Table 1

Baseline socio-economic characteristics of study participants

Characteristics
Categories
% (n)
[95%CI]

Age groups (years)
< 25
14.8 (40)
[10.7, 19.6]

25–35
48.5(131)
[42.4, 54.6]

> 35
36.7(99)
[30.9, 42.7]
Formal education (years)
None
53.7 (145)
[47.5, 59.8]

1–9
42.6 (115)
[36.6, 48.7]

> 9
3.7 (10)
[1.7, 6.7]
Primary occupation
Farming
62.2 (168)
[56.1, 68.0]

Trading
34.1 (92)
[28.4, 40.1]

Others
3.7 (10)
[1.7, 6.7]
Marital status
Married
91.9 (248)
[87.9, 94.8]

Single
2.6 (7)
[1.0, 5.3]

Others
5.6 (15)
[3.1, 9.0]
Religion
Christianity
71.9 (194)
[66.0, 77.1]

Islam
0.7 (2)
[0.1, 2.1]

African traditional
27.4 (74)
[22.1, 33.1]

The table shows the various categories of baseline socioecominc characteristics of the study participants.

Oduro et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:12   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-12