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. 2024 Jul 1;4(7):e0003386. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003386

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.