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. 2023 May 29;13:8710. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35275-5

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of respondents.

Variables Categories Freq %
Age 18–25 304 47.3%
26–35 231 36.0%
36–45 95 14.8%
Above 45 12 1.9%
Gender Female 306 47.7%
Male 336 52.3%
Educational level Basic education 3 0.5%
Post-graduate education 92 14.3%
Secondary education 31 4.8%
Tertiary education 516 80.4%
Marital status Married 197 30.7%
Single 445 69.3%
Occupation Formal 286 44.5%
Informal 19 3.0%
student 337 52.5%
Region of respondent Ahafo region 7 1.1%
Ashanti region 63 9.8%
Bono east region 7 1.1%
Bono region 14 2.2%
Central region 32 5.0%
Eastern region 64 10.0%
Greater Accra 136 21.2%
North east 5 0.8%
Northern region 47 7.3%
Oti region 8 1.2%
Savannah region 12 1.9%
Upper east region 26 4.0%
Upper west region 30 4.7%
Volta region 159 24.8%
Western north region 5 0.8%
Western region 27 4.2%