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be assessed in the respective regions in the two samples from 2003 and
2005.
The tables provided by the Ghana Statistical Service divided the age
groups into 5 to 9 years and 10 to 14 years. But since our normative
sample was to be made up of children from 5 to 12 years, we decided to
use the number of children aged 5 to 9 years in the population as a frame
of reference for the regional composition of the sample.
A proportional stratified sample was used to gather data from a representative
sample of children allowing for the following factors: age, sex, and
educational background of their parents, region and urban or rural residence.
The sample therefore took into account those demographic variables
which characterize the population of interest. Individuals were then
selected at random from school records, but proportional to the demographic
make-up of the Ghanaian population.
Table 2: Standardization Sample by Age and Pupil Status
Age group Unschooled % School % Total %
5;0-5;6 56 10,1% 114 6,5% 170 7,4%
5;7-5;12 60 11.0% 113 6.4% 173 7.5%
6;0-6;6 34 6.2% 131 7.5% 165 7.2%
6;7-6;12 29 5.2% 123 7.0% 152 6.6%
7;0-7;6 44 7.9% 101 5.8% 145 6.3%
7;7-7;12 25 4.6% 119 6.8% 144 6.2%
8;0-8;6 51 9.3% 97 5.5% 148 6,4%
8;7-8;12 31 5.6% 115 6.6% 146 6.3%
9;0-9;6 42 7.6% 99 5.7% 141 6.1%
9;7-9;12 26 4.6% 112 6.4% 138 6.0%
10;0-10;6 40 7.2% 107 6.1% 147 6.4%
10;7-10;12 40 7.2% 146 8.3% 186 8.1%
11;0-11;6 33 6.0% 110 6.3% 143 6.2%
11;7-11;12 7 1.3% 79 4.5% 86 3.7%
12;0-12;12 34 6.1% 187 10.7% 221 9.6%
Total 551 100.0% 1 754 100.0% 2 306 100.0%
The figures in the table confirm that we were able to attain our goal of including
100 children in each half-year age group in order to assure a sufficient
size for developing norm tables.
The following table shows the number of children assessed in different regions
of Ghana as compared to the percentage of children aged 5 to 9
years living in the ten regions according to the 2000 Population and Housing
Census (Ghana Statistical Service, 2002).