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. 2016 Aug 18;16:819. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3494-y

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristic of respondents

Variable Response No. of respondents (N = 465) Percentage (%)
Gender Male 168 (36.1 %)
Female 297 (63.9 %)
Marital status Married 371 (70.0 %)
Single 45 (13.8 %)
Divorced 23 (7.9 %)
Widow 20 (6.3 %)
Widower 6 (2.0 %)
Religion Christian 463 (99.6 %)
Muslim 1 (0.2 %)
Other 1 (0.2 %)
Level of education No Formal Education 34 (7.3 %)
Primary Education 311 (66.9 %)
Secondary Education 107 (23.0 %)
Post Secondary 11 (2.4 %)
Occupation Public Servant 4 (0.9 %)
Farmer 368 (79.1 %)
Business 32 (6.9 %)
Informal Employment 59 (12.7 %)
Not Employed 2 (0.4 %)
Age group (years) 17–30 years 166 (35.8 %)
31–40 years 126 (27.1 %)
41–50 years 60 (12.8 %)
51–60 years 49 (10.6 %)
61–70 years 40 (8.4 %)
71–80 years 18 (3.8 %)
81–90 years 6 (1.3 %)