Table 1 Demographics of all participants from the survey and the in-depth interviews compared to the numbers population of Ghana from 2010 [38]. JSS = Junior Secondary School, JHS = Junior High School, SSS = Senior Secondary School, SHS = Senior High School
Survey | In-depth interviews | Figures Ghana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | N | % | N | % | % | |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 293 | 51,3% | 13 | 42% | 52,8% | |
Male | 278 | 48,7% | 18 | 58% | 47,2% | |
Age | ||||||
18–24 | 70 | 12,3% | 1 | 3% | 24,7%* | |
25-34 | 127 | 22,2% | 8 | 26% | 27,3% | |
35–44 | 117 | 20,5% | 6 | 19% | 19,1% | |
45–54 | 108 | 18,9% | 7 | 23% | 13,0% | |
55–64 | 76 | 13,3% | 6 | 19% | 7,3% | |
65–74 | 54 | 9,5% | 3 | 10% | 4,7% | |
75 ≤ | 19 | 3,3% | 0 | 0% | 3,8% | |
Education** | ||||||
None | 56 | 9,8% | 3 | 10% | 28,5% | |
Primary/JSS/JHS | 191 | 33,5% | 8 | 26% | 34,1% | |
Secondary/SHS/SSS | 173 | 30,3% | 10 | 32% | 27,3% | |
Tertiary | 149 | 26,1% | 10 | 32% | 10,2% | |
Unknown | 2 | 0,3% | – | – | – | |
Area of living | ||||||
Rural area | 140 | 24,5% | 8 | 26% | 49,1% | |
Urban area | 431 | 75,5% | 23 | 74% | 50,9% | |