Green Care as Alternative Therapy: The Situation in Ghana

Table 3

Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and their awareness of animal-assisted therapy.

Variable	Subgroup	Ever heard of AAT?		value
		No	Yes
Age	20–24	73 (79.3%)	19 (20.7%)	0.240
	25–29	85 (87.6%)	12 (12.4%)
	>29	13 (76.5%)	4 (23.5%)
Sex	Male	121 (89.0%)	15 (11.0%)	0.003
	Female	50 (71.4%)	20 (28.6%)
Religious affiliation	Christianity	129 (84.3%)	19 (15.7%)	0.065
	Islam	41 (82.0%)	9 (18.0%)
	Others	1 (33.3%	2 (66.7%)
Where respondents grew up	Village	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.147
	District capital	26 (86.7%)	4 (13.3%)
	Town	26 (76.5%)	8 (23.5%)
	Regional capital	22 (91.7%)	2 (8.3%)
	City	81 (79.4%)	21 (20.6%)
Level of study	Level 400 (4^th year)	75 (78.9%)	20 (21.1%)	0.356
	Level 500 (5^th year)	45 (86.5%)	7 (13.5%)
	Level 600 (6^th year)	51 (86.4%)	8 (13.6%)
Father’s highest educational level	No formal	18 (90.0%)	2 (10.0%)	0.242
	Basic	20 (90.9%)	2 (9.1%)
	Senior high	17 (70.8%)	7 (29.2%)
	Tertiary	116 (82.9%)	24 (17.1%)
Mother’s highest educational level	No formal	39 (92.9%)	3 (7.1%)	0.077
	Basic	38 (88.4%)	5 (11.6%)
	Senior high	35 (81.4%)	8 (18.6%)
	Tertiary	59 (75.6%)	19 (24.4%)
Family income level	Low	25 (89.3%)	3 (10.7%)	0.073
	Middle	58 (75.3%)	19 (24.7%)
	High	88 (87.1%)	13 (12.9%)

Statistically significant.