Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Adaptation to Climate Change in Ghana
| | Variable | Female
N (%) | Male
N (%) | Total
N (%) | Significant value |
| | Age | | 18–30 | 191 (28.3) | 128 (19.0) | 319 (47.3) | X = 15.667 | | 31–48 | 93 (13.8) | 124 (18.4) | 217 (32.2) | | | 49–68 | 42 (6.2) | 45 (6.7) | 87 (12.9) | | | 68 and above | 27 (4.0) | 24 (3.6) | 51 (7.6) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Religion | | Christianity | 285 (42.3) | 252 (37.4) | 537 (79.7) | X = 6.715 | | Islamic | 68 (10.1) | 63 (9.3) | 131 (19.4) | | | Traditionalist | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Ethnicity | | Akan | 155 (23.0) | 125 (18.5) | 280 (41.5) | X = 11.298 | | Ga-Adangbe | 101 (15.0) | 70 (10.4) | 171 (25.4) | | | Mole-Dagbon | 9 (1.3) | 10 (1.5) | 19 (2.8) | | | Ewe | 60 (8.9) | 81 (12.0) | 141 (20.9) | | | Other | 28 (4.2) | 35 (5.2) | 63 (9.3) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Marital status | | Single | 266 (39.5) | 218 (32.3) | 484 (71.8) | X = 29.895 | | Married | 56 (8.3) | 94 (13.9) | 150 (22.3) | | | Divorced | 15 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (2.2) | | | Widow/widower | 16 (2.4) | 9 (1.3) | 25 (3.7) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Highest education | | No formal education | 24 (3.6) | 14 (2.1) | 38 (5.6) | X = 24.457 | | Primary | 21 (3.1) | 12 (1.8) | 33 (4.) | | | Secondary | 57 (8.5) | 96 (14.2) | 153 (22.7) | | | Undergraduate | 225 (33.4) | 164 (24.3) | 389 (57.7) | | | Postgraduate | 26 (3.9) | 35 (5.2) | 61 (9.1) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Social status | | Upper class | 123 (18.2) | 77 (11.4) | 200 (29.7) | X = 12.097 | | Middle class | 212 (31.5) | 214 (31.8) | 426 (63.2) | | | Lower class | 18 (2.7) | 30 (4.5) | 48 (7.1) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
| | Residence | | Rural | 35 (5.2) | 38 (5.6) | 73 (10.8) | X = 0.644 | | Urban | 318 (47.2) | 283 (42.0) | 601 (89.2) | | | Total | 353 (52.4) | 321 (47.6) | 674 (100) | |
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