Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

Age in years

18 - 35

83

31.2

36 - 55

147

55.3

56 - 67

36

13.5

Highest educational level

None

37

13.9

Primary

46

17.3

JHS/Middle school

96

36.1

SHS/Vocational

70

26.3

Tertiary¹

17

6.4

Ethnicity

Akan

90

33.8

Ga-adangbe

121

45.5

Ewe

48

18.1

Northerner

7

2.6

Current marital status

Single

29

10.9

Married

144

75.1

Divorced/Separated/widowed

57

21.4

Cohabiting

36

13.5

Income earning activity

Food

117

44.0

Personal effects

93

35.0

Utensils/Plastics

30

11.3

Services

26

9.8

Household Head

Respondent

108

40.6

Spouse

106

39.9

Both

45

16.9

Parent

7

2.6

Parity

No child

41

15.4

1 - 3

118

44.4

≥4

107

40.2

Body Mass index (BMI)

Normal (BMI < 25 kg/m²)

72

27.1

Overweight (25 kg/m² ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m²)

150

56.4

Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²)

44

16.5