Table 1. Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of caretakers and their households in Bata District.

	Rural		Urban
	n = 173	%	n = 255	%	P-Value
Sex
Male	3	1.7	4	1.6
Female	170	98.3	251	98.4	0.895
Age
15–24	23	13.3	63	24.7
25–34	46	26.6	108	42.4
35–44	34	19.7	47	18.4
45–54	47	27.2	24	9.4
55–64	19	11.0	11	4.3
65+	4	2.3	2	0.8	<0.001
Marital status
Widow	8	4.6	12	4.7
Currently married	113	65.3	145	56.9
Single	50	28.9	96	37.6
Divorced	2	1.2	2	0.8	0.297
Educational level
No formal education	20	11.5	16	6.3
Primary School	88	50.9	76	29.8
Secondary School	65	37.5	158	61.9
University	0	0.0	5	2.0	<0.001
Ethnicity
Fang	149	86.1	217	85.1
Combe	11	6.4	20	7.8
Bisio	5	2.9	2	0.8
Ndowe	8	4.6	16	6.3	0.305
Main source of money
Agriculture	43	24.9	5	2.0
Fishing	2	1.2	2	0.8
Hunting	3	1.7	0	0.0
Employee	60	34.7	146	57.3
Business	58	33.5	88	34.5
Other	7	4.0	14	5.5	<0.001
House structure
Low	47	27.2	22	8.6
Medium	107	61.8	159	62.4
High	19	11.0	74	29.0	<0.001
Acces to light
Yes	91	52.6	232	91.0
No	82	47.4	23	9.0	<0.001
Acces to clean water
Yes	122	70.5	252	98.9
No	51	29.5	3	1.2	<0.001
Latrine
Yes	149	86.1	243	95.3
No	24	13.9	12	4.7	0.001
Radio
Yes	139	80.3	185	72.5
No	34	19.7	70	27.5	0.065
TV
Yes	140	80.9	241	94.5
No	33	19.1	14	5.5	<0.001