Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of women in fishing communities

Variable	Women		Men
	No.	%	No.	%
Age				p = 0.06 +
13-24 yrs	204	45.4	209	37.9
25-29 yrs	97	21.6	138	25.1
30+ yrs	148	33.0	204	37.0
Education level				p = 0.7
Completed Primary	211	47.0	268	48.6
Incomplete primary	188	41.9	229	41.6
None	50	11.1	54	9.8
Marital status				p < 0.001 ++
Not married	119	26.5	205	37.2
Married	330	73.5	346	62.8
Occupation				p < 0.001 ++
Fishing & related tasks	185	41.2	435	79.0
Bar workers	61	13.6	2	0.4
Business/trade	54	12.0	36	6.5
Farming	59	13.1	27	4.9
Other jobs	29	6.5	45	8.2
Religion				p = 0.04 ++
Catholic	184	41.0	265	48.1
Anglican	106	23.6	133	24.1
Other Christian	47	10.5	37	6.7
Muslim	112	24.9	116	21.1
Financial dependents				p = 0.002 ++
No	161	36.1	149	27.1
Yes	285	63.9	400	72.9
Duration in community				p < 0.001 ++
5-45 yrs	150	33.9	245	45.0
<5 yrs	292	66.1	300	55.1

⁺⁺p-value < = 0.05,

⁺0.05 < p-value < 0.1