Table 1.

Socio demographic characteristics of respondents

Variables	Male N (%)	Female N (%)	Total N
Age Group 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 – 79 80 – 89 ≥ 90	1002 (53.2) 697 (53.3) 468 (43.8) 159 (44.2) 53 (50.5)	880 (46.8) 611 (46.7) 601 (56.2) 201 (55.8) 52 (49.5)	(n=4724) 1882 1308 1069 360 105
Marital Status Never married Currently married Co habiting Separated/Divorced Widowed	28 (48.3) 1953 (72.3) 24 (64.9) 193 (30.9) 166 (13)	30 (51.7) 749 (27.7) 13 (35.1) 431 (69.1) 1110 (87)	(n=4697) 58 2702 37 624 1276
Educational level* Low High	1538 (43.4) 829 (72)	2007 (56.6) 323 (28)	(n=4697) 3545 1152
Income level (in quintiles)** Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5	450 (48) 437 (46.5) 466 (49.1) 483 (51.8) 541 (56.5)	488 (52) 502 (53.5) 483 (50.9) 450 (48.2) 417 (43.5)	(n=4717) 938 939 949 933 958
Ethnicity Akan Ewe Ga-Adangbe Gruma Grusi Guan Mande-Busanga Mole-Dagbon Others	956 (46.4) 138 (47.4) 218 (49.9) 110 (51.2) 30 (71.4) 36 (55.4) 39 (61.9) 72 (67.3) 637 (67.3)	1105 (53.6) 153 (52.6) 219 (50.1) 105 (48.8) 12 (28.6) 29 (44.6) 24 (38.1) 35 (32.7) 309 (32.7)	(n=4227) 2061 291 437 215 42 65 63 107 946

^*Formal education up to secondary level was classified as low while levels above secondary were classified as high.

^**Q1 represents the poorest while Q5 represents the richest