Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants
| Background characteristics | N=120 | % |
| Sex | ||
| Females | 78 | 65.0 |
| Males | 42 | 35.0 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 60 – 65 | 71 | 59.2 |
| 66 – 70 | 49 | 40.8 |
| Educational Level | ||
| None | 54 | 45.0 |
| Elementary School | 18 | 15.0 |
| Middle School | 26 | 21.6 |
| Secondary/Technical/Vocational | 11 | 9.2 |
| Tertiary | 11 | 9.2 |
| Religious affiliation | ||
| Christian | 107 | 90.0 |
| Others * | 13 | 10.0 |
| Income generating activities engaged in | ||
| Trading | 53 | 44.1 |
| Artisanal work † | 18 | 15.0 |
| Farming | 11 | 9.2 |
| None | 38 | 31.7 |
| Source of income for livelihood‡ | ||
| Money earned from income-generated activities | 83 | 45.0 |
| Money from children | 48 | 34.3 |
| Pension allowance | 15 | 10.7 |
|
Financial support from other relations and friends |
14 | 9.1 |
| Person with whom respondent resided | ||
| Alone | 48 | 40.0 |
| Spouse | 41 | 34.3 |
| Children | 24 | 20.0 |
| Other family members | 7 | 6.0 |
*
Muslims and traditionalists;
†
dress making, driving, bread baking, carpentry and mason;
‡
multiple responses were obtained