For example, of the households using nine or more sleeping rooms in Bawku West, 58.8 per cent have nine or more members. It is one of the four districts created in the region in 2012, and its administrative capital is Fumbisi. The proportions in this category range from 33.1 per cent in Bongo to 41.5 per cent in Bolgatanga. The traditional medical system can be grouped into four main types of specialities. The picture with regard to telephone facilities is not any different from what pertains to post office facilities. Markets abound for these crafts in countries such as Britain, Germany and the USA. About two-fifths (43.2%) of households occupying one sleeping rooms are over-crowded and 18.4 per cent of all households with two sleeping rooms are over-crowded. These three factories are not operational and have been earmarked for divestiture. For females, the level is below 80 per cent in Kassena-Nankana (78.6%), Bolgatanga (76.3%) and Bongo (74.9%). Only 23.5 per cent of the regions population, 15 years and older are literate. 3.1. The median age of the population is thus around 19 years. Climate migration, language policy, and language preservation in the upper regions of Ghana In the other formal sectors, (private formal, NGO/International Organization, and others) males and females are represented in approximately the same proportions in each district. In Builsa, 90.3 per cent of households use wood for cooking. In the region as a whole, there are 654 communities with a primary school in the locality compared with 297 communities with a JSS, less than half the number. The region is also known for its handicrafts such as northern kente weaving which is used in making smocks, basket weaving and a locally brewed beer known as Pito. The Dagomba people commemorate the end of a drought with the Bamaya dance. This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 19:40. Nationality. The proportion of households with access to potable water, is higher in Bolgatanga (61%) compared to the other districts. The Akan 47.5% Mole-Dagbon 16.6% Ewe 13.9% Ga-Dangme 7.4% Gurma 5.7% Guan 3.7% Grusi 2.5% Kusaasi 1.2% Bikpakpaam/Konkomba people 3.5% Mande 1.1% Fast facts about ethnic groups in Ghana The regional picture is replicated in the districts. The proportion of households occupying one or two rooms in the region varies from 9.3 per cent of households in the Bawku East, to 37.4 per cent in the Kassena-Nankana, District. For example in Bongo, 58.3 per cent of localities have the nearest facility less than 10 km away, compared to only 16.3 per cent in Bawku East. Slightly more females (1.7%) than males (1.4%) are reported as separated. Bawku East has the highest proportion of very large households (40.7%), followed by Bawku West (28.6%); Builsa has the lowest proportion (7.8%) of very large households. What is common to these three northern regions however is that they have an average household size larger than the national average of 5.1 persons per household. The remaining three districts have an average size of 5.7, much smaller than the regional average of 6.3 persons. These consist of 37 (55.2%) government owned, 24 (35.8%) mission institutions and 6 (9%) private facilities. The region has three Midwifery Schools and one State Registered Nursing School. The eligibility for this question is based on the average age of 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 (Ghana Statistical Service, March 2002). About a third (29.5%) are in Bawku East, a further 29.4 per cent in Bolgatanga and 17 per cent in Kassena- Nankana. It is also one of the few matrilineal societies in West Africa and Africa as a whole. Upper East Region - Bolgatanga The Capital of the Upper East Region is Bolgatanga. All the above emphasise the importance of intensifying the process of extension of social infrastructural facilities within the region instead of the current over concentration of services in only a few district capitals. Programmes on the empowerment of women to improve upon the role and status of women, through adult literacy programmes, girl-child education and income generating activities for women, should be promoted to enable females to participate fully in the development process. Who are the Ghanaian people? From 1902 the old Northern Territory was a British protectorate until 1960 when it was separated into the Northern and Upper Region. Thus, even the regional capital district (Bolgatanga) does not show much difference from the total regional picture. Public toilets are not even widely used in the region. The private informal sector accounts for not less than 69.0 per cent in each district. While substantive heads of households are predominantly male, the reverse is the case with temporary heads. About two-thirds (64.4%) is young, between 15 and 39 years. Among the Mole-Dagbon, the Nabdam, Kusasi, Nankani/Gurense and Builsa are significant. Sex composition. Bawku West. It is worth noting that Bongo has both the highest proportion of female household heads (35.7%) and lowest female temporary household heads (59.4%), far exceeding both regional and national levels. There is also effective traditional leadership and vibrant Youth Development Associations to facilitate efficient and effective mobilization of local resources. Educational attainment is consistently lower in the region, at every level, compared to the national pattern. Information collected on health facilities was only on the physical availability, distance to the nearest facility and personnel in the facility such as doctors, nurses and traditional healers. The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana [5] and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. Females constitute another group of the population that appears to be excluded and needs to be integrated into the development process. For the elderly population (70 years and over) there are again more males than females. Ashanti means "because of war." Because of the gold and the presence of Lake Volta, the Ashanti people