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Table 1 Socio-demographic Distribution of Respondents

From: Impact of health education intervention on knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening for women in Ghana

Selected variables

Communities

Total

Elmina

Kissi

Age

   

10–19

10.6

14.5

12.5

20–29

16.7

21.0

18.8

30–30

18.7

20.7

19.7

40–49

21.0

17.9

19.4

50–59

21.5

15.8

18.7

60–69

11.6

9.6

10.6

Marital status

   

Single

34.6

29.3

32.0

Married

44.4

52.6

48.5

Divorced

9.3

8.0

8.7

Widowed

9.6

8.5

9.1

Cohabiting

2.0

1.6

1.8

Level of Education

   

No formal education

17.7

22.3

19.9

Primary

45.2

50.0

47.6

Secondary

26.0

20.5

23.3

Tertiary

11.1

7.3

9.2

Employment status

   

Retired

2.8

1.0

1.9

Student

13.6

11.9

12.8

Unemployed

12.9

16.1

14.5

Employed

70.7

71.0

70.8

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

  1. N for Kissi = 386, N for Elmina = 396
  2. Intervention Control