From: Healthy lifestyle behaviour among Ghanaian adults in the phase of a health policy change
Socio-demographic and economic characteristics | Healthy lifestyle behaviour | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Females | Males | ||||
 | High | Moderate | Low | High | Moderate | Low |
Type of place of residence | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   Urban | 38.4 | 34.1 | 27.6 | 35.7 | 36.0 | 28.3 |
   Rural | 30.1 | 32.7 | 37.2 | 31.5 | 30.6 | 37.9 |
Age group | Â | Â | ** | Â | Â | ** |
   18-19 | 31.9 | 37.7 | 30.4 | 40.5 | 32.2 | 27.3 |
   20-29 | 35.5 | 34.2 | 30.4 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 32.7 |
   30-39 | 33.9 | 32.1 | 34.1 | 31.9 | 33.9 | 34.2 |
   40-49 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 37.1 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 38.5 |
Marital status | Â | Â | ** | Â | Â | *** |
   Never married | 33.8 | 37.5 | 28.7 | 37.1 | 32.1 | 30.9 |
   Currently married/cohabiting | 33.5 | 32.5 | 34.1 | 30.9 | 32.9 | 36.2 |
   Formerly married | 35.7 | 29.7 | 34.5 | 30.1 | 40.4 | 29.5 |
Highest level of educational attainment | Â | Â | * | Â | Â | * |
   No formal education | 33.1 | 31.5 | 35.5 | 38.4 | 28.5 | 33.1 |
   Primary | 33.9 | 30.9 | 35.2 | 32.7 | 31.3 | 36.1 |
   Secondary | 34.1 | 35.0 | 30.9 | 31.9 | 33.9 | 34.2 |
   Higher | 33.7 | 37.6 | 28.7 | 33.0 | 37.9 | 29.1 |
Main occupation | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   Not working | 40.7 | 37.6 | 21.7 | 40.7 | 31.3 | 28.0 |
   Professional/managerial/clerical | 29.3 | 40.4 | 30.2 | 33.4 | 38.1 | 28.5 |
   Service and sales | 35.0 | 34.3 | 30.8 | 32.1 | 42.7 | 25.2 |
   Agricultural and fishery | 27.4 | 29.3 | 43.2 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 41.1 |
   Plant/machine operators and elementary work | 38.3 | 30.2 | 31.4 | 34.2 | 22.9 | 31.9 |
Income quintile | Â | Â | *** | Â | Â | *** |
   Poorest | 29.6 | 30.5 | 39.9 | 35.8 | 29.0 | 35.3 |
   Poor | 28.4 | 33.1 | 38.6 | 26.4 | 27.9 | 45.6 |
   Middle | 33.0 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 32.3 | 33.0 | 34.8 |
   Rich | 39.0 | 32.5 | 28.5 | 34.5 | 35.4 | 30.2 |
   Richest | 38.6 | 37.9 | 23.4 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 30.2 |
Total | 33.8 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 33.8 |