Country Care Snapshots

Ghana

Children Living Without Biological Parents
Effective
Both Parents Alive
76.2 %
MICS 2006
81 %
DHS 2008
79.5 %
MICS 2011
81 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
77 %
MICS 2017-2018
One Parent Dead
17 %
MICS 2006
15 %
DHS 2008
15.8 %
MICS 2011
14 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
18 %
MICS 2017-2018
Both Parents Dead
6.8 %
MICS 2006
4 %
DHS 2008
4.7 %
MICS 2011
5 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
5 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living in Kinship Care
94 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
93.8 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living With a Non-Relative
5 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
2 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living with Grandparent
54 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
56.1 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living with Other Relative
31 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
30.7 %
MICS 2017-2018
Child Head of Household
0.1 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living with Spouse
0.2 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living with Sibling
5 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
3.6 %
MICS 2017-2018
Living with Adoptive/Foster/Step Parent
4 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
3.2 %
MICS 2017-2018
Servant (Live-In)
1.4%
MICS 2017-2018
Inconsistent/Don’t Know/Missing
1 %
BCN Analysis of 2014 DHS Data
2.7 %
MICS 2017-2018