Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 364)

Socio-demographic Variables	Location of residence
	Rural		Urban
	N	%	N	%
Sex of Household Head
Male	125	68.7	135	74.2
Female	57	31.3	47	28.5
Marital Status
Single	14	7.7	16	8.8
Divorced	19	10.4	12	6.6
Married	22	67	133	73.1
Widowed	27	14.8	21	11.5
Education of Household Head
No formal education	3	1.60	5	2.7
Primary	69	37.9	33	18.1
Secondary	44	24.2	64	35.2
Diploma/Certificate	8	4.4	25	13.7
Degree	4	2.2	13	7.1
Education of Caregiver
No formal education	21	11.5	14	7.7
Primary	127	69.8	90	49.5
Secondary	27	14.8	59	32.4
College level education	6	3.3	18	9.8
Occupation of Household Head
Not employed	5	3.9	3	2.1
Employed (Salaried)	17	13.4	51	36.4
Small scale trading	27	21.3	52	37.1
Causal Laborer	33	26.0	20	14.3
Farming	103	81.8	42	30.0
Retired Pension Earner	2	1.6	3	2.1
Occupation of Caregiver
Not employed	6	3.3	36	19.8
Employed (Salaried)	5	2.7	22	12.1
Small scale trading	47	25.8	82	45.1
Causal Laborer	39	21.4	16	8.8
Farming	167	91.8	85	46.7
Retired Pension Earner	1	0.5	1	0.5
Other Variables
Continuous Variables	Mean	Standard Deviation	Mean	Standard Deviation
Age of Caregiver	37	17	33	13
Household Monthly Income (UGX)	312,005	105,654	554,354	271,604
Household Monthly Food expenditure (UGX)	87,291	52,635	205,297	107,306
Household Size	5.80	2.87	5.43	2.61
Number of Income earner in household	1.74	0.61	1.68	0.57