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. 2009 May 16;9:23. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-23

Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Profile of Respondents by Abduction Status

All Not Abducted Abducted
n 2,867 1,921 946
(100%) (67%) (33%)

Gender (women) 1,417 1,007 410
(49.5%) (52.4%) (43.4%)

Mean Age 35.4 35.42 35.26
(S.D.) (14.35) (14.75 (13.51)

Mean Age at Abduction - - 25.84
(S.D.) - - (13.57)

Mean Income, Ugandan Shillings (S.D.) 33,426 35,804 28,701
(166,885) (199,492 (60,874)

Ethnicity Acholi 1,385 706 679
(48.3%) (36.7%) (71.8%)

Langi 712 633 79
(24.8%) (32.9%) (8.4%)

Teso 724 540 184
(25.2%) (28.1%) (19.5%)

Other 47 43 4
(1.6%) (2.2%) (0.4%)

Marital Status Single 373 265 108
(13.0%) (13.8%) (11.4%)

Married 2,070 1,391 679
(72.2%) (72.4%) (71.8%)

Partner 77 43 34
(2.7%) (2.2%) (3.6%)

Divorced 130 78 52
(4.5%) (4.1%) (5.5%)

Widowed 217 144 73
(7.6%) (7.5%) (7.7%)

Religion Catholic 1,771 1,108 663
(61.9%) (57.8%) (70.2%)

Protestant 802 580 222
(28.0%) (30.2%) (23.5%)

Born Again 227 177 50
(7.9%) (9.2%) (5.3%)

Other 63 53 10
(2.2%) (2.8%) (1.1%)

Education No schooling 698 473 225
(24.3%) (24.6%) (23.8%)

Some primary 1,073 691 382
(37.4%) (36.0%) (40.4%)

Completed primary 459 314 145
(16.0%) (16.3%) (15.3%)

Higher than primary 638 444 194
(22.2%) (23.1%) (20.5%)