Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | No. of T2DM patients (% of total) (N = 351) |
|---|---|
| Sex: | |
| Female | 267 (76.1) |
| Male | 84 (23.9) |
| Marital status: | |
| Single | 127 (36.2) |
| Married | 224 (63.8) |
| Education: | |
| None | 40 (11.4) |
| Primary/JHS | 104 (29.6) |
| Secondary/SSS/SHS | 128 (36.5) |
| Tertiary | 79 (22.5) |
| Occupation: | |
| Employed | 243 (69.1) |
| Unemployed | 108 (30.9) |
| Household size: | |
| ⩽ 4 | 176 (50.1) |
| > 4 | 175 (49.9) |
| Sources of drinking water: | |
| Only filtered water | 333 (94.9) |
| Other sources | 18 (5.1) |
n = subgroup. Single = widow, widower and divorced; Other sources = drinking from Tap water, well water, protected and unprotected borehole water.