TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of respondents.
| Variable (n = 417) | Male |
Female |
Significance level |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | X2 | p | df | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| ≤ 29 | 98 | 33.8 | 192 | 66.2 | - | - | - |
| 30–40 | 19 | 32.8 | 39 | 67.2 | - | - | - |
| 41–50 | 8 | 19.0 | 34 | 81.0 | - | - | - |
| 51–60 | 12 | 52.2 | 11 | 47.8 | - | - | - |
| ≥ 61 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 8.067 | 0.089 | 4 |
| Religion | |||||||
| Christian | 126 | 32.6 | 260 | 67.4 | - | - | - |
| Islam | 5 | 29.4 | 12 | 70.6 | - | - | - |
| Traditionalist | 8 | 57.1 | 6 | 42.9 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 3.772 | 0.152 | 2 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Akan | 104 | 30.2 | 240 | 69.8 | - | - | - |
| Ga-Adangbe | 13 | 40.6 | 19 | 59.4 | - | - | - |
| Mole-Dagbon | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | - | - | - |
| Ewe | 10 | 43.5 | 13 | 56.5 | - | - | - |
| Others | 9 | 69.2 | 4 | 30.8 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 12.458 | 0.014 | df = 4 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 106 | 31.3 | 233 | 68.7 | - | - | - |
| Married | 27 | 48.2 | 29 | 51.8 | - | - | - |
| Divorced | 5 | 33.3 | 10 | 66.7 | - | - | - |
| Widow or widower | 1 | 14.3 | 6 | 85.7 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 7.374 | 0.061 | 3 |
| Education | |||||||
| Basic | 8 | 40.0 | 12 | 60.0 | - | - | - |
| Secondary | 13 | 33.3 | 26 | 66.7 | - | - | - |
| Tertiary | 116 | 32.6 | 240 | 67.4 | - | - | - |
| Others | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 4.490 | 0.213 | 3 |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Self-employed | 19 | 35.2 | 35 | 64.8 | - | - | - |
| Employed | 31 | 14.4 | 185 | 85.6 | - | - | - |
| Unemployed | 89 | 60.5 | 58 | 39.5 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 84.084 | 0.000 | 2 |
| First visit to health facility | |||||||
| Yes | 71 | 55.5 | 57 | 44.5 | - | - | - |
| No | 68 | 23.5 | 221 | 76.5 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 40.723 | 0.000 | 1 |
| Health insurance | |||||||
| Yes | 130 | 32.7 | 267 | 67.3 | - | - | - |
| No | 9 | 45.0 | 11 | 55.0 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 1.287 | 0.257 | 1 |
| Sector of Employment | |||||||
| Formal sector | 56 | 26.7 | 154 | 73.3 | - | - | - |
| Informal sector | 29 | 19.6 | 119 | 80.4 | - | - | - |
| Not applicable | 54 | 91.5 | 5 | 8.5 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | −106.678 | 0.000 | 2 |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Teacher or lecturer | 12 | 15.4 | 66 | 84.6 | - | - | - |
| Banker | 10 | 20.8 | 38 | 79.2 | - | - | - |
| Driver | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 100.0 | - | - | - |
| Others† | 6 | 31.6 | 13 | 68.4 | - | - | - |
| Student | 96 | 51.6 | 90 | 48.4 | - | - | - |
| Trader | 15 | 20.3 | 59 | 79.7 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 54.359 | 0.000 | 5 |
| Social status | |||||||
| Upper class | 19 | 13.7 | 30 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
| Middle class | 114 | 82.0 | 240 | 86.3 | - | - | - |
| Lower class | 6 | 4.30 | 8 | 2.9 | - | - | - |
| Total | 139 | 33.3 | 278 | 66.7 | 1.428 | 0.490 | 2 |
†
, This included informal workers such as farmers, construction workers and so on.