Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample

Variables	Population
	Urban n (%)	Rural n (%)	Total n (%)
Age groups
25 to 34	460 (42.06)	1635 (41.95)	2095 (41.98)
35 to 44	276 (27.84)	888 (27.76)	1164 (27.78)
45 to 54	184 (19.18)	650 (18.57)	834 (18.74)
55 to 64	109 (10.92)	427 (11.72)	536 (11.50)
Sex
Male	457 (42.13)	1773 (47.29)	2230 (45.85)
Female	572 (57.87)	1827 (52.71)	2399 (54.15)
Education
None	508 (53.43)	3067 (86.55)	3575 (77.33)
Primary	278 (25.33)	438 (11.42)	716 (15.29)
Secondary/Tertiary	243 (21.24)	87 (2.03)	330 (7.38)
Marital status
Single	171 (15.31)	156 (3.5)	327 (6.79)
Married	772 (76.32)	3218 (91.45)	3990 (87.24)
Divorced/Widowed	85 (8.37)	222 (5.05)	307 (5.97)
Occupational status
Wage earner	192 (17.02)	66 (1.55)	258 (5.86)
Self-employed	480 (44.28)	2730 (75.09)	3210 (66.52)
Jobless	101 (9.6)	44 (0.99)	145 (3.38)
House maker	256 (29.1)	760 (22.37)	1016 (24.24)