Table 2.
Household Respondents' socio-economic and demographic characteristics
| Urban N = 576 |
Rural N = 555 |
Combined N = 1131 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent' status | |||
| Female head of household: n % | 22 (3.8) | 119 (21.4) | 141 (12.5) |
| Male head of household: n % | 16 (2.8) | 48 (8.6) | 64 (5.7) |
| Wife: n % | 442 (76.7) | 349 (62.9) | 791 (69.9) |
| Grandmother: n % | 13 (2.2) | 6 (1.1) | 19 (1.7) |
| Representative of household: n % | 83 (14.4) | 33 (5.9) | 116 (10.3) |
| Whether married: n % | 498 (86.5) | 498 (89.7) | 996 (88.1) |
| People in the household: Mean (SD): | 5.5 (3.9) | 4.7 (2.4) | 5.2 (3.3) |
| Age of respondent (years): Mean (SD) | 36.4 (11.3) | 40.2 (14.5) | 38.2 (13.1) |
| Sex of respondents | |||
| Females: n % | 541 (93.9) | 515 (92.8) | 1056 (93.4) |
| Males: n % | 35 (6.1) | 40 (7.2) | 75 (6.6) |
| Years of education: Mean (SD) | 10.7 (3.7) | 7.1 (5.7) | 8.9 (5.1) |
| Occupation: n % | |||
| Farmer | 21 (3.6) | 190 (34.2) | 211 (18.7) |
| Unemployed | 86 (14.9) | 66 (11.9) | 152 (13.4) |
| Petty trading | 261 (45.3) | 103 (18.6) | 364 (32.2) |
| Civil servant | 96 (16.7) | 68 (12.3) | 164 (14.5) |
| Private employment | 20 (3.5) | 19 (3.4) | 39 (3.4) |
| Big business man/woman | 19 (3.3) | 36 (6.5) | 55 (4.9) |
| Self employed | 44 (7.6) | 59 (10.6) | 103 (9.1) |
| Others | 15 (2.6) | 20 (3.6) | 35 (3.1) |
| SES quartiles | |||
| Q1 (most poor): n % | 222 (38.5) | 61 (11.0) | 283 (25) |
| Q2 (very poor): n % | 78 (13.5) | 204 (36.8) | 282 (24.9) |
| Q3 (poor): n % | 152 (26.4) | 131 (23.6) | 283 (25.0) |
| Q4 Least poor): n % | 124 (21.6) | 159 (28.6) | 283 (25.0) |