Table 1.
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the respondents and their households
| Inyi | Udi | Oji | Nachi | |
| N = 356 | N = 326 | N = 346 | N = 323 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Status (spouse/rep) | 309 (86.8) | 267 (81.9) | 310 (89.6) | 281 (87.0) |
| Attended School | 178 (50.0) | 210 (64.4) | 322 (93.1) | 126 (39.0) |
| School years: Mean (SD) | 4.50 (5.37) | 5.54 (5.09) | 9.81 (5.18) | 2.97 (4.38) |
| Married | 313 (87.9) | 285 (87.4) | 339 (98.0) | 311 (96.3) |
| People in house: Mean (SD) | 6.30 (3.45) | 4.48 (5.55) | 5.71 (2.10) | 3.81 (2.14) |
| MALE respondent | 23 (6.5) | 3 (0.9) | 18 (5.2) | 16 (5.0) |
| AGE: Mean (SD) | 42.44 (14.45) | 43.08 (17.30) | 39.00 (11.21) | 51.68 (14.49) |
| Weekly food cost: Mean (SD) | 2071.9 (2313.4) | 1800.7 (1912.6) | 2014.5 (1618.7) | 983.5 (1872.4) |
| Own radio set | 292 (82.0) | 290 (89.0) | 330 (95.4) | 279 (86.4) |
| Own bicycle | 255 (71.6) | 53 (16.3) | 41 (11.8) | 136 (42.1) |
| Own motorcycle | 91 (25.6) | 40 (12.3) | 86 (24.9) | 17 (5.3) |
| Own motorcar | 27 (7.6) | 41 (12.6) | 61 (17.6) | 5 (1.5) |
| Own refrigerator | 17 (4.8) | 102 (31.3) | 252 (72.8) | 23 (7.1) |