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Table 5 Demographic characteristics of participants in intervention and comparison districts

From: Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey

 

Comparison

Intervention

Overall

Demographics

1170

1167

2337

Numbers in survey

Age

 

std dev

 

std dev

 

std dev

 Mean

49.6

14.9

49.4

15.5

49.5

15.2

 Median

47

 

46

 

46

 

Number of adults per age category

 30–44

508

43.4%

518

44.4%

1026

43.9%

 45–54

264

22.6%

239

20.5%

503

21.5%

 55–64

186

15.9%

193

16.5%

379

16.2%

 65+

212

18.1%

217

18.6%

429

18.4%

# Adults per HH

 Range

1, 9

 

1, 9

 

1,9

 

 Mean

1.6

 

1.3

 

1.4

 

 Median

1

 

1

 

1

 

Sex

 % male

35.5%

 

36.5%

 

36.0%

 

Marital status

 Never married

117

10.0%

152

13.0%

269

11.5%

 Living together

59

5.0%

72

6.2%

131

5.6%

 Married

647

55.3%

641

54.9%

1288

55.1%

 Widowed

166

14.2%

179

15.3%

345

14.8%

 Divorced/separated

181

15.5%

123

10.5%

304

13.0%

Religion

 Christian

1120

95.7%

1119

95.6%

2239

95.8%

 Muslim

12

1.0%

21

1.8%

33

1.4%

 Traditional/Spiritualist

13

1.1%

15

1.3%

28

1.2%

 No religion

18

1.5%

9

0.8%

27

1.2%

 Other

7

0.6%

3

0.3%

10

40.0%

Ethnicity

 Akan

945

80.8%

47

4.0%

992

42.5%

 Krobo/Ga/Dangbe

78

6.7%

882

75.6%

960

41.1%

 Ewe

113

9.7%

218

18.7%

331

14.2%

 Grussi

13

1.1%

2

0.2%

15

0.6%

 Mole-Dagbani

3

0.3%

3

0.3%

6

0.3%

 Hausa

5

0.4%

8

0.7%

13

0.6%

 Other

13

1.1%

7

0.6%

20

0.9%

Level of education

 No formal education

285

24.4%

314

26.9%

599

25.6%

 Less than Primary

202

17.3%

182

15.6%

384

16.4%

 Completed primary

210

18.0%

196

16.8%

406

17.4%

 Some secondary

315

26.9%

283

24.3%

598

25.6%

 Completed secondary

105

9.0%

117

10.0%

222

9.5%

 Tertiary Completed post- graduate

50

4.3%

73

6.3%

123

5.3%

 Not sure

2

0.2%

0

0.0%

2

0.1%