Skip to main content
. 2021 Nov 24;1(11):e0000057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000057

Table 1. Socio-economic characteristics of the households and participants in Seven Communities in East and West Africa (SevenCEWA), 2018.

Kenya Nigeria Tanzania Uganda Total
Socio-demography/Study site Viwandani (Urban Slum) (n = 300) Ikire (Semi-urban) (n = 502) Olorunda-Abaa (Rural) (n = 732) Ogane-Uge (Rural) (n = 410) Ikpok Ikpa (Rural) (n = 492) Ukonga (Semi-urban) (n = 453) Soroti (Semi-urban) (n = 787) N = 3676
Age (mean in years ± SD) 35 ±11 48 ±18 41 ±13 39 ±20 39 ±15 44 ±14 34 ±12 40 ±16
Female (%) 145 (48.3) 278 (55.4) 469 (64.1) 212 (51.7) 240 (48.8) 325 (71.7) 557 (70.8) 2226 (60.6)
Married or living with a partner (%) 171 (57.0) 370 (61.4) 657 (89.8) 302 (73.7) 302 (61.4) 296 (65.3) 509 (64.7) 2607 (70.9)
No education (%) 4 (1.3) 105 (20.9) 48 (6.6) 107 (26.1) 113 (23.0) 57 (12.6) 101 (12.8) 535 (14.6)
Secondary school (%) 156 (52.0) 196 (39.0) 310 (42.3) 125 (30.5) 121 (24.6) 30 (6.6) 237 (30.1) 1175 (32.5)
College or university (%) 20 (6.7) 71 (14.1) 216 (29.5) 22 (5.4) 47 (9.6) 245 (54.1) 244 (31.0) 865 (23.5)
Self-employed (%) 73 (24.3) 403 (80.3) 579 (79.1) 312 (76.1) 322 (65.4) 275 (60.7) 230 (29.2) 2194 (59.7)
Unemployed (%) 37 (12.3) 18 (3.6) 39 (5.3) 66 (16.1) 35 (7.1) 129 (28.5) 393 (49.9) 717 (19.5)
Household monthly income in $ (median (IQR)) NA 65 (134) 67 (131) 23 (70) 98 (137) NA NA 78 (130)
Mobile phone ownership (%) 273 (91.0) 450 (89.6) 683 (93.4) 199 (48.5) 281 (57.1)) NA NA 1886 (77.5)
Operating account in financial institution (%) 137 (45.7) 192 (38.2) 349 (47.7) 58 (14.1 89 (18.1) NA NA 825 (33.9)
Access to internet (%) 151 (50.3) 60 (12.0) 246 (33.7) 55 (13.4) 47 (9.6) NA NA 559 (23.0)

NA: Data not available.