Table 2.
Sample characteristics of Ugandan IDP respondents (N = 1210)
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
| Number of women | 727 (60.1) |
| Age, mean | 35.3 years |
| Religion | |
| Catholic | 927 (76.6) |
| Protestant | 167 (13.8) |
| Born again Christian | 101 (8.4) |
| other | 15 (1.2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Acholi | 1,098 (90.7) |
| Lango | 88 (7.3) |
| Other | 24 (2.0) |
| Marital status | |
| married/co-habiting | 926 (76.5) |
| single | 72 (6.0) |
| separated* | 212 (17.5) |
| Education level | |
| never attended school | 380 (31.4) |
| completed primary school | 711 (58.8) |
| completed secondary school | 119 (9.8) |
| Personal income of previous month § | |
| <25,000 UGS | 732 (60.5) |
| 25,000–50,000 UGS | 230 (19.0) |
| >50,000 UGS | 238 (19.7) |
| refused to answer | 10 (0.8) |
| Period since left village | |
| Less than 12 months | 20 (1.7) |
| 1 – 2 years | 69 (5.7) |
| 3 – 5 years | 277 (22.9) |
| 5 – 10 years | 479 (39.6) |
| More than 10 years | 345 (28.5) |
| Don't Know | 20 (1.7) |
| Number of camps lived in | |
| 1 camp | 711 (58.8) |
| 2 camps | 386 (31.90) |
| 3 or more camps | 113 (9.3) |
Abbreviations: UGS, Ugandan shillings
§1 USD = 1800 UGS at time of survey
* Separated: divorced/separated, widowed, forcibly separated