Table 1 Socio-economic, cultural, demographic and healthcare characteristics of the participants (N = 1853)
Variables | Category/response | % |
|---|---|---|
Education level of caregivers | No formal education | 28.6 |
Primary | 8.2 | |
Junior high school | 24.0 | |
Senior high school | 24.0 | |
Tertiary | 15.2 | |
Employment status of caregivers | Unemployed | 33.6 |
Employed | 66.4 | |
Living arrangements with care recipients | No | 20.4 |
Yes | 79.6 | |
Income level (GH¢) (Monthly) of caregivers | Less than 1000 | 76.8 |
1000–1999 | 16.1 | |
2000 or above | 7.1 | |
Health insurance enrollment of caregivers | No | 23.4 |
Yes | 76.6 | |
Ethnicity of caregivers | Akan | 76.2 |
Non-Akan | 23.8 | |
Religion of caregivers | Christianity | 80.7 |
Islam | 15.9 | |
African Traditional Religion | 0.7 | |
No religion | 2.7 | |
Age (years) of caregivers | 18–24 | 14.3 |
25–34 | 27.7 | |
35–44 | 23.7 | |
45–54 | 19.9 | |
55–64 | 9.3 | |
65 or above | 5.1 | |
Gender of caregivers | Male | 27.1 |
Female | 72.9 | |
Place of residence of caregivers | Rural | 43.3 |
Urban | 56.7 | |
Healthcare utilization of caregivers (in the last year before the survey) | None | 50.6 |
Once | 13.4 | |
2 times | 17.6 | |
3 times | 7.7 | |
4 times | 3.2 | |
5 or more times | 7.4 |