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Table 1 Detailed demographics of participants

From: Care-‘less’: exploring the interface between child care and parental control in the context of child rights for workers in children’s homes in Ghana

Item

Category

Number

Sex

Male

8

Female

33

Age Range

25–35

5

36–45

5

46–55

22

56–58

9

Education

Post -Graduate

1

Bachelor level

3

Professional/Voc/Dip

11

Middle school

26

Work Role

Manager/Director

2

Mother

22

Assistant Mother/Auntie

8

Former institutional child/ Volunteer

3

Resident Nurse

2

Teacher

2

Social Worker

2

Length of Service (in years)

0–10

6

11–20

14

21–30

13

31–40

8

Marital status

Single

8

Married

14

Divorced

12

Widowed

7

  1. Source: Fieldwork data