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. 2009 Oct;9(Suppl 2):S72–S80.

Table 4.

Awareness about human rights, sources of information and rights commonly known

Sex

Male Female Total

n (%) n (%) n (%)
Awareness about human rights
Yes 378 (68.9) 534 (66.6) 912 (67.5)
No 164 (29.9 257 (32.0) 421 (31.2)
Don't know 7 (25.4) 11 (1.4) 18 (1.3)
Total 549 (100) 802 (100) 1,351 (100)
Source of information
UN/NGO employee 164 (25.4) 207 (22.4) 371 (23.7)
Radio 152 (23.6) 208 (22.6) 360 (23.0)
Health facility 92 (14.3) 126 (13.7) 218 (13.9)
Village meeting 62 (9.6) 94 (10.2) 156 (9.9)
Family and friends 30 (4.7) 74 (8.0) 104 (6.6)
School 43 (6.7) 71 (7.7) 114 (7.3)
Local Council 39 (6.0) 70 (7.6) 109 (6.9)
Uganda Human Rights Commission 39 (6.0) 28 (3.0) 67 (4.3)
Newspapers 8 (1.2) 9 (1.0) 17 (1.1)
Others 16 (2.5) 35 (3.8) 51 (3.3)
Total 645 (100) 922 (100) 1,567 (100
Rights most commonly identified
Health 242 (18.0) 288 (19.4) 530 (18.8)
Association 238 (17.7) 235 (15.9) 473 (16.8)
Education 209 (15.6) 233 (15.7) 442 (15.7)
Water 131 (9.8) 174 (11.8) 305 (10.8)
Sanitation 123 (9.2) 152 (10.3) 275 (9.7)
Security 163 (12.1) 149 (10.1) 312 (11.0)
Vote 109 (8.1) 122 (8.2) 231 (8.2)
Others 127 (9.5) 128 (8.6) 255 (9.0)
Total 1,342 (100) 1481 (100) 2,823 (100)