Socio-Economic and Cultural Barriers that Affect Women’s Participation in Local Level Governance in the Central Region of Ghana
Table 1.
Demographic Data of Participants
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage | | Age 30-50 51-70 70 and above Total | 2 8 1 11 | 18 73 9 100 | | Level of Education | | | | Primary | 1 | 9 | | Middle School | 4 | 36 | | SSS | 2 | 18 | | NVTI | 2 | 18 | | Commercial School Diploma Total | 1 1 11 | 9 9 100 | | Occupation | | | | Formal | 2 | 18 | | informal Total | 9 11 | 82 100 | | Religion | | | | Christianity | 9 | 82 | | Islam Total | 2 11 | 18 100 | | Marital Status | | | | Married | 7 | 64 | | Single | 2 | 18 | | Divorced | 1 | 9 | | Widowed Total | 1 11 | 9 100 | | Number of Children | | | | 1 | 1 | 9 | | 2 | 5 | 45 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 2 | 18 | | 5 | 2 | 18 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 7 Total | 1 11 | 9 100 | | Current status | | | | Outgone (Former) | 8 | 73 | | Won but not in office | 1 | 9 | | Contested but lost | 2 | 18 | | Total | 11 | 100 | Source: Field Data, 2020
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Source: Field Data, 2020 |