Table 2. Socio-economic and demographic status of women and compound head.
Head of compound characteristics (N = 3800) | N | % | |
Age (18 missing values) |
<40 | 586 | 15.5 |
40–49 | 932 | 24.6 | |
50–59 | 935 | 24.7 | |
60–69 | 727 | 19.2 | |
70 and above | 602 | 16.0 | |
Gender | Male | 3717 | 97.8 |
Female | 83 | 2.2 | |
Education (5 missing values) |
No formal education | 752 | 19.8 |
Informal/religious education | 2345 | 61.8 | |
Formal education | 698 | 18.4 | |
Occupation (13 missing values) |
Subsistence farming/ small business owner | 2630 | 69.4 |
Commercial farming/large business owner | 410 | 10.9 | |
Unskilled manual labour | 120 | 3.2 | |
Skilled manual labour | 358 | 9.4 | |
Professional/ TBA | 172 | 4.5 | |
Student/unemployed/retired | 97 | 2.6 | |
Wealth quintile |
Lowest | 765 | 20.1 |
Low | 783 | 20.6 | |
Middle | 763 | 20.1 | |
High | 733 | 19.3 | |
Highest | 756 | 19.9 | |
Women characteristics (N = 9564) | N | % | |
Age (4 missing values) |
16–19 | 1447 | 15.1 |
20–29 | 3846 | 40.2 | |
30–39 | 2663 | 27.9 | |
40–49 | 1605 | 16.8 | |
Education (11 missing values) |
No formal education | 3593 | 37.6 |
Informal/ Religious | 5108 | 53.4 | |
Any formal education | 852 | 9.0 | |
Occupation | Business woman/Farming | 2854 | 29.8 |
Unskilled manual labour | 425 | 4.4 | |
Skilled manual labour | 5240 | 54.8 | |
Professional/TBA | 21 | 0.3 | |
House work / not working Student | 1024 | 10.7 | |
Women with a child under-5 years | No under 5 child | 2170 | 22.7 |
Have an under 5 | 7394 | 77.3 | |
Marital Status | Married | 9214 | 96.3 |
Never married | 154 | 1.6 | |
Divorced/ Separated | 142 | 1.5 | |
Widowed | 54 | 0.6 |
TBA -Traditional birth attendant.