Low Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Net among Pregnant Women in the Middle Belt of Ghana

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of both FGD and IDI respondents .

	Number of; respondents	Percentage
Age groups
14–18	12	12.9
19–24	35	37.6
25–34	39	41.9
35–49	7	7.5
Educational level
No education	20	21.5
Primary school	32	34.4
Middle school, JSS/JHS	36	38.7
Post-middle college (e.g., training/secretarial)	2	2.2
Technical/commercial/SSS/SHS	3	3.2
Marital status
Single	4	4.3
Living together	49	52.7
Married	36	38.7
Separated	4	4.3
Type of occupation
Not working	16	17.2
Labourer/domestic worker/farmer	35	37.6
Professional teacher/nurse/accounts clerk	3	3.2
Seamstress/hairdresser	9	9.7
Trader/food seller	30	32.3
Ethnicity
Akan	55	59.1
Bimoba, Chokosi	1	1.1
Dargarti	20	21.5
Fulani	1	1.1
Ga, Adangbe, Ewe	1	1.1
Gonja, Dagomba, Mamprusi	2	2.2
Hausa	1	1.1
Konkomba, Basare	4	4.3
Mossi	1	1.1
Sisala, Wala	7	7.5