Table 1.
Household (N = 1410) socio-demographic and house structural features, Ruhuha sector, Rwanda, 2015
| Variable name | Variable groups | Frequency, n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Sex of head of household (HoH) | Male | 1021 (72.4) |
| Female | 389 (27.6) | |
| Age of HoH in years | Mean (±SD) | 44.7 (±1 4.5)a |
| Highest educational level attained by HoH | None | 415 (29.4) |
| Primary school | 790 (56.0) | |
| Post primary/vocational | 36 (2.6) | |
| Secondary or higher | 169 (12.0) | |
| Marital status of HoH | Never married | 46 (3.3) |
| Married | 654 (46.4) | |
| Living together | 319 (22.6) | |
| Separated/divorced | 108 (7.6) | |
| Widowed | 283 (20.1) | |
| Household (HH) member size | Mean (±SD) | 4.69 (±1.9)a |
| Proportion of HoH with no formal education | None | 415 (29.4) |
| HH socio-economic status (SES) score | Low | 470 (33.4) |
| Middle | 470 (33.4) | |
| High | 468 (33.2) | |
| Does the HH own the house currently lived in? | Yes | 1250 (88.8) |
| No | 158 (11.2) | |
| Type of sleeping spaces used in HH | Beds | 1819 (62.9) |
| Floor | 1075 (37.1) | |
| Average number sleeping spaces in HH visited | Mean (±SD) | 2.17 (±0.9)a |
| Number of sleeping spaces per HH | 1 | 294 (20.9) |
| 2 | 697 (49.5) | |
| 3 | 339 (24.0) | |
| ≥4 | 79 (5.6) | |
| Average number of rooms in household visited | Mean (±SD)a | 2.96 (±1.2) |
| Number of rooms in house lived in | 1 | 141 (10.1) |
| 2 | 250 (17.7) | |
| 3 | 738 (52.4) | |
| 4 | 175 (12.4) | |
| ≥5 | 105 (7.4) | |
| Number of windows in the house lived in | 0–2 | 419 (29.7) |
| ≥3 | 991 (70.1) | |
| Did the house have a ceiling? | Yes | 101 (7.1) |
aStandard deviations