Table 1 Background characteristics of the study respondents
Variable | Response | Male | Female | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 518 (%) | n = 455 (%) | |||
Age | 18–20 | 175 (33.8) | 191 (42.9) | .001* |
21–23 | 247 (47.7) | 209 (47.0) | ||
at least 24 | 96 (18.5) | 45 (10.1) | ||
Department | Non-health programmesa | 188 (36.3) | 186 (41.8) | .044* |
Health programmesb | 330 (63.7) | 259 (58.2) | ||
Year of study | 1st | 141 (27.2) | 167 (37.5) | .001* |
2nd | 136 (26.2) | 75 (16.8) | ||
3rd | 177 (34.2) | 143 (32.2) | ||
4th | 64 (12.4) | 60 (13.5) | ||
Place of residence | on campus | 217 (41.9) | 211 (47.4) | 0.694 |
off campus | 301 (58.1) | 234 (52.6) | ||
Ethnicity | Akan | 246 (47.5) | 274 (61.6) | .001* |
Other Ethnic Groups | 272 (52.5) | 171 (38.4) | ||
Faith professed | Christianity | 375 (73.2) | 326 (73.4) | .829 |
Islam | 109 (21.1) | 94 (21.1) | ||
African traditional religion | 34 (6.6) | 25 (5.6) | ||
Estimated monthly pocket money | at most 300 Cedis | 268 (51.7) | 245 (55.1) | .014* |
301–400 Cedis | 143 (27.6) | 119 (26.7) | ||
401–500 Cedis | 50 (9.6) | 57 (12.8) | ||
501–600 Cedis | 26 (5.0) | 16 (3.6) | ||
601–700 | 17 (3.3) | 4 (0.9) | ||
at least 701 | 14 (2.8) | 4 (0.9) | ||
Family’s socioeconomic status | quite poor | 102 (19.7) | 65 (14.6) | .001* |
not very well off | 189 (36.5) | 105 (23.6) | ||
quite well off | 203 (39.2) | 242 (54.4) | ||
wealthy | 24 (4.6) | 33 (7.4) | ||
Smartphone Ownership | Yes | 475 (91.7) | 374 (84) | .001* |
No | 43 (8.3) | 71 (16) |