Table 1.

Showing socio-demographic characteristics of participants by gender

Social characteristic	Female		Male		Total		Χ2
							df
							(p)
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Geo-political zone
North-Central	1003	53.9	859	46.1	1862	24.4	317.38
North-West	401	33.8	787	66.2	1188	15.6	4
South-East	1074	64.1	602	35.9	1676	22.0	(<0.001)
South-South	231	56.2	180	43.8	411	5.4
South-West	1536	61.6	957	38.4	2493	32.6
Age category
<20 years	254	53.1	224	46.9	478	6.3	51.01
20–29 years	1012	58.4	721	41.6	1733	22.7	5
30–39 years	1209	59.5	822	40.5	2031	26.6	(<0.001)
40–49 years	1018	55.4	820	44.6	1838	24.1
50 – 59 years	484	48.8	507	51.2	991	13.0
60 years and above	268	47.9	291	52.1	559	7.3
Educational Status
Unspecified	536	56.7	410	43.3	946	12.4	33.03
None	422	60.5	276	39.5	698	9.1	4
Primary school	424	49.2	438	50.8	862	11.3	(<0.001)
Secondary school	1086	53.0	963	47.0	2049	26.9
Tertiary institution	1777	57.8	1298	42.2	3075	40.3
Marital Status
Unspecified	450	52.2	412	47.8	862	11.3	169.74
Single	864	53.0	767	47.0	1631	21.4	4
Married	2604	54.7	2153	45.3	4757	62.3	(<0.001)
Separated	44	63.8	25	36.2	69	0.9
Widow(er)	283	91.0	28	9.0	311	4.1
Occupation
None	797	59.8	537	40.2	1332	17.5	14.35
Student	296	57.1	222	42.9	518	6.8	4
Unskilled worker	1059	55.0	866	45.0	1925	25.2	(0.006)
Skilled worker	1167	53.4	1018	46.6	2185	28.6
Very skilled worker	926	55.4	744	44.6	1670	21.9
Total	4245	55.6	3385	44.4	7630	100.0