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. 2010 Jan 13;7(1):125–145. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7010125
SES Variable Mean Std dev Factor score
Residents’ economic activity status
Economically inactive 0.610 0.076 0.500
Employed 0.139 0.041 0.500
Residents’ educational attainment
No education 0.163 0.062 0.095
Pre-school education 0.044 0.008 0.448
Primary education 0.165 0.027 0.520
Middle/JSS education 0.165 0.027 0.520
Secondary/SSS education 0.155 0.032 0.132
Vocational/technical/commercial education 0.076 0.018 0.160
Post secondary education 0.029 0.009 −0.053
Residents with tertiary education 0.076 0.096 −0.451
Residents’ occupation
Administrative and managerial occupations 0.147 0.064 0.419
Clerical and related occupations 0.014 0.016 0.459
Sales occupations 0.135 0.029 0.104
Service occupations 0.233 0.075 −0.490
Agriculture/husbandry/forestry/fishing/hunting occupation 0.122 0.067 0.356
Production/transport and equipment operators and laborers 0.042 0.047 −0.143
Proportion of other laborers not elsewhere classified 0.070 0.019 −0.415
Professional technical and related workers 0.237 0.047 −0.207
Residents’ place of work
Residents working in agriculture hunting and forestry 0.042 0.014 −0.027
Residents working in fishing 0.029 0.041 −0.065
Residents working in mining and quarrying 0.018 0.009 0.020
Residents working in manufacturing 0.169 0.031 −0.415
Residents working in electricity gas and water supply 0.008 0.004 0.036
Residents working in construction 0.083 0.041 0.015
Residents working in wholesale/retail trade/vehicle repairers 0.264 0.081 −0.483
Residents working in hotels and restaurants 0.024 0.009 −0.071
Residents working in transport storage and communications 0.093 0.026 −0.320
Residents working in banking & finance 0.019 0.009 0.164
Residents working in real estate renting and business activities 0.041 0.016 0.217
Residents working in public administration/defense/social security 0.074 0.087 0.357
Residents working education sector 0.036 0.036 0.231
Residents working in health and social services 0.019 0.032 0.245
Residents working in other community social and personal services 0.048 0.009 −0.059
Residents working in private households 0.026 0.027 0.401
Proportion of new workers seeking employment 0.007 0.008 0.024
Residents’ marital status
Married residents 0.394 0.054 0.446
Residents living together but not married 0.043 0.025 0.446
Residents separated 0.018 0.008 0.269
Residents divorced 0.027 0.017 0.427
Residents widowed 0.016 0.008 0.410
Singles 0.502 0.076 −0.424
Residents’ ethnicity
Akan group 0.439 0.106 0.109
Ga Dangme group 0.267 0.164 −0.417
Ewe group 0.153 0.076 0.249
Guan group 0.031 0.013 0.396
Gurma group 0.011 0.025 0.182
Mole-Dagbani group 0.056 0.034 0.408
Grusi group 0.024 0.012 0.413
Mande group 0.008 0.009 0.369
All other ethic groups 0.013 0.021 0.298