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Sample characteristics of the study participants
| Category of Respondents (N = 60) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Users (poor older people) (N = 30) | Providers(N = 15) | Caregivers(N = 15) |
| Gender | Male | 7 | 6 | – |
| Female | 23 | 9 | 15 | |
| Education | None | 19 | – | 8 |
| Basic | 8 | – | 5 | |
| Secondary | 3 | – | 2 | |
| Tertiary | – | 15 | – | |
| Religion | Christianity | 27 | 12 | 14 |
| Islam | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ethnicity | Akan | 25 | 12 | 13 |
| Northerner | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
