862 100.0 28.9 9.2 59.6 0.5 1.9
55-59 119 565 100.0 25.5 6.7 65.0 0.2 2.7
60-64 141 394 100.0 21.8 11.4 64.0 0.5 2.3
65+ 485 544 100.0 21.1 10.8 66.7 0.2 1.1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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Table A4: Population 3 years and older by sex, disability type and level of education
Level of education attained
Voc./ Post graduate
Never Kinder Middle/ Sec./SSS/ Tech./ Bachelor (Cert. Diploma
Sex/Disability type Total attended Nursery garten Primary JSS/JHS SHS Comm. Post sec degree Masters PHD etc.)
Total 72,043 5,619 1,975 3,402 14,555 23,087 11,264 2,550 3,894 4,234 1,463
No disability 71,103 5,410 1,967 3,383 14,431 22,803 11,137 2,505 3,834 4,190 1,443
With a disability 940 209 8 19 124 284 127 45 60 44 20
Sight 336 47 2 9 30 115 52 20 25 22 14
Hearing 85 20 0 2 16 30 11 1 2 2 1
Speech 124 26 2 4 18 29 23 4 9 5 4
Physical 261 69 0 3 26 78 33 16 17 14 5
Intellectual 154 67 4 3 26 23 18 2 4 5 2
Emotional 129 20 1 1 21 44 20 3 9 7 3
Other 103 14 0 2 26 32 12 8 5 3 1
Male
Total 36,228 1,873 1,017 1,688 6,711 11,829 6,255 1,313 2,099 2,463 980
No disability 35,757 1,799 1,014 1,679 6,654 11,671 6,180 1,293 2,070 2,430 967
With a disability 471 74 3 9 57 158 75 20 29 33 13
Sight 154 14 1 4 13 59 27 5 8 14 9
Hearing 47 11 0 2 9 17 4 1 0 2 1
Speech 82 18 0 3 12 18 17 3 4 4 3
Physical 145 24 0 2 13 48 21 11 11 11 4
Intellectual 66 21 1 1 11 9 13 2 2 4 2
Emotional 77 8 1 0 14 27 12 2 6 4 3
Other 53 8 0 0 11 18 9 3 2 2 0
Female
Total 35,815 3,746 958 1,714 7,844 11,258 5,009 1,237 1,795 1,771 483
No disability 35,346 3,611 953 1,704 7,777 11,132 4,957 1,212 1,764 1,760 476
With a disability 469 135 5 10 67 126 52 25 31 11 7
Sight 182 33 1 5 17 56 25 15 17 8 5
Hearing 38 9 0 0 7 13 7 0 2 0 0
Speech 42 8 2 1 6 11 6 1 5 1 1
Physical 116 45 0 1 13 30 12 5 6 3 1
Intellectual 88 46 3 2 15 14 5 0 2 1 0
Emotional 52 12 0 1 7 17 8 1 3 3 0
Other 50 6 0 2 15 14 3 5 3 1 1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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Table A5: Population by sex, number of Household and House in the 20
largest communities
Sex House
S/No. Community Name Total Male Female holds Houses
1 Ashaley Botwe 18,615 8,970 9,645 4,645 2,654
2 Adenta East 13,788 7,045 6,743 3,665 2,691
3 Frafraha 6,214 3,131 3,083 1,607 1,018
4 Ogbojo 5,920 2,913 3,007 1,529 861
5 Otinshie 5,458 2,781 2,677 1,532 962
6 Adjirigano 4,708 2,551 2,157 1,398 1,169
7 Ashiyie 4,236 2,069 2,167 1,082 561
8 Nmai Dzorn 4,187 2,172 2,015 1,111 1,154
9 Tesa 2,936 1,569 1,367 848 645
10 Dzen Ayor 2,794 1,399 1,395 735 457
11 Otanor 2,320 1,228 1,092 663 362
12 New Legon 2,146 1,099 1,047 489 354
13 Amrahia 2,084 1,000 1,084 515 286
14 New Legon-Commando 861 446 415 218 234
15 Dzornaman (Adanaman) 798 403 395 219 163
16 Amanfro 675 320 355 157 60
17 University Farms 475 270 205 65 38
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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Table A6: Population by age groups in 20 largest communities
All
S/No. Community Name ages 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75+
1 Ashaley Botwe 18,615 2,256 1,803 1,773 1,711 2,135 2,285 1,799 1,373 1,002 700 555 387 303 210 149 174
2 Adenta East 13,788 1,817 1,349 1,220 1,121 1,656 1,801 1,480 995 710 512 396 244 190 116 78 103
3 Frafraha 6,214 723 613 595 560 698 794 677 445 325 250 193 135 79 44 32 51
4 Ogbojo 5,920 791 588 577 510 660 717 589 440 306 213 159 105 94 55 35 81
5 Otinshie 5,458 681 507 511 497 703 720 551 415 284 172 150 89 56 42 30 50
6 Adjirigano 4,708 582 446 359 355 621 694 539 354 291 172 92 89 55 23 20 16
7 Ashiyie 4,236 510 417 419 380 507 518 419 277 231 170 130 83 68 35 28 44
8 Nmai Dzorn 4,187 545 387 334 310 539 620 428 339 228 142 109 65 53 25 29 34
9 Tesa 2,936 372 243 230 253 375 435 331 260 148 105 69 30 33 23 12 17
10 Dzen Ayor 2,794 379 310 271 247 293 316 293 224 150 100 79 46 28 14 18 26
11 Otanor 2,320 318 221 176 193 310 334 256 162 109 87 41 33 23 19 13 25
12 New Legon 2,146 311 227 211 204 226 256 196 168 93 58 65 28 37 23 15 28
13 Amrahia 2,084 259 193 201 200 216 215 194 153 136 78 80 44 37 28 21 29
New Legon-
14 Commando 861 89 90 76 64 108 106 96 75 42 48 25 23 8 3 4 4
Dzornaman
15 (Adanaman) 798 115 85 63 56 95 105 91 71 40 35 12 8 7 7 1 7
16 Amanfro 675 78 67 68 65 69 78 73 46 31 22 26 13 14 10 6 9
17 University Farms 475 44 37 47 51 57 49 43 31 33 37 23 13 5 2 2 1
Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Project Secretariat
Dr. Philomena Nyarko, Government Statistician
Mr. Baah Wadieh, Deputy Government Statistician
Mr. David Yenukwa Kombat, Acting Census Coordinator
Mr. Sylvester Gyamfi, DISDAP Project Coordinator
Mrs. Abena A. Osei-Akoto, Data Processing
Mr. Rochester Appiah Kubi Boateng, Data Processing
Mrs. Jacqueline Anum, Data Processing
Mrs. Samilia Mintah, Data Processing
Mr. Yaw Misefa, Data Processing
Mr. Ernest Enyan, Data Processing
Mr. Christian Assem, Regional Statistician
Ms. Hanna Frempong Konadu, Formatting/Typesetting
Mrs. Gifty Oppong, Formatting/Typesetting

Writers
Mr. Kofi Anokwah Simpeh
Mr. Akwasi Owusu-Afriyie

Consultant
Dr. Stephen Afranie

Editor/ Reviewers
Dr. Delali Badasu
Mr. Johnson Owusu Kagya
Mr. Peter Takyi Peprah

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