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Table 2 This table shows the summary of the descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) of the demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Contributing factors to unsafe abortion practices among women of reproductive age at selected district hospitals in the Ashanti region of Ghana

Variable

Patients

Religious leaders

Midwives

Medical officers

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

–

33 (29.72)

–

8 (7.2%)

 Female

35 (31.5%)

2 (1.8%)

30 (27%)

3 (2.7%)

Age

 15–25

20 (18%)

3 (2.7%)

2 (1.8%)

–

 26–35

10 (9%)

6 (5.4%)

20 (18%)

4 (3.6%)

 36–45

4 (3.6%)

10 (9%)

3 (2.7%)

4 (3.6%)

 46–55

1 (0.9%)

10 (9%)

3 (2.7%)

2 (1.8%)

 56–65

–

6 (5.4%)

2 (1.8%)

1 (0.9%)

Religion

 Christianity

25 (22.52)

20 (18%)

25 (22.5%)

8 (7.2%)

 Islam

10 (9%)

15 (13.5%)

5 (4.5%)

3 (2.7%)

Marital Status

 Single

33 (29.72)

9 (8.1%)

15 (13.51)

8 (7.2%)

 Married

–

24 (21.62)

14 (12.61)

3 (2.7%)

 Divorced

2 (1.8%)

2 (1.8)

1 (0.9%)

–

Educational Level

 No formal education

5 (4.5%)

–

  

 Primary school

5 (4.5%)

5 (4.5%)

–

–

 Secondary school

10 (0.9%)

15 (13.51)

–

–

 Tertiary level education

15 (13.51)

15 (13.51)

30 (27%)

11 (9.9%)

Employment

 Employed

2 (1.8%)

35 (31.5%)

–

11 (9.9%)

 Unemployed

33 (29.72)

–

30 (27%)

–