| Variables |
| Germany | Ghana |
| Age (Mean) |
| 49.47 | 30.92 |
| Sex | Men | 50.55% | 49.74% |
| Women | 49.45% | 50.26% | |
| Marital status | Divorced | 8.89% | 2.58% |
| Living together as married | 9.09% | 2.64% | |
| Married | 52.09% | 42.14% | |
| Separated | 1.44% | 1.29% | |
| Single | 20.46% | 48.65% | |
| Widowed | 8.04% | 2.71% | |
| Literacy | Illiterate | 0.05% | 6.96% |
| Literate | 99.95% | 93.04% | |
| The highest educational level attained | Complete primary school | 22.59% | 25.71% |
| Complete secondary school: technical/vocational type | 32.82% | 17.27% | |
| Complete secondary school: university-preparatory type | 11.32% | 8.31% | |
| Incomplete primary school | 6.95% | 12.76% | |
| Incomplete secondary school: technical/vocational type | 4.12% | 11.92% | |
| Incomplete secondary school: university-preparatory type | 2.18% | 5.61% | |
| No formal education | 1.14% | 6.96% | |
| Some university-level education, without degree | 1.14% | 5.22% | |
| University-level education, with degree | 17.73% | 6.25% |