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

Source: Field Data, 2020