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Table 5 Selected descriptive statistics of respondents (N = 200)

From: Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach

Variable

Description

Freq.

%

Site

Navrongo

54

27.0

Kintampo

61

30.5

Dodowa

85

42.5

Age (n = 199)

≤25

70

35.0

26–30

97

48.5

≥30

32

16.0

Gender

Male

31

15.5

Female

169

84.5

Marital status

Married or living together

83

41.5

Other

117

58.5

Religion

Christian

185

92.5

Other

15

7.5

Ethnicity

Akan

37

18.5

Ga, Adangbe

22

11.0

Ewe

25

12.5

Kassena

30

15.0

Fulani

42

21.0

Other

44

22.0

Household size

>1

103

51.5

0

152

76.0

Number of children under 5

1

34

17.0

2 or more

14

7.0

Number of years worked at this CHPS

1–2 years

41

20.5

More than two years

83

41.5

Commute time (n = 183)

Stay at health facility

53

26.5

Less than 15 min

61

30.5

15–30 min

37

18.5

>30 min

32

16.0

Familiarity of the workplace

Did not know at all

115

57.5

Hardly knew

21

10.5

Knew somewhat

32

16.0

Knew well

13

6.5

Knew very well

19

9.5