The age composition of the population aged 15-64 years shows that each district has a potentially large and youthful workforce (15-39 years), which if properly managed, can become a great economic asset for the region. In four of the districts these three contribute to more than 90 per cent of the economically active population. Females head only about one-fifth (22.2%) of households in the region compared to the rate of about one-third (31.3%) for the country. Public toilets are for communal or public use (paid or free use). Chiana, Binaba-Kusanaba and Pusiga do not have permanent water system staff offices. There are also more households occupying seven or more rooms in the region (21%) than in the country (8.6%) as a whole. There are also maternity homes and nine dressing centres. The regions Small Towns and Rural water coverage is currently 65.64% as at December 2019. Since 92.3 per cent of the population aged 12-14 are never married, however, the data on marital status are presented only for the population 15 years or older. That is why even though Bongo has only one doctor, the compactness of the district makes him available to most localities that are within 8 kilometres of the clinic. In this predominantly peasant labour intensive agricultural economy, if the district economies do not grow rapidly and jobs are not created sufficiently to match the economically active population, there will be a constant pool of unemployed labour. It shares boundaries with Bolgatanga community to the South West, Burkina Faso to the North, Nabdam district to the South East, and Kassena-Nankana East community to the West. The dependent population is made up of 40.9 per cent below 15 years and 5.5 per cent aged 65 years and above. Rooms in compound houses are the predominant type of dwelling units in all the districts. On the basis of this ideal situation, it would be appropriate to state that one to three person households would be expected to have at least one sleeping room, 4-6 households, at least two sleeping rooms, 7-9 person households at least three sleeping rooms and ten or more person households, at least four sleeping rooms. Danish (includes Greenlandic (who are predominantly Inuit) and Faroese) 85.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 13.3% (largest groups are Polish, Syrian, Romanian, German, and Iraqi) (2022 est.) Housing condition and community facilities. 2021 Ghana Human Rights Report - Ghana is a constitutional democracy with a strong presidency and a unicameral 275-seat parliament. The regional picture, however, changes depending on the base district of the ethnic groups. The major languages of the region are Gurene (Frafra), Kasina, Nankani, Buile, Kusal, Mampruli and Bisa. The dam is also used for irrigation and fish farming. This is the newly built cotton ginnery at Pusu-Namongo (near Bolgatanga). All district capitals have Ghana Telecom landlines, Groundwater conditions are good, ranging from between 60% 80% in some districts. All the districts in Upper East have room occupancy below the threshold value. This situation is most likely due to the combined effects of the late introduction of Western education, the influence of Islamic religion, general poverty and other cultural practices. This is why for example in Bongo, the smallest district, no household is more than 20 kilometres from a facility, while for Builsa and Bawku East, the two largest districts in terms of area, 51.9 per cent (Bawku East) and 41.1 per cent (Builsa) of localities are over 20 kilometres away from a facility. In each district, the proportion of evermarried females is higher than that for males. Investors could therefore take advantage of this. Ethnicity and languages The major ethnic groups in Upper East fall under the broad categories of Mole Dagbon (74.5%), Grusi (8.5%), Mande-Busanga (6.2%) and Gurma (3.2%). This situation is reinforced by the fact that the population is relatively young, with 41.4 per cent below 15 years; this requires substantial expansion in the local economy to provide employment opportunities, as well as educational and health facilities. All the other methods carry serious environmental risks. The proportions of males (61%) and females (74.9%) ever married are also lower in the country compared to the region. Completed family size however is not an indicator of current fertility because the births to these women occurred in the past at varying times in a period extending about 25 years. Home; News. The Upper East Region is located in north Ghana[5] and is the third smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. The Oti and Obosum formation have nodular structures and it is intensely weathered. The health and reproductive health specific programmes include the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) and family planning services delivery programmes (importation of contraceptives, distribution of contraceptives), sale of contraceptives, training of communitybased distributors, training of traditional birth attendants (TBAs). The Mamprusi comprise only 1.8 per cent of the regions population. The size of each segment has implications for the demand for social services, future population growth, youth unemployment, the overall dependency burden, as well as the total working force of the district. In all the districts, the proportion born in the locality of enumeration (I.e. How many ethnic groups are in Ghana? About 62 per cent of the population in the region are currently married, consisting of 58.5 per cent male and 64.5 per cent females. The age-sex ratios from age group 45-49 to the oldest age, pick-up gradually and in a consistent manner except for the dents at ages 50-54 and 60 64 years. Pipe-borne water inside house includes water piped into the living quarters or house through an inside plumbing system. Three main religious groupings are found in the region, namely the Traditional (46.4%), Christianity (28.3%) and Islam (22.6%). Children of the heads of households constitute the highest proportion of household members in each district. In every district, about one out of every eight persons is a child below 5 years. In the urban areas, gutters constructed, as storm drains along roads have