Some significant differentials between districts are observed for educational attainment and literacy. Grusi of Upper East Region. The proportion of the not economically active that is students ranges from 13.0 per cent in Bawku West to 22.5 per cent in Bolgatanga. Yields from this aquifer type are relatively high. The differences in the proportion which are in the effective functional literacy category and the proportions literate in a Ghanaian language may also imply that literacy is acquired mostly in the classroom setting than through the existing adult education or functional literacy programmes. Poultry is mostly local birds and domesticated guinea fowls. The country is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus entitling its citizens to a 90-day free stay in any other member state. Lack of capacity building for technical staff on submersible pump control panels. For example, mud/mud bricks account for over 80.0 per cent of wall materials in all districts. Housing quality is far poorer in the region than for the country. The Busanga also make up about 6 per cent of the regions population and are mostly in Bawku East (15.4%) and Bawku West (7.8%). In Bolgatanga, there are 8 government, 3 religious organisation and 3 private clinics while 4 of the 10 clinics in Bawku West are government-owned and 3 are for religious organisations. Until 1984, Burkina Faso, meaning "Land of Incorruptible People" was known as . About two-thirds (68%) of the children work in the private informal sector. Nationally the labour force aged 15-34 years shrank slightly from 63.7 per cent of the total labour force in 1984 to 61.1 per cent in 2000, while those aged 35-64 increased between 1984 and 2000. The private formal sector employs about a fifth (21.2%) of economically active population in the region. Availability of health services may be defined broadly to include a range of conditions: from the availability of the physical health service structure, to the availability of appropriate personnel to run the facilities where available. Cultural and social structures 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). The age structure of the population in the districts is skewed towards the youth. Slightly more females (1.7%) than males (1.4%) are reported as separated. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla. These are, traditional birth attendants (TBAs), who play the role of midwives, especially in the rural areas, faith healers, who operate from religious movements and derive their healing powers through faith in a Divine Being, fetish priests, including indigenous priests and priestesses of shrines, ritual and cult leaders, and herbalists. The regional total fertility rate (TFR) of 4.0 and the mean age of child bearing (33 years) implies a continuous child bearing throughout the reproductive periods. Thus, it is fertility that is the overriding factor in determining an age distribution. Ideally, more than two persons should not occupy a room, and any room occupancy ratio above 2 persons per room is considered to be on the threshold of over-crowding. About 80% of the labour force is in agriculture[2]. The 2000 Annual Report of Regional Health Administration gives the regional and district distribution of hospitals, clinics and health centres. Hence, overall, the drilling success rate in the region hovers around 70 75%. St. John Bosco's College of Education The Mole-Dagbani ethnic group comprises the Moshi (Mossi), Mamprusi, Nanumba and Dagomba.There are more than 450,000 Mamprusi living in Ghana, and approximately 11,000 in Togo. Ghana has a diverse cultural and linguistic population that strives for the same goals. The Kwa linguistic group, which includes the Akan, Ewe, and Ga-Adangbe, is located in south Volta. The Bamaya is a "rain dance" originally only performed by women. Less than two per cent are reported as being in such a union. In the region as a whole, 42 per cent of households with one sleeping room can be classified as over crowded because they have four or more members, 20.3 per cent of households occupying two rooms are over-crowded and 9.3 per cent of households occupying three sleeping rooms are over-crowded. It is located in the saprock and typically under semi-confined to confined conditions. The fact that children at these ages are already gainfully employed is a reflection of the extent of child labour in the region. Waste disposal facilities There are also more households occupying seven or more rooms in the region (21.0%) than in the country as a whole (8.6%). Other members of the RCC include representatives from each district assembly, regional heads of decentralized ministries, and representatives of the Regional House of Chiefs. Even in Kassena-Nankana where the White Fathers opened their first mission station at Navrongo in 1906, 55.4 per cent are traditionalists. Demographics - Population There is a fuel depot at Bolgatanga for the storage of petroleum products. On the basis of this definition, the population is primarily rural (79.0%). This observation is true for both males and females. Shea butter, rice, stones, and tomatoes are some of the endowments found there. Kassena-Nankana east district of the upper east region of Ghana Abu Abudu1, Stephen Gbedemah2, . 1975. There are also maternity homes and nine dressing centres. 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 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). The sex ratios reflect the observed pattern which is contrary to the expected pattern of more females than males at the older ages, and may be partly due to exaggeration of age by elderly men. Toilet facilities show the greatest discrepancy. The inter censual growth rate of 1.1 per cent per annum is slightly below one-half the national growth rate of 2.7 per cent and is the lowest regional growth rate recorded. The relative order of importance of the various occupations (in terms of employment) is maintained for both males and females and in each district, except that there are proportionately more males in agriculture, professional and related work and in managerial/administrative and clerical work. Kassena-Nankana has the highest proportion (29.6%) of localities with a JSS, followed by Bolgatanga (27%), while Bawku West (5.9%) has the least proportion of localities with a JSS. The proportional share of the two materials ranges from 92.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 97.4 per cent in Bawku West. The proportion urban in the country (43.8%) is almost three times as large as that of the region (15.7%). The proportion of males who have attended school in the region who reached primary school level is 18.0 percent, compared to 14.3 per cent for females. 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 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. With a low per capita income, the youth usually migrate to the southern part of Ghana during the dry season to do menial jobs. There are generally no distinct boundaries between communities as compounds in contiguous villages over lap. Distances from locality to nearest facilities. The proportion of household members who are heads of households ranges from 11.4 per cent in Bawku East to 19.2 per cent in Builsa. The main vegetation is Sudan Savannah type with short grass, classified as vast areas of grassland, interspersed with guinea savannah woodland, characterized by drought-resistant trees such as acacia, baobab, sheanut, dawadawa, mango, neem, etc. Generally, at every level the proportion of girls progressing to the next grade reduces from one grade to the other. The Upper West Region - Wa. Contrary to the popular perception that children are used as househelp, child domestic employees make up only 3 per cent while other employees make up 1.7 percent. People are likely then to seek assistance from the nearest facility including a traditional healer, or a licensed chemical seller, even if the particular emergency is outside the competence of that particular facility. The higher excess of female in the adult age groups within the region compared to the national picture may be due partly to long-term out migration of able bodied men to the southern regions of the country and to a lesser extent due to higher male mortality in ethnic conflicts. This sector, therefore, needs to be modernized and injected with capital and technical expertise to enable it diversify its scope of activities to absorb the large numbers of potential job seekers. The sex ratio is also not much at variance with the national and regional figures. The eligible population (aged 15 years or older) who are never married ranges from 18.5 per cent in Bawku West to 28.1 per cent in Bolgatanga, the regional capital. It cannot be said that such a person has never migrated because he/she was counted at the locality of birth. The working children in the district are mainly self-employed without employees (61.7%), unpaid family workers (33%), domestic employees (1.9%), employees (1.6%) and apprentices (1.1%). Seven out of ten (71.0%) are in the private informal sector. 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%). note: data represent population by ancestry Djibouti Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (mostly Yemeni Arab, also French, Ethiopian, and Italian) Dominica You can find these cultural institutions on both the southern and northern banks of the Volta River. Post office facilities are very few in the region, and are limited almost entirely to the district capitals. 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. 8. Housing condition and community facilities. 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