Healthcare seeking behaviour during illness among older adults in Ghana: does food security status matter?

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Sample characteristics

	Percentage
Healthcare-seeking during illness
No	69
Yes	31
Food security status
Severely food insecure	36
Moderately food insecure	21
Mildly food insecure	7
Food secure	36
Education
Higher	16
Secondary	14
Primary	29
No education	41
Occupation
Civil servant	12
Agriculture	35
Business	32
Unemployed	13
Other	7
Marital status
Married	56
Divorced	9
Single	7
Widowed	28
Gender
Male	53
Female	47
Age (years)
≥ 80	18
70–79	24
60–69	58
Region of residence
Bono East	36
Greater Accra	29
Upper West	35
Place of residence
Urban	49
Rural	51
Religion
Christian	61
Muslim	26
Traditionalist	9
No religion	4
Health insurance
No	77
Yes	23
Household wealth
Richest	20
Richer	20
Middle	20
Poorer	20
Poorest	20
Total	1,073

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