built an empire in 1670. This should involve the collection, analysis and dissemination of population data (baseline demographic surveys, registration of births and deaths), and population information dissemination programmes (awareness programmes on population problems, will encourage the use of population data). The region has 11 districts with a total population of 702,110. Material of outer walls. Households size and number of sleeping rooms. Family planning IEC programmes to encourage and maintain the involvement of males in family planning, control of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS (training of health workers, IEC on STDs) to provide training and understanding on how population and development are related (training programmes, workshops for district level policy makers and implementers, heads of Government departments, traditional leaders). Volta, Northern, Upper East and Upper . There should be intensified education on the benefits of schooling to help stem girl-child dropout from schools, to provide incentives and attractive conditions to help retain girls in school. Small-scale industries constitute the most important industries in the region. The Kassena (6.5%) of the Grusi, Busanga (5.9%) of the Mande-Busanga and Bimoba (2.8%) of the Gurma are the other significant ethnic subgroups. All the other methods carry serious environmental risks. The reasons for this substantial imbalance may be that one woman dying results in only one male widowed in a monogamous marriage or no widow at all if the man is polygamous. Those with post-secondary level (agricultural schools, nursing training schools and teacher training colleges) make up 2.5 percent, with 3.2 per cent being males and 1.7 per cent females. Construction materials The composition of households shows that the proportion of heads of households varies from 11.4 per cent in the Bawku East, to 19.2 per cent in the Builsa, and that of spouses of heads of households, ranges from 8.9 per cent in the Bongo, to 13.3 per cent in the Bawku East, District. The training of staff to acquire the skills that encourage and improve routine data collection, analysis and dissemination of routine data on the activities and programmes of various government and non-governmental organizations, are necessary for addressing development problems. Bawku West is the least endowed, having only 3.7 per cent of all medical staff, followed by Bongo with 4.2 percent. Although rich agriculturally, the Upper East Region districts are considered some of the country's smallest municipalities. Their concentration is above the regional percentage share in only two districts, (Builsa, 3.9% and Bolgatanga, 1.7%). The three major industrial activities are Agriculture, including Hunting and Forestry, Wholesale and Retail trade, and Manufacturing. What is the population of Ghana by religion? Less than one per cent (0.9%) of the 1,390 localities within the region have a post office within the locality. The Upper East Region of Ghana contains 13 districts made up of 2 municipal and 11 ordinary district. Polygamy is widely practised in the region (36%). The first three together make up 90.7 per cent of occupations at the regional level. Between the ages of 20 and 69 years, however there are more females than males. Bolgatanga contains the regional capital where most of the white-collar jobs, wholesale and retail trade activities are concentrated. It lies between longitude 0 and 1 West, and latitudes 10 30N and 11N. These are also the three main sources of cooking fuel in each of the districts. No exploitation of this mineral has been carried out yet. The region is administered politically from Bolgatanga. There are also more households occupying seven or more rooms in the region (21.0%) than in the country as a whole (8.6%). When the youth are added to the population aged below 15 years, their proportions range from 50.4 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 54.3 per cent in Bawku West. The proportion of households using electricity as the main source of lighting is about one-half the regional average in three districts, Builsa, Bongo and Bawku West and above the regional average in the Bolgatanga, and Bawku East, Districts. Employees and the self-employed with employees (who could be taxed at source) make up less than a tenth in every district except the Kassena-Nankana (10.5%) and Bolgatanga (13.8%). Bawku East also has the largest proportion of households with seven or more sleeping rooms (23.8 percent). The proportion aged 65 years or older is 6.9 percent. The proportion engaged in wholesale and retail trade, the third major industrial activity in the region and in 3 of the districts, is lowest in Bawku West (4.9%) and higher in Bawku East (11.6%), followed by Bolgatanga (10.8%). A few of the children are engaged in mining and quarrying activities (1.5%) in the private household activities (1.7%). In terms of employment status, 52.8 per cent are own account workers, 35.1 per cent are unpaid family workers and an additional 5.6 per cent are domestic employees. Among the main ethnic groups discussed in the survey are: (1) Dagbani - Nanuni and Moore;Gurma of Northern Region; (2) Dagaare; Wali- Birifor of Upper West Region; and. The main cause of the low girl-child education, especially after the primary school level, is not merely poverty but the extreme poverty of parents (Regional Planning Coordinating Unit, 2003). Most of these livestock are kept on an unimproved scavenging regime, although some supplementary feeding is done especially during the dry season. Three districts (Builsa (17.3%), Bawku West (12.0%) and Bawku East (16.5%)) all have literacy below 20 percent. On the whole, children are particularly dependent. Ghana has a diverse cultural and linguistic population that strives for the same goals. In all the districts, almost all households dispose of their liquid waste on the street/outside gutter or in the compound of the house. 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