Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the variables in the study.

	Characteristics	Total
		N (779)	%
1	Sex
	Male	363	46.6
	Female	416	53.4
2	Age
	18–24	190	24.4
	25–34	235	30.2
	35–44	169	21.7
	45–59	117	15.0
	60+	68	8.7
3	Educational attainment
	Never been to school	55	7.1
	Primary school	117	15.0
	JHS	304	39.0
	SHS	237	30.4
	Tertiary Level	66	8.5
4	Marital status
	Married	350	44.9
	Never married/single	429	55.1
5	Employment status
	Employed	543	69.7
	Unemployed	236	30.3
6	Monthly incomea
	<200 GH¢	223	46.7
	200–500 GH¢	147	30.8
	500–1000 GH¢	66	13.8
	1000+ GH¢	42	8.8
7	Location of resident
	Rural	366	47
	Urban	413	53
8	Number of groups joined
	0	44	5.6
	1	165	21.2
	2+	570	73.2
	Mean (SD)	2.8 (1.8)
9	Volunteer activities
	0	430	55.2
	1	239	30.7
	2+	110	14.1
	Mean (SD)	0.8 (1.2)
10	Religious participation
	Yes	633	81.3
	No	146	18.7
11	Health literacy
	Inadequate health literacy	187	24.0
	Problematic health literacy	302	38.8
	Sufficient health literacy	290	37.2
	Mean (SD)	10.73 (3.37)
12	Health status
	Poor	79	10.1
	Fair	135	17.3
	Good	238	30.6
	Very good	231	29.7
	Excellent	96	12.3
13	Well-being
	Very dissatisfied	147	18.9
	Dissatisfied	342	43.9
	Indifferent	64	8.2
	Slightly satisfied	190	24.4
	Satisfied	36	4.6
	Mean (SD)	13.26 (3.99)

N = frequency. Some categories have missing or inapplicable cases.

Some rows are not up to the observed count due to missing values.

^a1US$ = GH¢ 3.8, as at the time of data collection