also become receptacles for solid and liquid waste disposal, thus, becoming sites for mosquitoes and other pests to breed. The proportion using the kerosene lamp varies from 78.1 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 92.7 per cent in the Builsa, District. The community is blessed with millet, shea butter, maize, and gold, among others. For the elderly population (70 years and over) there are again more males than females. Among these are the availability of health care services, whether private or public, and the accessibility and quality of such services. However, languages that belong to the same ethnic group are usually mutually intelligible. For the purpose of analysis, the households are classified into five categories: single (1 person), small (2 persons), medium (3-5 persons) large (6-8 persons) and very large (9 persons or more). Two per cent are employees, and one per cent is an apprentice. The proportional share of the two materials ranges from 92.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 97.4 per cent in Bawku West. Traditional religion is the most common form of worship in the region (46.4%), followed by Christianity (28.3%) and Islam (22.6%). The environmental implications should therefore be a national concern. Household heads in the region and in all the districts are mostly in the late adult ages. There is a great potential in the region for the large-scale production of rice especially in the now onchocerciasis (river blindness) free zone. The proportion of males who have attended school before is consistently higher than for females at all levels. Bawku West, with the highest age dependency ratio of 116.1 has 46.4 per cent of its population aged below 15 years and only 7.2 per cent aged 65 years and over. These rocks when weathered are characteristically purple. The already existing large proportion of the unemployed poses a challenge for job creation. The region plays host to many festivals throughout the year, most of which are either to bring a good planting season or celebrate the harvest. The population below 15 years was 41.5 percent in 2010. The differences between the districts in the use of roofing materials. The historical co-evolution of technology, schooling, and labour market institutions, also known as the 'race between education and technology', is a central theme in the literature on modern economic growth and inequality.1 To study the dynamics of this 'race', scholars have composed large datasets on wage structures for the deep and more recent pasts.2 Skill premiums, defined as the . Nabdam District became an Assembly by Legislative Instrument (L.I. Garu increased from 3,104 in 1984 to 5,057 in 2000, while Pusiga grew from 1,125 to 6,823 over the same period. The availability, accessibility and affordability of kerosene should therefore be of great concern in each district of the region. Corrugated metal is used for roofs mostly in the three most populous and most urbanized districts of Bolgatanga (42.8%), Bawku, (39.9%) and Kassena-Nankana (23.5%). For example, the Bimoba comprise 2.8 per cent of the population in the region but have no concentration in any one district. High bacteriological contamination is prevalent across all districts in the region with high fluoride content in most parts of Bongo district and some part of Bolgantaga municipal assembly. The already documented policies, programmes, projects and activities are extensive and comprehensive enough to meet the needs and priorities of individual districts, sub-districts and communities. Its administrative capital is Zuarungu, and endowments like cashew, rubber, and Gold are peculiar. Six methods of disposal are specified. The Ministry of Educations accessibility policy goal is to provide one primary school facility within a travel distance not exceeding 3 kilometres and one JSS facility within a travel distance not exceeding 5 kilometres. Notable among them are: Naa Gbewaa Shrine at Pusiga, Paga Crocodile Pond, Sirigu Pottery Women and Traditional Arts, Tongo Rocks and Tengzug shrine. Almost all households in the region (97.5%) have some cooking space within the premises of the housing unit, and 82.8 per cent use a space provided for bathing within the house. As for the ethnic groups and tribes in the Upper East Region of Ghana, there are seven major ethnic groups and more than eight languages. The overall distribution of migrants shows a higher proportion of females than males in the region and in each district. Due to its smallness, no facility is more than 19 kilometres away in this district. It cannot be said that such a person has never migrated because he/she was counted at the locality of birth. Less than ten per cent of households in each of the other districts use electricity. During the Homowo celebration in late August and early September, priestesses perform this ritual dance in shrines throughout greater Accra. Millet stock or corn stock is used by 18 per cent of households in the region, and charcoal is used by 11.6 percent. Teledensity (phones/per 100 populations is very low in the region (0.1) compared to the national density of 0.7). 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. These crafts, varied as they are, include, pottery, basketry and smock weaving which is done at areas like Namoo, Zokko, Navrongo and Paga. Bawku West. Some urban centres however decreased in population (e.g., Navrongo, Paga). The proportion that have ever attended school is higher in three districts (Bolgatanga, Kassena-Nankana and Bongo), than the regional average, and substantially lower in the Bawku East and the Bawku West Districts. With population of nearly 2 million, the main ethnic groups are Dagomba, Nanumba, Mamprusi, Gonja and Komkombas. Below is a list of Ghana demographics, showing the list of ethnic groups in Ghana and population percentage. Two-thirds (64.0%) of households occupying five or more sleeping rooms in the district, however, have seven or more members, compared with 72.6 per cent in the region as a whole. The bedrock-weathered zone interface (quartz-veined aquifers) aquifer, which is the third major, is found in bedrocks. The most common economic trees are the sheanut, dawadawa, boabab and