Table 3.

A summary of the demographic characteristics of the research respondents

Variable	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	57	16.7
Female	285	83.3
Agea
20–30 years	185	55.2
31–40 years	125	37.3
41–50 years	14	4.2
51–60 years	11	3.3
Marital statusa
Single	146	43.6
Married	188	56.1
Divorced	1	0.3
Education
SSCE/O' level/A' level	12	3.6
Diploma	191	55.8
Certificate	20	5.8
Bachelor's degree	83	24.3
Master's degree	16	4.7
Others	20	5.8
Cadres of nursinga
General nurse	109	33.3
Midwifery	71	21.7
Public health nurse	21	6.4
Community nurse	17	5.2
Psychiatric nurse	60	16.8
Nurse assistant	43	13.1
Others	12	3.4
Tenure of worka
1–5 years	249	75
6–10 years	59	17.7
11–15 years	15	4.5
16 years and above	9	2.7
Religiona
Christian	301	91.5
Islam	28	8.5

^aMissing data.