Research Article
Pattern and Extent of Street Food Consumption in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of respondents.
| Variables | Frequency(n = 403) | Percentage (100%) | Mean (SD) | 28.79 (8.38) |
| Age (group) | Below 25 years | 160 | 39.7 | 25 to 29 years | 93 | 23.2 | 30 to 34 years | 59 | 14.6 | 35 to 39 years | 37 | 9.2 | 40 to 45 years | 25 | 6.2 | 45 to 49 years | 17 | 4.2 | 50 and above | 12 | 3 |
| Sex | Female | 172 | 42.7 | Male | 231 | 57.3 |
| Marital status | Married | 174 | 43.2 | Single | 208 | 51.6 | Divorced | 9 | 2.2 | Cohabitating | 12 | 3 |
| Educational level | None | 4 | 1 | Primary | 14 | 3.5 | JHS | 101 | 25.1 | SHS | 134 | 33.3 | Tertiary | 150 | 37.2 |
| Ethnic | Akan | 110 | 27.3 | Ewe | 227 | 56.3 | Ga | 39 | 9.7 | Dagomba | 12 | 3 | Other | 15 | 3.7 |
| Religion | Christianity | 345 | 85.6 | Islam | 58 | 14.4 |
| Area | Bla | 75 | 18.6 | Kpeme | 70 | 17.4 | Zongo | 57 | 14.1 | Kpoeta | 60 | 14.9 | Ahado | 50 | 12.4 | Market | 91 | 22.6 |
| Occupation | Artisan | 53 | 13.2 | Civil/public servant | 54 | 13.4 | Farming | 20 | 5 | Professional | 51 | 12.7 | Student | 105 | 26.1 | Trading | 113 | 28 | Unemployed | 7 | 1.7 |
| Income | 200ghc and below | 159 | 39.5 | 201 to 400ghc | 122 | 30.3 | 401 to 600 | 57 | 14.1 | 601 to 999 | 45 | 11.2 | 1000 to 2000 | 20 | 5 |
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