Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic background of respondents
Number | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristic | ||
Age group (Years) | ||
< 18 | 651 | 31.4 |
18–49 | 967 | 47.1 |
50–69 | 301 | 14.5 |
70+ | 147 | 7.1 |
Total | 2066 | 100.0 |
Sex: | ||
Female | 1583 | 76.6 |
Male | 482 | 23.4 |
Total | 2066 | 100′0 |
Ethnicity: | ||
Akan | 1273 | 61.4 |
Mole-Dangme | 680 | 32.9 |
Other | 82 | 4.0 |
Foreign | 31 | 1.5 |
Total | 2066 | 100.0 |
Marital Status: | ||
Married | 1099 | 53.2 |
Single-never married | 504 | 24.4 |
Divorce-separated | 81 | 3.9 |
Widowed | 187 | 9.1 |
Living together | 195 | 9.4 |
Total | 2066 | 100.0 |
Socio-economic characteristic | ||
Level of education: | 605 | 29.3 |
Never been to school | 605 | 29.3 |
Primary | 233 | 10.8 |
Junior High School/Middle | 624 | 30.2 |
Senior High School/O & A Level | 398 | 19.3 |
Tertiary | 216 | 10.4 |
Total | 2066 | 100.0 |
Main occupation: | 153 | 7.4 |
Agriculture | 282 | 13.7 |
Professional/secretarial | 153 | 7.4 |
Sales/services | 432 | 20.5 |
Skilled manual craftsmanship | 198 | 9.6 |
Unskilled manual labour | 125 | 6.1 |
Unemployed | 541 | 26.2 |
Others (i.e., aged/retired/students) | 339 | 16.5 |
Total | 2061 | 100.0 |
Remittance from relatives: | ||
Received remittance | 1094 | 52.7 |
Remittance type: | ||
Cash Remittance | 738 | 67.6 |
Gifts/in-kind | 353 | 32.4 |
Total | 1091 | 100.0 |
Remittance frequency | ||
Weekly/daily | 323 | 30.7 |
Monthly | 249 | 23.0 |
Occasionally | 501 | 46.3 |
Total | 1073 | 100.0 |
Monthly income (GHSa) | ||
< 150 | 375 | 31.0 |
151–300 | 290 | 24.0 |
301–450 | 127 | 10.5 |
451–600 | 146 | 12.1 |
600+ | 270 | 22.4 |
Total | 1208 | 100.0 |