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Table 1 Socio-demographic/economic characteristics of study participants

From: Pathways to psychiatric care for mental disorders: a retrospective study of patients seeking mental health services at a public psychiatric facility in Ghana

Item

Frequency

Percentage

Sex

Male

53

49.5

Female

54

50.5

Age (years)

<20

5

4.7

20–29

33

30.8

30–39

29

27.1

40–49

19

17.8

50–59

11

10.3

≥60

10

9.4

Educational level

No/some formal education

14

13.1

Basic educationa

42

39.3

Secondary educationb

26

24.3

Tertiary

25

23.4

Marital status

Single/never married

62

57.9

Married

26

24.3

Widowed

6

5.6

Divorced

8

7.5

Separated

5

4.7

Distance to psychiatric hospital in km (median;iqr)

107

(32.0; 63.5)c

Religion

Christian

92

86

Islam

13

12.2

Others

2

1.8

Occupation

Unemployed

43

40.2

Self-employed

44

41.1

Public servant

11

10.3

Retired

2

1.9

Other

7

6.5

Ethnicity

Akan

40

37.4

Ewe

27

25.2

  1. Distance to psychiatric hospital (in KM)
  2. aPrimary/Junior High
  3. bSenior High/Vocational
  4. cRepresents median and inter-quartile range (iqr)