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. 2010 Apr 1;10:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-14

Table 2.

Socio-Demographic characteristic of the interviewees

Characteristics Baseline Post intervention
Number (n = 238) % Number (n = 242) %

Gender
 Female 138 58% 173 71.5
 Male 100 42% 69 28.5
Age
 16-19 16 6.7 20 8.3
 20-24 71 29.8 68 28.1
 25-34 89 37.4 95 41.3
 35-49 51 21.4 55 23.9
 50+ 11 4.6 4 1.7
Marital Status
 Married 159 66.8 152 62.8
 Separated/ 59 24.8 50 20.6
 Divorced 12 5.04 19 7.8
 Never married 8 3.4 18 7.4
Religion
 Moslems 225 94.5 231 95.4
 Christians 13 5.5 11 4.6
Ethnicity
 Makonde 219 92.1 220 90.9
 Others (Yao & Makua) 19 7.9 21 9.1
Education
 Never been to School 93 39.1 100 41.3
  Female 69 29 82 33.9
  Male 24 10 18 7.4
 Complete Primary Education 85 35.7 92 38
  Female 53 22.3 58 24
  Male 32 13.4 34 14.04
 Never complete Pr/Education 46 19.3 38 15.7
  Female 30 12.6 28 11.8
  Male 16 6.7 10 4.1
 Secondary 14 5.9 9 3.7
  Female 5 2.1 4 1.7
  Male 9 3.9 5 2.06