Community Involvement and Perceptions of the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Strategy for Improving Health Outcomes in Ghana: Quantitative Comparative Evidence from Two System Learning Districts of the CHPS+ Project

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents.

Variable	District		Total
	Central Tongu (n = 504) n (%)	Nkwanta South (n = 504) n (%)	(n = 1008) n (%)
Sex
Male	231 (45.8)	210 (41.7)	441 (43.7)
Female	273 (54.2)	294 (58.3)	567 (56.3)
Mean age (in years) (SD)
Age group (in years)
<30	156 (31.0)	140 (27.8)	296 (29.4)
30–39	135 (26.8)	135 (26.8)	270 (26.8)
40–49	95 (18.9)	107 (21.3)	202 (20.0)
50+	118 (23.4)	122 (24.2)	240 (23.8)
Religion
Christianity	451 (89.5)	373 (74.0)	824 (81.8)
Islam	19 (3.8)	26 (5.2)	45 (4.5)
African traditional	34 (6.8)	105 (20.9)	139 (13.8)
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	404 (80.2)	413 (81.9)	817 (81.1)
Divorced/separated	17 (3.4)	21 (4.2)	38 (3.8)
Widowed	16 (3.2)	27 (5.4)	43 (4.3)
Never married/never cohabited	67 (13.3)	43 (8.5)	110 (10.9)
Ethnicity
Ewe	496 (98.4)	154 (30.6)	650 (64.5)
Akan	4 (0.8)	31 (6.2)	35 (3.5)
Guan	1 (0.2)	258 (51.2)	259 (25.7)
Others	3 (0.6)	61 (12.1)	64 (6.4)
Educational level
None	109 (21.6)	177 (35.1)	286 (28.4)
Primary	107 (21.2)	90 (17.9)	197 (19.5)
JHS	191 (37.9)	156 (31.0)	347 (34.4)
Senior high school (SHS)	70 (13.9)	62 (12.3)	132 (13.1)
Tertiary	27 (5.4)	19 (3.8)	46 (4.6)
Occupation
Unemployed	40 (7.9)	35 (6.9)	75 (7.4)
Trader	65 (12.9)	74 (14.7)	139 (13.7)
Farmer	319 (63.3)	307 (60.9)	626 (62.1)
Tradesman	27 (5.4)	39 (7.7)	66 (6.6)
Seamstress/hairdresser	24 (4.8)	27 (5.4)	51 (5.1)
Civil servant	29 (5.8)	22 (4.4)	51 (5.1)
Income (in GHC)
Very low (<100)	109 (21.7)	129 (25.6)	238 (23.7)
Low (100–499)	297 (59.2)	310 (61.5)	607 (60.3)
High (500–999)	60 (12.0)	46 (9.1)	106 (10.5)
Very high (1000+)	36 (7.2)	19 (3.8)	55 (5.5)
NHIS status
Subscriber	224 (44.4)	243 (48.2)	467 (46.3)
Nonsubscriber	280 (55.6)	261 (51.8)	541 (53.7)