Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.
| Age | Frequency | Percent |
| 30 years and below | 190 | 55.6 |
| 31–40 years | 118 | 34.5 |
| 41–50years | 22 | 6.4 |
| 51years+ | 12 | 3.5 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 218 | 63.7 |
| Female | 124 | 36.3 |
| Household size | ||
| 1-5 members | 148 | 43.3 |
| 6-10 members | 188 | 55.0 |
| 11members+ | 6 | 1.8 |
| Children per household | ||
| 0-5 children | 222 | 64.9 |
| 6-10 children | 120 | 35.1 |
| Children in school | ||
| 1-5 children | 230 | 67.3 |
| 6-10 children | 6 | 1.8 |
| Educational status | ||
| No formal education | 66 | 19.3 |
| Basic education | 228 | 66.7 |
| Senior High School (SHS) | 34 | 9.9 |
| Diploma | 12 | 3.5 |
| First degree | 2 | 0.6 |
| Employment status | ||
| Formal sector | 6 | 1.8 |
| Informal sector | 336 | 98.2 |
| Type of formal sector job | ||
| Teaching | 6 | 1.8 |
| Type of informal sector job | ||
| Food crop farming | 104 | 30.4 |
| Artisanal and small-scale mining | 146 | 42. |
| Other artisan work | 92 | 26.9 |
| Marital status | Frequency | Percent |
| Married | 232 | 67.8 |
| Single | 102 | 29.8 |
| Widowed | 4 | 1.2 |
| Divorced | 4 | 1.2 |
| Religious practice | ||
| Christianity | 144 | 42 |
| African Traditional Religion (ART) | 31 | 9 |
| Islam | 167 | 49 |
| Community membership status | ||
| Native | 251 | 73.4 |
| Settler | 12 | 3.5 |
| Migrant | 79 | 23.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Ashanti | 2 | 0.6 |
| Busanga | 2 | 0.6 |
| Dagaati | 68 | 19.9 |
| Moshi | 8 | 2.3 |
| Saamunuu | 2 | 0.6 |
| Sissala | 12 | 3.5 |
| Waala | 248 | 72.5 |
| Years Stayed in the Community | ||
| Less than 1year | 34 | 9.9 |
| 2–4 years | 18 | 5.3 |
| 5–7 years | 10 | 2.9 |
| 8 years + | 280 | 81.9 |