Table 2.

A comparison of the socio-demographic characteristics of the cases and controls

Variable	Cases (n = 19)		Controls (n= 31)
	n	%	n	%	X2	df	p-value
District
Kampala	12	61.5	20	61.3	0.00	1	0.96
Others (Luweero, Wakiso)	7	38.5	12	38.7
Gender
Male	14	73.7	25	78.1			0.74
Female	5	26.3	7	21.9
Tribe
Baganda	12	63.5	20	62.5	0.00	1	0.96
Others	7	36.5	12	37.5
Nature of relationship with decedent
Relative	10	76.9	17	54.8	1.88	1	0.174
Non-relative	3	23.1	14	45.2
Religion
Catholics	7	36.8	13	40.6	4.84	2	0.09
Protestants	12	63.1	13	40.6
Muslims	0	0	6	18.8
Marital Status
Never married	10	52.6	21	65.6
Married/ Cohabiting	4	21.1	5	15.6	1.11	3	0.78
Widowed	1	5.3	2	6.3
Divorced/ Separated	4	21.1	4	12.5
Living Arrangement
Living alone	9	50	12	37.5
Alone with children	2	11.1	6	18.8	1.93	3	0.58
Living with partner no children	3	16.3	3	9.4
Other arrangements	4	22.3	11	34.5
Highest Educational attainment
No formal education	3	15.5	6	18.8
Primary level	14	73.4	15	46.9	4.23	2	0.12
Secondary level and above	2	11.1	11	34.3
Type of housing
Detached house	1	5.3	3	9.4
Semi- detached house	4	21.1	9	28.1	0.71	2	0.7
Tenement/ Muzigo	14	73.6	20	62.5
	Mean (S.D)		Mean (S.D)		t-test		P-value
Age (years)	32 (7.46)		30.2 (9.68)		0.68		0.5
Age Range19–46 years	17–49 years
Socio-economic status
Wealth quintile index	7.85 (0.99)		8.8 (1.67)		2.33		0.03*

^*Statistical significance set at p=0.05