Table 1. Demographic characteristics of study participants in a rural district of Zambia.
| Male | Female | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||||
| Number | |||||||||
| Unweighted | 332 | 358 | 690 | ||||||
| Weighted | 335 | 354 | 689 | ||||||
| Socio-demographic data | |||||||||
| Age, years (SE) Age group (year) |
42.7 | (0.76) | 41.1 | (0.73) | 41.9 | (0.55) | |||
| 25–44 | 203 | 60.6 | (54.9,66.0) | 226 | 63.9 | (56.7,70.5) | 429 | 62.3 | (57.4,66.9) |
| 45–64 | 132 | 39.4 | (34.0,45.1) | 128 | 36.1 | (29.5,43.3) | 260 | 37.7 | (33.1,42.6) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 20 | 5.8 | (3.1,10.6) | 7 | 2.0 | (1.0,4.1) | 27 | 3.9 | (2.3,6.4) |
| Married | 300 | 89.4 | (84.0,93.2) | 257 | 72.6 | (67.1,77.4) | 557 | 80.8 | (76.6,84.3) |
| Divorced/widowed | 16 | 4.8 | (2.9,7.8) | 90 | 25.4 | (20.9,30.4) | 106 | 15.4 | (12.6,18.6) |
| Education level | |||||||||
| ≤Primary | 229 | 68.3 | (59.2,76.1) | 284 | 80.1 | (69.8,87.5) | 513 | 74.3 | (65.8,81.4) |
| Secondary | 77 | 23.0 | (17.9,29.1) | 50 | 14.2 | (9.4,20.9) | 127 | 18.5 | (14.3,23.5) |
| ≥Tertiary | 29 | 8.7 | (3.8,18.8) | 20 | 5.7 | (2.5,12.3) | 49 | 7.2 | (3.4,14.5) |
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Employed | 58 | 17.2 | (11.1,25.7) | 28 | 7.8 | (4.9,12.2) | 85 | 12.4 | (8.2,18.2) |
| Self-employed | 255 | 76.2 | (67.2,83.4) | 225 | 63.6 | (55.1,71.3) | 481 | 69.7 | (62.3,76.3) |
| Unemployed/retired | 22 | 6.6 | (4.1,10.4) | 101 | 28.6 | (22.1,36.1) | 123 | 17.9 | (14.1,22.4) |
| Monthly income (US Dollar)a | |||||||||
| ≤50 | 157 | 46.9 | (38.3,55.8) | 169 | 47.8 | (39.9,55.7) | 326 | 47.4 | (40.6,54.2) |
| >50 | 178 | 53.1 | (44.2,61.7) | 185 | 52.2 | (44.3,60.1) | 363 | 52.6 | (45.8,59.4) |
| Food security | |||||||||
| Secure | 107 | 32.1 | (26.9,37.7) | 85 | 23.9 | (19.1,29.6) | 192 | 27.9 | (23.7,32.5) |
| Mildly insecure | 25 | 7.4 | (5.2,10.4) | 21 | 5.8 | (3.4,9.8) | 45 | 6.6 | (4.7,9.2) |
| Moderately insecure | 132 | 39.4 | (33.7,45.4) | 129 | 36.4 | (29.5,44.0) | 261 | 37.9 | (32.8,43.3) |
| Severely insecure | 71 | 21.2 | (16.8,26.3) | 120 | 33.8 | (26.8,41.6) | 191 | 27.7 | (22.8,33.1) |
| Medical history (self-reported) | |||||||||
| Hypertension | 18 | 5.4 | (2.7,10.5) | 37 | 10.4 | (6.9,15.5) | 55 | 8.0 | (5.6,11.2) |
| Diabetes | 3 | 0.9 | (0.3,2.9) | 2 | 0.6 | (0.1,2.3) | 5 | 0.7 | (0.3,1.8) |
| HIV infection | 28 | 8.4 | (5.6,12.6) | 43 | 12.2 | (8.9,16.5) | 71 | 10.4 | (7.9,13.5) |
| Weight status | |||||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |||||||||
| <18.5 | 28 | 8.4 | (5.4,13.0) | 25 | 7.1 | (4.6,10.9) | 53 | 7.8 | (5.9,10.2) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 253 | 75.5 | (69.0,80.9) | 199 | 56.2 | (49.5,62.6) | 452 | 65.5 | (60.6,70.1) |
| 25–29.9 | 40 | 12.0 | (7.7,18.0) | 80 | 22.6 | (18.0,28.1) | 120 | 17.4 | (13.9,21.6) |
| ≥30 | 14 | 4.1 | (2.3,7.2) | 50 | 14.1 | (10.2,19.2) | 64 | 9.2 | (7.1,12.0) |
Percentages might not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Some discrepancies in the numbers are also due to rounding.
CI: confidence interval
a Dichotomized at the minimum wage