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. 2010 Jan 27;6:4–15. doi: 10.2174/1745017901006010004

Table 1.

Social and Demographic Factors

Number (%) of Respondents
Male (N= 167) Female (N= 233) Total (N= 400)
Characteristic
Age 16-24 31.7 36.6 34.6
25-29 13.2 25.9 20.6
30-39 29.9 25.9 27.6
40-49 16.2 7.3 11.0
50+ 9.0 4.3 6.3
Marital status Single 44.3 30 36.0
Married 55.7 70 64
Education Illiterate 1.8 5.2 3.8
Primary 11.4 27.2 20.6
Secondary 60.5 53.0 56.1
Tertiary 26.3 14.7 19.5
Wealth index low 24.8 39.1 33.4
middle 33.3 33.5 33.4
High 41.8 27.4 33.2
Language of Interview English 62.3 39.9 49.3
Nyanja 29.3 45.5 38.8
Bemba 6.0 10.3 8.5
Other 2.4 4.3 3.5
Gold standard DSM-IV 12.9 14.0 13.6
Depression 11.0 11.0 11.0
Anxiety 0.6 2.6 1.8