Table 1.

Background characteristics of study businesses

Indicator	N	%
Total no. of employees	8141	100
No. of employees by gender
Male	5644	69.3
Female	2497	30.7
No. of employees by sectors
Construction and engineering	420	5.2
Services	3825	47.0
Manufacturing and processing	1335	16.4
Financial services	57	0.7
Pharmaceutical	537	6.6
Agriculture and agribusiness	1967	24.2
No. of employees by region
Greater Accra	3304	40.6
Ashanti	2026	24.9
Western	2811	34.5