Table 1 Sample characteristics
Asawase | Aboabo | Total sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | (n = 116) | % | (n = 84) | % | (n = 200) | % |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 102 | 88.0 | 78 | 92.9 | 180 | 90.0 |
Female | 14 | 12.0 | 6 | 7.1 | 20 | 10.0 |
Age range (years) | ||||||
15–19 | 19 | 16.4 | 21 | 25.0 | 40 | 20.0 |
20–24 | 50 | 43.1 | 32 | 38.1 | 82 | 41.0 |
25–29 | 30 | 25.8 | 20 | 23.8 | 50 | 25.0 |
30–34 | 17 | 13.1 | 11 | 13.1 | 28 | 14.0 |
Religion | ||||||
Christianity | 41 | 35.4 | 36 | 42.8 | 77 | 38.5 |
Islam | 69 | 59.5 | 40 | 47.6 | 109 | 54.5 |
Traditional | 4 | 3.4 | 7 | 8.3 | 11 | 5.5 |
Others | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.5 |
Living arrangement | ||||||
Alone | 58 | 51.7 | 21 | 25.0 | 79 | 39.5 |
With one parent | 23 | 19.8 | 18 | 21.4 | 41 | 20.5 |
With both parents | 17 | 14.7 | 26 | 31.0 | 43 | 21.5 |
With partner | 12 | 10.4 | 16 | 19.0 | 28 | 14.0 |
Other family member | 4 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.4 | 6 | 3.0 |
Others | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.5 |
Marital status | ||||||
Never married | 60 | 51.7 | 43 | 51.1 | 103 | 51.5 |
Married | 17 | 14.7 | 20 | 23.8 | 37 | 18.5 |
Cohabiting | 35 | 30.2 | 19 | 22.6 | 54 | 27.0 |
Divorced/Widowed/Separated | 4 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.4 | 6 | 3.0 |
Household size | ||||||
One | 56 | 48.3 | 23 | 27.4 | 79 | 39.5 |
Two | 8 | 6.9 | 5 | 6.0 | 13 | 6.5 |
Three | 18 | 15.5 | 22 | 26.2 | 40 | 20.0 |
Four | 16 | 13.8 | 18 | 21.4 | 34 | 17.0 |
Five or more | 18 | 15.5 | 16 | 19.0 | 34 | 17.0 |
Nativity status | ||||||
Indigene | 50 | 43.1 | 55 | 65.5 | 105 | 51.7 |
Migrant | 66 | 56.9 | 29 | 34.5 | 95 | 48.3 |
Length of community stay (years) | ||||||
1–4 | 24 | 20.4 | 15 | 17.9 | 36 | 19.5 |
5–9 | 22 | 19.2 | 21 | 25.0 | 43 | 21.5 |
10–14 | 16 | 13.8 | 11 | 13.1 | 27 | 13.5 |
15–19 | 35 | 30.2 | 27 | 32.1 | 62 | 31.0 |
20 or more | 19 | 16.4 | 10 | 11.9 | 29 | 14.5 |
Educational Attainment | ||||||
None | 14 | 12.0 | 10 | 11.9 | 24 | 12.0 |
Primary | 40 | 34.5 | 40 | 27.4 | 63 | 31.5 |
SHS | 51 | 44.0 | 51 | 45.2 | 89 | 44.5 |
Vocational/Training College | 2 | 1.7 | 3 | 3.6 | 5 | 2.5 |
University | 5 | 4.3 | 9 | 10.7 | 14 | 7.0 |
Other | 3 | 2.6 | - | - | 2 | 1.0 |
Occupation | ||||||
Unemployed | 29 | 25.0 | 14 | 16.7 | 43 | 21.5 |
Government worker | 3 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.1 | 9 | 4.5 |
Artisan | 45 | 38.8 | 37 | 44.1 | 82 | 41.0 |
Trader | 39 | 33.6 | 27 | 32.1 | 66 | 33.0 |
Monthly Income (GH¢) | ||||||
Less than 100 | 32 | 27.6 | 21 | 25 | 53 | 26.5 |
100–299 | 28 | 24.1 | 30 | 35.7 | 58 | 29.0 |
300–499 | 19 | 16.4 | 12 | 14.3 | 31 | 15.5 |
500–699 | 10 | 8.6 | 11 | 13.1 | 21 | 10.5 |
700–899 | 8 | 6.9 | 3 | 3.6 | 11 | 5.5 |
900–1099 | 10 | 8.6 | 5 | 6.0 | 15 | 7.5 |