Table 2 Characteristics of respondents in 2007 household survey
From: Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
Characteristics of respondents (N= 466) | (%) |
|---|---|
Age group | Â |
19-23 | 1.1 |
24-28 | 12.4 |
29-34 | 36.1 |
35-39 | 38.6 |
40-44 | 6.0 |
45-49 | 4.3 |
50-54 | 1.1 |
55+ | 0.4 |
Education | Â |
None | 34.3 |
Primary | 18.9 |
Middle School/Junior Secondary School | 38.0 |
Technical/Commercial/Senior Secondary School | 6.2 |
Post middle/Secretarial | 1.5 |
Post Secondary/Nursing Training | 0.4 |
University/Polytechnic | 0.6 |
Religion | Â |
Catholic | 16.0 |
Protestants | 13.0 |
Pentecostal/ Charismatic | 23.0 |
Other Christian | 6.9 |
Moslem | 24.0 |
Traditional | 4.7 |
No Religion | 10.3 |
Other | 2.1 |
Ethnicity | Â |
Akan | 47.9 |
Ethnic groups from Northern Ghana | 42.3 |
Other ethnic groups including foreign nationals | 9.8 |
Occupation | Â |
Farmer | 66.5 |
Sales | 11.8 |
Skilled manual | 9.2 |
Unskilled manual | 8.6 |
Professional | 3.0 |
Clerical | 0.9 |
Marital status | Â |
Married | 75.1 |
Live together | 20.6 |
Widowed | 0.2 |
Divorced | 0.2 |
Separated | 1.3 |
Never married | 2.6 |