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 | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   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 | Â | Â | ** | Â | Â | *** |
   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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | *** |
   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 | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   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 | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   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 |