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Table 2 Percentage distribution of respondents by demographic and socio-economic characteristics and healthy lifestyle behaviour (2003)

From: Healthy lifestyle behaviour among Ghanaian adults in the phase of a health policy change

Socio-economic and demographic characteristics

Healthy lifestyle behaviour

 

Females

Males

 

High

Moderate

Low

High

Moderate

Low

Type of place of residence

  

***

  

***

   Urban

43.9

35.7

20.4

33.4

34.8

31.8

   Rural

32.3

38.0

29.7

18.6

33.4

48.0

Age group

      

   18-19

40.0

38.8

21.2

23.8

41.6

34.7

   20-29

37.6

37.6

24.8

25.1

34.7

40.2

   30-39

36.8

34.7

28.5

23.5

34.7

40.2

   40-49

35.8

39.2

24.9

24.6

32.0

43.6

Marital status

  

**

  

***

   Never married

46.2

32.1

21.7

30.0

35.4

34.6

   Currently married/cohabiting

34.4

37.5

28.1

20.8

32.2

47.0

   Formerly married

37.1

41.8

21.1

22.1

42.6

35.3

Highest level of educational attainment

     

***

   No formal education

31.5

38.6

29.9

19.1

28.0

52.9

   Primary

39.6

36.1

24.4

22.1

36.3

41.6

   Secondary

41.5

36.8

21.7

38.5

33.6

28.0

   Higher

34.8

43.5

21.7

44.8

27.6

27.6

Main occupation

  

***

  

***

   Not working

44.0

37.7

18.3

29.2

38.6

32.2

   Professional/managerial/clerical

53.0

31.6

15.4

46.3

32.9

20.8

   Service and sales

41.0

37.0

22.0

30.7

39.2

30.2

   Agricultural and fishery

25.7

39.2

35.1

13.6

31.1

55.3

   Plant/machine operators and elementary work

47.1

31.8

21.0

30.4

30.4

39.1

Income quintile

  

***

  

***

   Poorest

29.5

39.5

31.0

15.4

31.6

53.1

   Poor

28.1

36.6

35.3

12.3

36.8

50.9

   Middle

32.0

39.8

28.2

15.7

34.8

49.6

   Rich

42.0

35.6

22.4

32.4

36.3

31.3

   Richest

49.5

33.4

17.0

39.2

31.9

28.9

Total

37.0

37.1

25.9

24.3

34.0

41.7

  1. High = Less healthy (more risky behaviours) Low = More healthy (less risky behaviours)
  2. ***P < 0.001 **P < 0.01 *P < 0.05 Total N (Females = 1519, Males = 1278)
  3. Source: Generated from WHS-Ghana 2003