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. 2023 Jul 20;11:1232046. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1232046

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and sexual and reproductive health services utilisation (n = 402).

Variable Frequency Percentage Sexual and reproductive health services usage
No (66.2%) Yes (33.8%)
Disability type χ2 = 71.1, p = 0.008
Physically disabled 170 42.3 58.82 41.18
Visually impaired 232 57.7 71.55 28.45
Age (Years) χ2 = 6.36, p = 0.174
18–29 46 11.4 80.43 19.57
30–39 79 19.7 63.29 36.71
40–49 73 18.2 65.75 34.25
50–59 89 22.1 59.55 40.45
60+ 115 28.6 67.83 32.17
Sex χ2 = 23.5, p < 0.001
Female 195 48.5 54.36 45.64
Male 207 51.5 77.29 22.71
Residence χ2 = 2.77, p = 0.096
Kumasi Metro 323 80.4 68.11 31.89
Offinso North 79 19.7 58.23 41.77
Level of education χ2 = 5.3, p = 0.15
No formal education 68 16.9 69.12 30.88
Primary 66 16.4 60.61 39.39
JHS 130 32.3 60.77 39.23
SHS/Tertiary 138 34.3 72.46 27.54
Religious affiliation χ2 = 2.28, 0.131
Christian 356 88.6 64.89 35.11
Non-Christian 46 11.4 76.09 23.91
Marital status χ2 = 26.6, p < 0.001
Never married 97 24.1 86.60 13.40
Married 178 44.3 63.48 36.52
Separated/Widowed/Divorced 127 31.6 54.33 45.67
Ethnicity χ2 = 1.44, p = 0.231
Akan 330 82.1 64.85 35.15
Non-Akan 72 17.9 72.22 27.78
Employment χ2 = 1.26, p = 0.262
Not working 199 49.5 68.84 31.16
Working 203 50.5 63.55 36.45
NHIS Subscription χ2 = 0.13,p = 0.720
No 13 3.2 61.54 38.46
Yes 389 96.8 66.32 33.68
Duration to the nearest health facility(Minutes) χ2 = 4.81, p = 0.090
Less than 30 min 133 33.1 62.41 37.59
30–59 min 192 47.8 64.58 35.42
60 and above minutes 77 19.2 76.62 23.38

NHIS, National Health Insurance Scheme; SHS, Senior High School; JHS, Junior High School; χ2 = Chi-square; p, p-value.