Research Article
Prevalence and Pattern of Road Traffic Accidents among Commercial Motorcyclists in the Central Tongu District, Ghana
Table 4
Association between respondents’ characteristics and involvement in accident.
| Variables | Responses | Ever been involved in an accident | Parameter | Yes | No | Total | Statistics | value | 73 (64.0) | 41 (36.0) | 114 (100.0) |
| Age | Less than 20 | 9 (7.9) | 3 (2.6) | 12 (10.5) | 3.124 | 0.373 | 20–30 | 43 (37.7) | 23 (20.2) | 66 (57.9) | | | 31–40 | 19 (16.7) | 11 (9.6) | 30 (26.3) | | | More than 40 | 2 (1.8) | 4 (3.5) | 6 (5.3) | | |
| Marital status | Single | 42 (36.8) | 30 (26.3) | 72 (63.2) | 3.229 | 0.199 | Married | 28 (24.6) | 9 (7.9) | 37 (32.5) | | | Divorced | 3 (2.6) | 2 (1.8) | 5 (4.4) | | |
| Educational level | None | 8 (7.0) | 2 (1.8) | 10 (8.8) | 15.633 | 0.001 | Basic | 44 (38.6) | 14 (12.3) | 58 (50.9) | | | Secondary | 16 (14.0) | 24 (21.1) | 40 (35.1) | | | Tertiary | 5 (4.4) | 1 (0.9) | 6 (5.3) | | |
| History of alcohol use | Yes | 39 (34.2) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (34.2) | 33.294 | 0.001 | No | 34 (29.8) | 41 (36.0) | 75 (65.8) | | |
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