The practice of integrated healthcare and the experiences of people in Ghana’s Ashanti region

Table 5 Socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge about TM integration into health system

Variables	Yes		No		p-value
	n	%	n	%
Sex					< 0.001
Male	130	76.5	40	23.5
Female	84	54.9	69	45.1
Age					0.731
Below 20	30	68.2	14	31.8
20-29	96	69.9	42	30.4
30-39	35	64.8	19	35.2
40-49	19	63.3	11	36.7
50+	34	59.6	23	40.4
Marital status					0.013
Unmarried	135	71.8	53	28.2
Ever married	79	58.5	56	41.5
Educational level					0.378
Secondary/Senior High School	78	69.6	34	30.4
Middle/Junior High School (JHS)	66	69.5	29	30.5
No formal education	34	58.6	24	41.4
Tertiary	20	69.0	9	31.0
Primary	16	55.2	13	44.8
Occupation^a					0.901
Trading	63	63.6	36	36.4
Other Specify	47	69.1	21	30.9
Artisan	42	67.7	20	32.3
Student	35	68.6	16	31.4
Farming	17	58.6	12	41.4
Government employee	10	71.4	4	28.6
Geographical location					0.001
Urban (Kumasi metropolis)	122	75.3	40	24.7
Rural (Offinso north)	92	57.1	69	42.9
Religion^a					0.055
Christianity	167	69.9	73	30.4
Islam	46	57.5	34	42.5
Traditional	1	33.3	2	66.7
Ethnicity					0.126
Akan	148	70.1	63	29.9
Mole Dagbani	58	59.2	40	40.8
Ga/Ewe/Guan	8	57.1	6	42.9
Household size					< 0.001
5 or more	110	57.6	81	42.4
Below 5	104	78.8	28	21.2
HH monthly Income (GH Cedis)^a					0.119
0-499	99	66.9	49	33.1
500-999	66	61.1	42	38.9
1000-1499	26	65.0	14	35.0
1500+	23	85.2	4	14.8

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