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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Acceptance of HPV vaccination in boys among mothers from selected churches in Accra, Ghana

Variable

Frequency (n = 30)

Percentage (%)

Age group

  

25–30

5

16.7

31–40

15

50

41–50

10

33.3

Marital status

  

Single

3

10

Married

25

83.3

Divorced

1

3.3

Widowed

1

3.3

Number of children

  

1

4

13.3

2

11

36.7

≥ 3

15

50

Educational Status

  

Primary

4

13.3

Secondary

8

26.7

Tertiary

18

60

Occupation

  

Government workers

4

13.3

Private workers

13

43.3

Self-employed

12

40

Not working

1

3.3

Tribe

  

Akan

Ewe

Ga

Northerner

Nigerians

11

9

7

1

2

36.6

30

23.3

3.3

6.7

Churches

  

Roman Catholic

Pentecost

Methodist

Anglican

Seventh-Day Adventist

Baptist

15

5

3

2

2

3

50

16

10

7

7

10