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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Socio-demographic determinants of childhood immunization incompletion in Koforidua, Ghana

Variable

Frequency (n = 280)

Percentage

Age (years)

 13–17

4

1.4

 18–23

64

22.8

 24–30

116

41.4

 Above 30

96

34.2

 

Mean = 21.3

SD = 2.12

Age of child

 Less than 1 year

86

31

 1–2 years

82

29

 3–4 years

112

40

 

Mean = 2.09

SD = 1.11

Marital status

 Single

44

15.7

 Married

188

67.1

 Divorce

12

4.3

 Widow

4

1.4

 Cohabiting

32

11.4

Level of education

 Primary

16

5.7

 JHS

32

11.4

 Secondary

76

27.1

 Tertiary

152

54.3

 No formal education

4

1.6

Employment status

 Unemployed

84

30.0

 Working part-time

84

30.0

 Working full-time

112

40.0

Level of income

 < 100

68

24.3

 100–200

80

28.6

 200–300

56

20.0

 Above 300

76

27.1

 

Mean = 180

SD = 1.43

Religion

 Christian

180

64.2

 Muslim

96

34.3

 Traditionalist

4

1.4