Research Article
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 |
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