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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of 100 incarcerated individuals at the Ghana Prisons Service in the Northern Region

From: Assessment of mental distress among prison inmates in Ghana’s correctional system: a cross-sectional study using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

Variables (N = 100)

Percentage

Age

 

  <30

38

  30-59

51

  60-101

11

Sex

 

  Male

89

  Female

11

Education

 

  Primary

23

  Secondary

25

  College

2

  None

50

Ethnicity

 

  Southern tribes

23

  Northern Mole-Dagomba

38

  Other - Northern tribes

39

Religion

 

  Moslem

54

  Christian

46

NHIS

 

  Yes

65

  No

35

  1. Note: The “Mole-Dagomba” is an ethnic group that consists of the Mossi, Dagomba, Nanumba, Mamprusi, and Gonja tribes in the Northern Region. The “Other” ethnic group includes various tribes from the other regions in the northern part of Ghana. The “Southern tribes” ethnic group includes the Akan, Ga-Adangbe and Ewe tribes.