Table 1 Sample Characteristics and Type of Faith Healing Served
| Â | N (40) |
|---|---|
Sample Characteristics | |
Type of respondents | |
 User | 36 |
 Healer | 4 |
Gender (Users) | |
 Male | 14 |
 Female | 26 |
Gender (Healers) | |
 Male | 3 |
 Female | 1 |
Age (Users) | |
 20–29 | 5 |
 30–39 | 26 |
 40–49 | 4 |
 50 and above | 5 |
Age (Healers) | |
 30–39 | 1 |
 40–49 | 2 |
 50 and above | 1 |
Level of Education (Users) | |
 None | 3 |
 Basic | 5 |
 Secondary/Vocational | 17 |
 Tertiary | 11 |
Level of Education (Healers) | |
 Secondary | 2 |
 Tertiary | 2 |
Employment Status (Users) | |
 Employed | 13 |
 Unemployed | 27 |
Employment Status (Healers) | |
 Employed | 4 |
Occupational Type (Users) | |
 Formal | 9 |
 Informal | 31 |
Occupational Type (Healers) | |
 Informal | 4 |
Religion (Users) | |
 Christianity | 33 |
 Islam | 1 |
 Africa Traditional Religion | 6 |
Religion (Healers) | |
 Christians | 2 |
 Muslims | 1 |
 Traditionalists | 1 |
Type of Faith Healing Service | |
 Christian Faith healer | 14 |
 Traditional Faith healer | 9 |
 Islamic Faith healer | 8 |
 All the three | 9 |