Table 3.

Other Socio-demographic characteristics of the cases across the five affected local government areas (LGAs) in Rivers State, 2015.

	Ahoada (n=4); n (%)	Bonny (n=11); n (%)	Gokana (n=23); n (%)	Obio-Akpo (n=15); n (%)	Port Harcourt (n=2); n (%)	Total (n=55); *n (%)
Marital Status (n=55)
Single	0 (0)	2 (22.2)	3 (13.0)	5(33.3)	2(100)	12 (21.8)
Married	3(75)	9 (97.8)	20(87.0)	9(60.0)	0 (0)	41 (74.6)
Separated/Divorced	1(25)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (6.7)	0 (0)	2 (3.6)
Educational Level (n=55)
None	2(50)	3 (27.2)	4 (17.4)	0 (0)	2(100)	11(20)
Primary	1(50)	6 (54.6)	11(47.8)	5 (33.3)	0 (0)	23 (41.8)
Secondary	1(50)	2 (18.2)	8 (34.8)	8 (53.3)	0 (0)	19 (34.6)
Tertiary	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (13.4)	0 (0)	2 (3.6)
Occupation (n=55)
Fishing	0 (0)	7 (63.6)	10 (43.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	17 (30.9)
Farming	3(75)	0 (0)	8 (34.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	11(20)
Business	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6(40)	0 (0)	6 (10.9)
Petty trading	0 (0)	3 (27.3)	5 (21.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	8 (14.6)
Security	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	0 (0)	4 (26.7)	1(50)	6 (10.9)
Manual labourer	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1(50)	1 (1.8)
Native doctor	1(25)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1.8)
None	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (33.3)	0 (0)	5 (9.1)

^*Socio-demographic data was retrieved from only 55 of the 84 cases