Table 2 Demographic characteristics of respondents.
Variables | Categories | Freq | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–25 | 304 | 47.3% |
26–35 | 231 | 36.0% | |
36–45 | 95 | 14.8% | |
Above 45 | 12 | 1.9% | |
Gender | Female | 306 | 47.7% |
Male | 336 | 52.3% | |
Educational level | Basic education | 3 | 0.5% |
Post-graduate education | 92 | 14.3% | |
Secondary education | 31 | 4.8% | |
Tertiary education | 516 | 80.4% | |
Marital status | Married | 197 | 30.7% |
Single | 445 | 69.3% | |
Occupation | Formal | 286 | 44.5% |
Informal | 19 | 3.0% | |
student | 337 | 52.5% | |
Region of respondent | Ahafo region | 7 | 1.1% |
Ashanti region | 63 | 9.8% | |
Bono east region | 7 | 1.1% | |
Bono region | 14 | 2.2% | |
Central region | 32 | 5.0% | |
Eastern region | 64 | 10.0% | |
Greater Accra | 136 | 21.2% | |
North east | 5 | 0.8% | |
Northern region | 47 | 7.3% | |
Oti region | 8 | 1.2% | |
Savannah region | 12 | 1.9% | |
Upper east region | 26 | 4.0% | |
Upper west region | 30 | 4.7% | |
Volta region | 159 | 24.8% | |
Western north region | 5 | 0.8% | |
Western region | 27 | 4.2% |