acacia. These three have densities higher than the regional figure of 104 people per sq km. Only 3.5 per cent of those who had ever attended school reached the tertiary level varying from 2.3 per cent in Builsa to 4.0 per cent in Bongo. Kassena-Nankana follows with 25.0 per cent of doctors, 19.1 per cent of nurses and 17.8 per cent of all medical staff. In Ghana, the Mamprusis live mainly in Nalerigu and Gambaga in the northwest of the Northern Region but also inhabit parts of the Upper East Region. At the JSS level, the proportion of trained teachers is 80 percent, ranging from 71.7 per cent in Kassena- Nankana to 94.4 per cent in Bawku West. Of the total of 19,469 children aged 3-5 years in the region who are in school, 77.2 per cent are in pre-school and 22.8 per cent are in primary school. The average household size for the region is slightly lower than that of the adjacent regions, Northern (7.4) and Upper West (7.2). This is far lower than the national figure of 6.7 percent. Senior secondary schools however are usually boarding institutions and therefore the number and distances to nearest SSSs are not very critical for accessibility. Solid waste collected from households varies from only 0.8 per cent in Bawku West to 4.5 per cent in Bolgatanga, while garbage burned by households varies from 4.7 per cent in Bawku West to 26 per cent in Builsa. The public and semi public sector employs an additional 4.2 percent. They are the Grusi, Gurma, and the Mole-Dangbane. Pipelines for water systems have been out grown by the population and therefore more extension is required. All poverty indications show that northern Ghana (Upper East, Upper West and Northern) continues to be the poorest area in the country (Ghana Statistical Service, 2000). Electricity supply in the region is from the national grid and it serves about 60% of the towns and some portion of the rural communities. The high correlation between levels of education and positive health and other social indicators makes education a very important variable in any development planning at the district level. The regions soil is upland soil mainly developed from granite rocks. District Assemblies in the region face problems in identifying, prioritizing and implementing policies and interventions specific to their districts and communities. While substantive heads of households are predominantly male, the reverse is the case with temporary heads. It varies from 0.3 per cent in Bolgatanga to 2.6 per cent in Builsa. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga. The situation is not different for the districts in the region. The 1997 Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) survey reports that while primary and junior secondary school enrolment rates (in Upper East) are consistent with the national averages, accessibility remains a problem (Statistical Services, Accra Ghana, and February 2001). Some of the dominant dialects include Nankani, Bisah, Kusal, Ndam, Kassem, and Gurune. The high proportions of the economically active populations of Bongo and Bolgatanga for both males and females may reflect the fact that these two districts produce the bulk of the well-known raffia baskets (Bolga basket) and leather products. Although less than half of the localities in the region have a primary school within the locality, 32.4 per cent have a primary school within 1-3 kilometres. The region is not left out when it comes to sites and scenes of tourist interest. The proportion literate in a Ghanaian language varies from 3.5 per cent in the Bawku West, to 11.9 per cent in the Kassena-Nankana, District. nonmigrants) varies from 86.7 per cent in the Bolgatanga to 93.5 per cent in the Bawku West, District. The regions population of 920,089 is not evenly distributed among the six districts. About two-thirds (64.4%) is young, between 15 and 39 years. The name of the dance is thought to be derived from a long-ago incident in which a giant attacked and killed the Fante men in the middle of the night. The population of the region is 920,089, which is less than one twentieth (4.9%) of the national population. Both these national routes are connected by the N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region. East, the proportion is 68.2 per cent while it is 67.4 per cent in Bolgatanga and 64.2 per cent in Kassena-Nankana. Bolgatanga has the largest proportion of households using electricity (19.5%), followed by Bawku East (15.2%). The Lower Birimian Series comprises phyllites, schists, shales, greywackes and siltstones whereas the Upper Birimian consists of thick beds of agglomerate, pyroclastic and hypabyssal intrusive rocks and the rock types are mostly grewackes and phyllites. The district's administrative capital is Zebilla. Others are the three point elevation at Pusiga, where the tip of the boundary demarcation between the three sister countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo converge, the Tongo hills and the Navrongo Cathedral with its eloquent constructional and decorational designs which portray the beauty in the art of the people. This is because the upper half is underlain by granites and its subsidiary Birimian metamorphics as compared to the Voltaian mudstones and shales in the southern half of the region. For example, literacy in English only is about 30.0 per cent higher in the region than in Builsa and about 56.0 per cent higher than in the Bawku West, District. The Paramount Chief of the Kpembe Traditional Area in the Northern Region, Banbange Ndafoso IV, has given an assurance that all ethnic groups in the Gonja Traditional Area will be duly recognised in the proposed Savannah Region to promote peace, unity and ethnic diversity. In the female reproductive age group of 15-49 years, there is an overall excess of females (44.3%) over males (39.2%) of about 13.0 percent. Among all households with two sleeping rooms, about a fifth (21.6%) is overcrowded. The analysis therefore focuses mainly on the school attendance of persons aged 6 years and older, while the data for the 3-5 years are presented to show the extent of pre-schooling, which has become official policy, but is not fully enforced. 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