Facilitators and Barriers to Health Seeking among People Who Use Drugs in the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana: An Exploratory Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of people who use drugs.

Characteristics	Number of participants
	Network of people who use drugs	Hospital
Age
Below 25	1	0
25-34	2	2
35-44	5	3
45 and above	6	1
Sex
Male	12	6
Female	2	0
Marital status
Single	8	2
Married	1	2
Divorced	5	2
Educational level
No formal education	1	3
Primary	1	1
JHS/SHS	12	1
Tertiary	0	1
Occupation
Trader	2	2
Craftsmanship	3	2
Transport industry	0	1
Unemployed	9	1
Residential status
Own house	0	1
Renting	1	0
Family house	8	5
Homeless/sleep in ghetto	5	0
Religion
Christianity	9	3
Islam	1	2
None	4	1
Years of drug use
Below 10	4	1
10 to 20	4	5
21 and above	6	0
Health insurance
Subscribed	2	4
Not subscribed	12	2
Key informant	1	1