Table 1.
Background characteristics by gender of the study participants.
| Gender |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male |
Female |
Total |
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| n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age | <20 | 35 (7.3) | 20 (7.2) | 55 (7.3) |
| 20–25 | 381 (79.7) | 236 (85.5) | 617 (81.8) | |
| 26–31 | 37 (7.7) | 14 (5.1) | 51 (6.8) | |
| 32–37 | 25 (5.2) | 6 (2.2) | 31 (4.1) | |
| Marital status | Single | 464 (97.1) | 268 (97.1) | 732 (97.1) |
| Married/Co-habited | 14 (2.9) | 8 (2.9) | 22 (2.9) | |
| Monthly pocket money | <Ghc100 | 197 (41.2) | 63 (22.8) | 260 (34.5) |
| Ghc100–200 | 182 (38.1) | 118 (42.8) | 300 (39.8) | |
| Ghc201–300 | 99 (20.7) | 95 (34.4) | 194 (25.7) | |
| Level of student | 100 | 179 (37.4) | 115 (41.7) | 294 (39.0) |
| 200 | 75 (15.7) | 19 (6.9) | 94 (12.5) | |
| 300 | 184 (38.5) | 104 (37.7) | 288 (38.2) | |
| 400 | 40 (8.4) | 38 (13.8) | 78 (10.3) | |
| Religious background | African traditional religion | 37 (7.7) | 27 (9.8) | 64 (8.5) |
| Christianity | 399 (83.5) | 229 (83.0) | 628 (83.3) | |
| Islamic religion | 30 (6.3) | 20 (7.2) | 50 (6.6) | |
| Other religions | 12 (2.5) | 0 (.0) | 12 (1.6) | |