Sources of nutrition information and level of nutrition knowledge among young adults in the Accra metropolis

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 192)

	Mean (SD)	n (%)
Age (years)	21.8 (2.2)
Sex
Male		94 (49.0)
Female		98 (51.0)
Ethnicity
Akan		94 (49.0)
Ewe		45 (23.4)
Ga-Adangbe		40 (20.8)
Northerner		13 (6.8)
Occupation^a
Student		127 (66.1)
Services/Sales workers		23 (12.0)
Professionals		19 (9.9)
Other^b		18 (9.4)
Unemployed		5 (2.6)
Highest educational qualification
Senior high school		127 (66.1)
Post-secondary school^c		44 (23.0)
Junior high school		21 (10.9)

^aAside from ‘student’, occupation of participants was categorized based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) [7]
^bOther occupations included Crafts and related trades workers, Clerical support workers, and Elementary Occupation
^cIncludes clerical, vocational, polytechnic and university institutions

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