Table 1 Sample Characteristics
From: ‘We are nothing without herbs’: a story of herbal remedies use during pregnancy in rural Ghana
Variables | Categories | N (30) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18–24 | 7 |
25–35 | 19 | |
36–45 | 4 | |
Education | None | 3 |
Basic | 22 | |
Secondary | 3 | |
Vocational | 2 | |
Marital status | Single | 2 |
Married | 23 | |
Divorced | 3 | |
Widow | 2 | |
Employment status | Institutionally employed | 2 |
Self-employed | 21 | |
Unemployed | 7 | |
Household size | 1–3 | 2 |
4–6 | 17 | |
> 6 | 11 | |
Health insurance status | Yes | 24 |
No | 6 | |
Average monthly income (GH¢) | < 250 | 15 |
250–350 | 9 | |
> 350 | 6 | |
Religious affiliation | Christianity | 25 |
Islam | 5 | |
Ethnicity | Akan | 20 |
Others | 10 |