Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and hypertension among Ghanaian women (n = 9333)
From: Rural-urban variation in hypertension among women in Ghana: insights from a national survey
Variable | Sample n % | Hypertension Urban Rural n(%) n(%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (X2 = 463.590; p < 0.001) | ||||
 15–19 | 1621 | 17.3 | 55.5 | 44.5 |
 20–24 | 1599 | 17.2 | 66.4 | 33.6 |
 25–29 | 1597 | 17.1 | 65.0 | 35.0 |
 30–34 | 1362 | 14.6 | 71.2 | 28.8 |
 35–39 | 1283 | 13.8 | 66.6 | 33.4 |
 40–44 | 1022 | 11.0 | 65.8 | 34.2 |
45–49 | 849 | 9.1 | 61.0 | 39.0 |
Wealth quintile (X2 = 22.185; p < 0.001) | ||||
 Poorest | 1505 | 16.1 | 13.8 | 86.2 |
 Poorer | 1630 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 80.8 |
 Middle | 1924 | 20.6 | 50.8 | 49.2 |
 Richer | 2099 | 22.5 | 81.2 | 18.8 |
 Richest | 2175 | 23.3 | 97.9 | 2.1 |
Marital Status (X2 = 241.297; p < 0.001) | ||||
 Single | 3081 | 33.0 | 72.9 | 27.1 |
 Married | 3936 | 42.2 | 64.2 | 35.8 |
 Cohabiting | 1342 | 14.4 | 58.5 | 41.5 |
 Widowed | 250 | 2.7 | 66.0 | 34.0 |
 Divorced | 280 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 38.2 |
 Separated | 444 | 4.7 | 69.5 | 30.5 |
Education (X2 = 850.914; p < 0.001) | ||||
 No education | 1782 | 19.1 | 40.9 | 59.1 |
 Primary | 1664 | 17.8 | 58.2 | 41.8 |
 Secondary | 5300 | 56.8 | 72.8 | 27.2 |
 Higher | 587 | 6.3 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
Occupation (X2 = 70.488; p < 0.001) | ||||
 Not working | 2183 | 23.4 | 64.3 | 35.7 |
 Agriculture | 1746 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 81.3 |
 Manual | 1146 | 12.3 | 68.4 | 31.6 |
 Service | 4258 | 45.6 | 77.5 | 22.5 |
Salted fish consumption (X2 = 0.350; p = 0.554) | ||||
 No | 6011 | 64.4 | 66.3 | 33.7 |
 Yes | 3322 | 35.6 | 63.1 | 36.9 |
Region (X2 = 37.553; p < 0.001) | ||||
 Western | 1037 | 11.1 | 41.5 | 58.5 |
 Central | 932 | 10.0 | 47.0 | 53.0 |
 Greater Accra | 1888 | 20.2 | 92.2 | 7.8 |
 Volta | 717 | 7.7 | 36.8 | 63.2 |
 Eastern | 867 | 9.3 | 54.3 | 45.7 |
 Ashanti | 1775 | 19.0 | 71.9 | 28.1 |
 Brong Ahafo | 766 | 8.2 | 63.9 | 36.1 |
 Northern | 783 | 8.4 | 36.6 | 63.4 |
 Upper East | 357 | 3.8 | 34.9 | 65.1 |
 Upper West | 211 | 2.3 | 44.2 | 55.8 |
Tobacco use (X2 = 0.266, p = 0.606) | ||||
 No | 9295 | 99.6 | 65.2 | 34.8 |
 Yes | 38 | 0.4 | 28.6 | 71.4 |