Table 1 Participant Characteristics (n = 1927)
From: Psychological and physical factors related to social integration of older adults in Ghana
Sample size | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 833 | 43.2 |
Female | 1094 | 56.8 |
Age | ||
60–69 | 1271 | 66 |
70–79 | 513 | 26.6 |
80+ | 143 | 7.4 |
Mean\( \pm \)SD | 14.1\( \pm \)62.6 | |
Marital status | ||
Not married | 122 | 6.3 |
Married | 1126 | 58.5 |
Separated/divorced | 207 | 10.7 |
Widowed | 472 | 24.5 |
Educational level | ||
No formal education | 867 | 45.0 |
Primary or JHS | 523 | 27.1 |
Secondary or higher | 537 | 27.9 |
Religion | ||
Christianity | 1402 | 72.8 |
Islam | 355 | 18.4 |
No religion/Indigenous | 170 | 8.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Akan | 886 | 46.0 |
Ewe | 118 | 6.1 |
Ga-Adangbe | 290 | 15.1 |
Mande-Busanga | 454 | 23.6 |
Others | 178 | 9.2 |
Work status | ||
Not working | 372 | 19.3 |
Part-time work | 642 | 33.3 |
Full-time work | 913 | 47.4 |
Ecological Zones | ||
Savannah | 418 | 21.7 |
Forest | 956 | 49.6 |
Coastal | 553 | 28.7 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 753 | 39.1 |
Rural | 1174 | 60.9 |
Income | ||
Low | 448 | 23.3 |
High | 1479 | 76.7 |
Perceived general health | ||
Poor | 168 | 8.7 |
Moderate | 444 | 23.0 |
Good | 1315 | 68.2 |
Psycho-physical factors | ||
Emotional wellbeing | ||
Low | 735 | 38.1 |
High | 1192 | 61.9 |
Physical wellbeing | ||
Low | 1337 | 69.4 |
High | 590 | 30.6 |
Psychological wellbeing | ||
Low | 870 | 45.1 |
High | 1057 | 54.9 |
Spiritual wellbeing | ||
Low | 382 | 19.8 |
High | 1545 | 80.2 |
Social integration | ||
Low | 548 | 28.4 |
High | 1379 | 71.6 |