Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the study population in rural Sudan
| Descriptive statistics | States |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Nile | Gadarif | Northern | Gazera | Total | ||
| Age/Years | 18-30 | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 6.2% |
| >30-60 | 21.1% | 17.7% | 18.3% | 22.0% | 79.1% | |
| >60 | 3.8% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 5.0% | 14.8% | |
| Total | 26.0% | 21.3% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 100.0% | |
| Sex | Male | 10.7% | 8.4% | 9.5% | 10.7% | 39.3% |
| Female | 15.3% | 12.9% | 14.4% | 18.1% | 60.7% | |
| Total | 26.0% | 21.3% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 100.0% | |
| Marital Status | Not Married | 3.0% | 1.2% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 9.4% |
| Married (Ever and current) | 22.9% | 20.1% | 20.7% | 26.8% | 90.6% | |
| Total | 26.0% | 21.3% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 100.0% | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 13.3% |
| Employee | 4.6% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 13.7% | |
| Housewife | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 15.5% | 49.7% | |
| Freelancers | 5.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7.6% | 21.6% | |
| Retired or no work | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.8% | |
| Total | 26.0% | 21.3% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 100.0% | |
| Education levels | Not educated | 7.8% | 5.9% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 27.1% |
| Primary | 9.7% | 10.4% | 8.0% | 11.4% | 39.4% | |
| Secondary | 5.4% | 3.4% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 22.2% | |
| University | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 10.3% | |
| Postgraduate | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.8% | |
| Total | 26.0% | 21.3% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 100.0% | |