Table 3.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample.

	Total (n = 459)		Accra (n = 198)		Ho (n = 103)		Nairobi (n = 158)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Females	310	67.5	122	61.6	103	100.0	85	53.8
Males	149	32.5	76	38.4	_	_	73	46.2
Age
13-18y	150	32.7	65	32.8	37	35.9	48	30.4
19-49y	205	44.7	83	41.9	66	64.1	56	35.4
≥ 50y	104	22.6	50	25.3	_	_	54	34.2
Socio-economic statusa
Lowest	222	48.4	97	49.0	51	49.5	74	46.8
Low to middle	237	51.6	101	51.0	52	50.5	84	53.2
Occupation
In work	193	42.0	74	37.4	37	35.9	82	51.9
In education	76	16.6	28	14.1	16	15.5	32	20.3
Not in work or education	190	41.4	96	48.5	50	48.6	44	27.8
Body mass index
<25 kg/m2	225	49.1	99	50.2	47	45.6	79	50.0
≥25 kg/m2	233	50.9	98	49.8	56	54.4	79	50.0

^aParticipants were selected if they were classified as: ‘lowest SES’ (1st quintile); ‘low to middle SES’ (2nd and 3rd quintiles).