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Table 1 Background information

From: In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study

 

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Students with disabilities

School for the Blind (n = 13)

  Gender

   Male

7

53.8

   Female

6

46.2

  Age

   18–20 years

4

30.8

   21–25 years

1

7.7

   26–30 years

5

38.5

   31 years and above

3

23.1

School for the Deaf (n = 11)

  Gender

   Male

5

45.5

   Female

6

54.5

  Age

   18–20 years

4

36.2

   21–25 years

7

63.6

Special Vocational School (n = 6)

  Gender

   Male

4

66.7

   Female

2

33.3

  Age

   18–20 years

2

33.3

   21–25 years

3

50.0

   26–30 years

1

16.7

Health workers (n = 17)

  Health workers participants

   Nurses

12

70.6

   Doctors

5

38.5

  Gender

   Males

8

47.1

   Females

9

52.9

  Work experience

   Minimum/Maximum

5/13

 

School mothers (n = 8)

  Gender

   Females

8

100

   Males

  Age

   Minimum/Maximum

28/54

 

  Education

   Junior High School

2

25.0

   Senior High School

3

37.5

   Tertiary

3

37.5

  Work experience

   Minimum/Maximum

12/22