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ETHNIC ORIGINS: The majority of sUbjects 66.7%, were As hantis,
t he ethnic group of the region . The remaining 33.3' were from
the f our other migrant ethnic groups, the predominant group
among t hese being the subjects f rom northern Ghana. See TABLE
1.1.
TABLE 1 .1 THE ETHNIC GROUPS OF STUDY PART ICIPANTS
Number of
Tribe group SUbjects Percentet)
Ashanti 315 66 .7
Other Akan 52 1 1. 0
Northern 90 19 .1
Ewe 12 2 .5
Ga/Adangbe J O.G
TOTAL 472 100.0
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL : Ni n e t y sUbjects ( 19.9%) . had never received
f or ma l education. The l eve l s of education for t hose with
formal education, h ave been grouped by the t yp e of school
completed . The majority of SUbjects (60 .0%) had elementary
school level education, a school system wi th 10 g r ades ,
l ead i ng to a Middle School Leaving Certificate at the end of
the t en th grade . This system was an ol d school system, which
h as now been replaced by a newe r model of primary and
secondary schoo ls. Few SUbjects (1.8%) , had post-secondary
education. See TABLE 1. 2.