Iodine Content of Salt Use after Years of Universal Iodization Policy and Knowledge on Iodized Salt among Households in the Sissala East Municipality in Upper West Region of Ghana

Table 1

General characteristics of participants.

Attribute		Frequency	Percentage
Age (years)	18–27	198	48.2
	28–37	129	31.4
	38–47	48	11.7
	48–57	36	8.7
Educational level	None	178	43.3
	Basic	117	28.5
	Secondary	56	13.6
	Tertiary	60	14.6
Occupation	None	71	17.3
	Petty trade	55	13.4
	Farming	231	56.2
	Formal job	54	13.1
Marital status	Single	67	15.4
	Married	344	83.7
Type of marriage (n = 344)	Monogamous	248	72.1
	Polygamous	96	27.9
Religion	Christianity	46	11.2
	Islam	365	88.8
Ethnicity	Sissala	354	86.1
	Dagaaba	29	7.1
	Kassena	28	6.8