Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Variables | Frequency | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic Disease | ||
| Presence of Hypertension | 2829 | 56.1 |
| No Hypertension | 2214 | 43.9 |
| Presence of Diabetes | 177 | 3 |
| No Diabetes | 4913 | 97 |
| Presence of Angina (Chest Pain) | 149 | 2.9 |
| No Angina (Chest Pain) | 4939 | 97.1 |
| Presence of Arthritis (Joint Pain) | 580 | 11.4 |
| No Arthritis(Joint Pain) | 4509 | 88.6 |
| Presence of Stroke | 120 | 2.4 |
| No Stroke | 4970 | 97.6 |
| Presence of Visual Impairment | 1263 | 24.9 |
| No Visual Impairment | 3812 | 75.1 |
| Presence of Obesity | 500 | 9.1 |
| No Obesity | 4471 | 89.9 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 2816 | 50.6 |
| Female | 2749 | 49.4 |
| Age | ||
| Below 40 | 455 | 8.3 |
| 40 – 59 | 2267 | 40.7 |
| 60 and above | 2841 | 51.0 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Not-married | 2157 | 39.0 |
| Married | 3373 | 61.0 |
| Schooled | ||
| No | 2576 | 50.5 |
| Yes | 2520 | 49.5 |
| Employer | ||
| Public | 469 | 9.4 |
| Private | 207 | 4.1 |
| Self-employed | 3967 | 79.5 |
| Informal | 348 | 7.0 |
| Enough Money | ||
| Completely | 71 | 1.3 |
| Mostly | 276 | 5.5 |
| Moderately | 1186 | 23.5 |
| A little | 2197 | 43.5 |
| Not at all | 1324 | 26.2 |
| Religion | ||
| Christianity | 3546 | 70.0 |
| Islam | 797 | 15.7 |
| Other | 750 | 14.3 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Akan | 2465 | 49.1 |
| Ewe | 333 | 6.6 |
| Ga-adangbe | 528 | 10.5 |
| Gruma | 255 | 5.1 |
| Grusi | 48 | 1.0 |
| Guan | 82 | 1.6 |
| Mande-busanga | 82 | 1.6 |
| Mole-dagbon | 126 | 2.5 |
| Other | 1101 | 21.9 |