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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: An exploratory study of the acceptability of indoor residual spraying for malaria control in upper western Ghana

Participant groups/variables

Householders

AGA Mal Spray Operators

AGA Mal officials

Age range

18–30

21 (28%)

10 (59%)

2 (25%)

31–60

51 (67%)

7 (41%)

6 (75%)

61–80

4 (5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Sex

Male

45 (59%)

17 (100%)

7 (87.5%)

Female

31 (41%)

0 (0%)

1 (12.5%)

Level of education

No formal education

36 (48%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Primary level

10 (13%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

JHS

10 (13%)

3 (18%)

0 (0%)

SHS

10 (13%)

5 (29%)

0 (0%)

Tertiary

10 (13%)

9 (53%)

8 (100%)

Employment status

Employed (formal)

5 (7%)

17 (100%)

8 (100%)

Employed (informal)

62 (82%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Unemployed

8 (10%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Student

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  1. JHS Junior High School, SHS Senior High School