Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, 2012
From: Residential characteristics as correlates of occupants’ health in the greater Accra region, Ghana
Variable | Self-rated health | |
|---|---|---|
Good health | Poor health | |
Age in years (n = 499) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
18-25 | 100 (94.3) | 6 (5.7) |
26-35 | 140 (94.6) | 8 (5.4) |
36-45 | 133 (96.4) | 5 (3.6) |
46+ | 101 (94.4) | 6 (5.6) |
Gender (n = 500) | ||
Male | 245 (96.8) | 8 (3.2) |
Female | 229 (92.7) | 18 (7.3) |
Marital status (n = 500) | ||
Never married | 157 (92.9) | 12 (7.1) |
Married | 239 (96.0) | 10 (4.0) |
Co-habiting | 17 (89.5) | 2 (10.5) |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 61 (96.8) | 2 (3.2) |
Educational status (n = 500) | ||
No formal education | 27 (93.1) | 2 (6.9) |
Primary/basic/other* | 64 (91.4) | 6 (8.6) |
Senior secondary | 119 (90.8) | 12 (9.2) |
Vocational/technical | 94 (95.9) | 4 (4.1) |
College/tertiary | 170 (98.8) | 2 (1.2) |
Occupation (n = 500) | ||
Unemployed | 41 (91.1) | 4 (8.9) |
Student | 66 (95.7) | 3 (4.3) |
Home maker | 22 (95.7) | 1 (4.3) |
Farming | 17 (98.5) | 2 (10.5) |
Petty trading | 69 (88.5) | 9 (11.5) |
Artisan | 71 (95.9) | 3 (4.1) |
Government employed | 101 (99.0) | 1 (1.0) |
Privately employed | 87 (96.7) | 3 (3.3) |
Household income (n = 498) | ||
<100 GHC | 46 (90.2) | 5 (9.8) |
101-500 GHC | 220 (95.2) | 11 (4.8) |
>500 GHC | 100 (99.0) | 1 (1.0) |
Not applicable | 106 (92.2) | 9 (7.8) |