Table 2 Socio-demographic and economic background of respondents by region
Items | Study regions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Ashanti (%) | Central (%) | Northern (%) | |
Age: | |||
< 18 | 30.0 | 26.6 | 37.9 |
18–49 | 41.9 | 47.1 | 51.2 |
50–59 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 3.3 |
60–69 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
70+ | 8.5 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
Total (n) | 692 | 688 | 688 |
Sex: | |||
Female | 73.1 | 77.1 | 79.9 |
Male | 26.8 | 22.9 | 20.1 |
Total (n) | 692 | 688 | 683 |
Level of education: | |||
Never been to school | 23.6 | 15.0 | 49.4 |
Primary | 10.3 | 13.4 | 8.7 |
Junior High School/Middle | 34.3 | 43.3 | 13.5 |
Senior High School/O & A Level | 22.1 | 16.9 | 19.1 |
Tertiary | 9.7 | 12.3 | 9.3 |
Total (n) | 691 | 687 | 687 |
Occupation: | |||
Agriculture | 4.4 | 17.3 | 21.0 |
Professional/secretarial | 10.1 | 8.1 | 5.4 |
Sales/Services | 23.1 | 19.1 | 22.5 |
Skilled manual craftsmanship | 10.7 | 12.2 | 7.4 |
Unskilled manual labour | 6.6 | 10.6 | 2.1 |
Unemployed | 29.5 | 22.0 | 31.1 |
Other (i.e., retired) | 15.7 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
Total (n) | 637 | 654 | 672 |
Wealth quintiles | |||
Poorest | 2.2 | 16.7 | 45.5 |
Very poor | 9.8 | 28.7 | 22.1 |
Poor | 23.2 | 18.7 | 17.7 |
Less poor | 31.2 | 17.8 | 8.9 |
Least poor | 33.6 | 18.1 | 5.7 |
Total (n) | 682 | 663 | 560 |
Monthly income (GHSa): | |||
< 150 | 27.3 | 32.7 | 32.7 |
151–300 | 29.4 | 21.6 | 21.7 |
301–450 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 9.2 |
451–600 | 14.2 | 13.1 | 8.9 |
600+ | 19.1 | 20.3 | 27.6 |
Total (n) | 367 | 449 | 392 |