Table 1.
Individual demographic characteristics of 17,119 RCCS participants living in 40 agrarian, trading, and Lake Victoria fishing communities in Uganda, 2011–2013.
| Women (N=9215) | Men (N=7904) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrarian | Trading | Fishing | Agrarian | Trading | Fishing | |
| Total | 5416 | 1940 | 1859 | 4515 | 1378 | 2011 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 15–19 | 1001 (19) | 288 (15) | 201 (11) | 1047 (23) | 247 (18) | 147 (7) |
| 20–29 | 1992 (37) | 820 (42) | 823 (44) | 1459 (43) | 546 (40) | 803 (40) |
| 30–39 | 1695 (31) | 613 (31) | 653 (35) | 1315 (29) | 387 (28) | 777 (39) |
| 40–49 | 728 (13) | 219 (11) | 182 (10) | 694 (15) | 198 (14) | 286 (14) |
| Marital Status† | ||||||
| Never married | 1277 (24) | 396 (20) | 145 (8) | 1784 (40) | 517 (38) | 403 (20) |
| Married, monogamous union | 2556 (47) | 807 (42) | 914 (49) | 2969 (46) | 639 (46) | 1060 (53) |
| Married, polygamous union | 667 (12) | 291 (15) | 262 (14) | 294 (7) | 121 (9) | 181 (9) |
| Previously married | 912 (17) | 445 (23) | 538 (29) | 365 (8) | 101 (7) | 367 (18) |
| Educational status† | ||||||
| None | 242 (4) | 100 (5) | 213 (11) | 116 (3) | 53 (4) | 164 (8) |
| Primary | 3180 (59) | 1027(53) | 1287 (69) | 2830 (63) | 755 (55) | 1475(73) |
| Secondary | 1568 (29) | 639 (33) | 318 (17) | 1143 (25) | 414 (30) | 294 (15) |
| Tertiary | 364 (7) | 168 (9) | 33 (8) | 306 (7) | 141 (10) | 40 (2) |
| Religion† | ||||||
| Catholic | 3644 (67) | 1062(55) | 1038 (56) | 3046 (67) | 761 (55) | 1179(59) |
| Muslim | 601 (11) | 390 (20) | 340 (18) | 452 (10) | 270 (20) | 346 (17) |
| Protestant | 885 (16) | 318 (16) | 283 (15) | 709 (16) | 221 (16) | 299 (15) |
| Saved/Pentecostal | 190 (4) | 146 (8) | 171 (9) | 152 (3) | 94 (7) | 123 (6) |
| Other | 34 (1) | 18 (1) | 19 (1) | 36 (1) | 17 (1) | 26 (1) |
| Primary occupation | ||||||
| Agricultural/housework | 2855 (53) | 33 (33) | 569 (31) | 1270 (28) | 144 (10) | 104 (5) |
| Bar/Restaurant work | 172 (3) | 157 (8) | 344 (19) | 13 (0) | 17 (1) | 7 (0) |
| Boda boda/Trucking | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 80 (2) | 41 (3) | 33 (1.6) |
| Fishing | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (0) | 52 (1) | 1 (0) | 1100(55) |
| Student | 872 (16) | 174 (9) | 40 (2) | 1266 (28) | 229 (17) | 56 (3) |
| Trader/Shop keeper | 541 (10) | 529 (27) | 526 (28) | 578 (12) | 336 (24) | 339 (17) |
| Other | 975 (18) | 447 (23) | 372 (20) | 1246 (28) | 610 (44) | 372 (18) |
†
There was missing data for 8 (<0.1%) individuals on marital status (5 women, 3 men) and 249 (1.4%) individuals on religion and educational status (173 men, 76 women).