Table 1 Distribution of sample characteristics of respondents
From: Water intake among Ghanaian youth aged 15–34 years: quantitative and qualitative evidence
Variables | Female | Male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage |
15–24 | 1553 | 55.33 | 1615 | 58.27 |
25–34 | 1253 | 44.67 | 1156 | 41.73 |
Educational level | ||||
No education | 450 | 15.35 | 276 | 9.97 |
Primary | 541 | 19.30 | 460 | 16.62 |
Secondary | 1708 | 60.86 | 1806 | 65.15 |
Higher | 126 | 4.49 | 229 | 8.26 |
Religion | ||||
Christians | 2215 | 78.95 | 2062 | 74.41 |
Muslims | 424 | 15.13 | 452 | 16.29 |
Traditional/spiritualists | 86 | 3.05 | 127 | 4.60 |
Other | 81 | 2.87 | 130 | 4.69 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Akan | 1424 | 50.76 | 1320 | 47.64 |
Ga/Dangme | 206 | 7.37 | 166 | 6.00 |
Ewe | 349 | 12.45 | 401 | 14.48 |
Mole-Dagbani | 428 | 15.25 | 456 | 16.47 |
Other | 397 | 14.17 | 427 | 15.41 |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 1349 | 48.07 | 1875 | 67.67 |
Married/living together | 1308 | 46.62 | 821 | 29.61 |
Formerly married | 149 | 5.31 | 75 | 2.73 |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 1463 | 52.12 | 1326 | 47.87 |
Rural | 1343 | 47.88 | 1445 | 52.13 |
Region of residence | ||||
Western | 237 | 8.47 | 251 | 9.05 |
Central | 225 | 8.04 | 227 | 8.20 |
Greater Accra | 534 | 19.04 | 446 | 16.09 |
Volta | 227 | 8.11 | 256 | 9.25 |
Eastern | 281 | 10.04 | 264 | 9.53 |
Ashanti | 590 | 21.03 | 554 | 20.00 |
Brong-Ahafo | 262 | 9.35 | 252 | 9.09 |
Northern | 249 | 8.90 | 292 | 10.54 |
Upper East | 126 | 4.50 | 146 | 5.26 |
Upper West | 70 | 2.51 | 83 | 3.01 |
Total | 2806 | 100.00 | 2771 | 100.00 |
Water intake (ranging from 0 to 20 glasses for females and 0–15 glasses for males | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
4.99602 | 2.202203 | 5.76932 | 2.248927 | |