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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of respondents.

From: Perceived causes and risk factors of Buruli ulcer among patients at Agogo Presbyterian hospital in Ashanti Region of Ghana

Variables

Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

 

Age (years)

 

15–19

78

20

 

20–24

84

21

 

25–29

92

23

 

30–34

77

19

Mean = 31.3

35–39

69

17

SD = 12.068

Gender

 

Male

196

49

 

Female

204

51

 

Educational background

 

Primary

71

18

 

Middle/JHS

110

27

 

Sec/SHS/A level

80

20

 

Tertiary

69

17

 

No formal education

70

18

 

Marital status

 

Married

190

48

 

Single

176

44

 

Widowed

34

8

 

Ethnicity

 

Akan

165

41

 

Ewe

75

19

 

Ga/Adangme

58

15

 

Gonja

48

12

 

Mole-Dagbani

54

13

 

Occupation

 

Unemployed

85

21

 

Farmer

64

16

 

Civil servant

64

16

 

Trader

109

27

 

Artisan

78

20