Table 5.
Kruskal-Wallis test of ethnicity and religion.
| Rank Sum | χ2 | p-value | Pairwise Comparisons |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vs 2 | 1 vs 3 | 2 vs 3 | ||||||
| Ethnic Variables/Groups | 1. Mole-Dagbani (n = 192) | 2. Gurma (n = 117) | 3. Guan (n = 155) | |||||
| Consulting gods | 41444.0 | 29723.0 | 36713.0 | 8.242 | 0.0002 | −28.2*** | −21.0* | 17.2 |
| Restriction by culture | 66076.0 | 17396.0 | 24408.0 | 248.76 | 0.0001 | 19.5*** | 18.7*** | −8.8 |
| Chief approval | 57408.0 | 20156.5 | 28005.5 | 94.503 | 0.0001 | 12.8*** | 11.2*** | −15.2 |
| Ancestors approval | 43006.0 | 26902.0 | 36122.0 | 0.956 | 0.0630 | −12.0* | −18.7 | −6.7* |
| Religious Variables/Groups | 1. Christianity (n=129) | 2. Islam (n=234) | 3. Traditional (n=101) | |||||
| Restriction by religion | 24230.5 | 61687.0 | 21962.5 | 31.211 | 0.0001 | −75.8*** | −29.6* | 46.2** |
| Religious leader | 23044.5 | 57699.5 | 24826.0 | 19.801 | 0.0001 | −56.8*** | −56.1*** | 0.7 |
| Destiny | 33240.5 | 48161.0 | 26478.5 | 21.615 | 0.0001 | 51.9*** | −4.5 | −56.3*** |
| God blessing | 31458.5 | 49003.5 | 27418.0 | 19.324 | 0.0001 | 34.4*** | −27.6* | −62.0*** |