Table 1.
Household demographic factors aggregated by villages
| Characteristic | Karima N (%) |
Rurumi N (%) |
Kasarani N (%) |
Kirogo N (%) |
Kamucege N (%) |
Block N (%) |
Gakungu N (%) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 34 (29.8) | 106 (46.1) | 22 (18.1) | 25 (25.0) | 33 (25.8) | 28 (26.7) | 19 (17.8) | 267 (29.5) |
| Female | 80 (70.2) | 124 (53.9) | 99 (81.9) | 75 (75.0) | 95 (74.2) | 77 (73.3) | 88 (82.2) | 638 (70.5) |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| ≤ 25 | 15 (13.2) | 21 (9.1) | 9 (7.4) | 6 (6.0) | 12 (9.4) | 11 (10.5) | 15 (14.0) | 89 (9.8) |
| 26–35 | 22 (19.3) | 69 (30.0) | 37 (30.6) | 25 (25.0) | 30 (23.4) | 37 (35.2) | 41 (38.8) | 261 (28.8) |
| 36–45 | 27 (23.7) | 72 (31.3) | 39 (32.2) | 29 (29.0) | 37 (28.9) | 34 (32.4) | 33 (30.9) | 271 (30.0) |
| 46–55 | 21 (18.4) | 30 (13.0) | 30 (24.8) | 24 (24.0) | 23 (18.0) | 8 (7.6) | 14 (13.1) | 150 (16.6) |
| > 55 | 29 (25.4) | 38 (16.6) | 6 (5.0) | 16 (16.0) | 26 (20.3) | 15 (14.3) | 4 (3.7) | 134 (14.8) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 97 (85.1) | 179 (77.8) | 105 (86.8) | 89 (89.0) | 109 (85.2) | 83 (79.0) | 94 (87.9) | 756 (83.5) |
| Single/ Window(wer)/ Divorced | 17 (14.9) | 51 (22.2) | 16 (13.2) | 11 (11.0) | 19 (14.8) | 22 (21.0) | 13 (12.1) | 149 (16.5) |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Christian | 106 (93) | 220 (95.7) | 116 (95.8) | 95 (95.0) | 117 (91.4) | 100 (95.2) | 106 (99.1) | 860 (95.0) |
| Others | 8 (7.0) | 10 (4.3) | 5 (4.2) | 5 (5.0) | 11 (8.6) | 5 (4.8) | 1 (0.9) | 45 (5.0) |
| Education | ||||||||
| No formal education | 20 (17.5) | 12 (5.2) | 5 (4.1) | 7 (7.0) | 16 (12.5) | 10 (9.5) | 2 (1.9) | 72 (7.6) |
| Primary (Incomplete) | 31 (27.2) | 72 (31.3) | 38 (31.4) | 26 (26.0) | 42 (32.8) | 37 (35.2) | 35 (32.7) | 280 (20.9) |
| Primary (Complete) | 41 (36.0) | 107 (46.5) | 45 (37.2) | 48 (48.0) | 47 (36.8) | 38 (36.2) | 41 (38.3) | 370 (40.9) |
| Secondary Incomplete) | 20 (17.5) | 31 (13.5) | 26 (21.5) | 16 (16.0) | 20 (15.6) | 14 (13.3) | 23 (21.5) | 152 (16.8) |
| Secondary and post-secondary | 2 (1.8) | 8 (3.5) | 7 (5.8) | 3 (3.0) | 3 (2.3) | 6 (5.8) | 6 (5.6) | 31 (13.8) |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Business | 8 (7.0) | 24 (10.4) | 26 (21.5) | 13 (13.0) | 15 (11.7) | 17 (16.2) | 20 (18.7) | 123 (13.6) |
| Casual labourers | 9 (7.9) | 47 (20.4) | 18 (14.9) | 10 (10.0) | 19 (14.8) | 20 (19.0) | 23 (21.5) | 146 (16.1) |
| Others | 8 (7.0) | 13 (5.7) | 18 (14.9) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (3.2) | 6 (5.8) | 11 (10.3) | 61 (6.7) |
| Farmer | 89 (78.1) | 146 (63.5) | 59 (48.7) | 76 (76.0) | 90 (70.3) | 62 (59) | 53 (49.5) | 575 (63.6) |
N = 905 Karima N = 114, Rurumi N = 230, Kasarani N = 121, Kirogo N = 100, Kamucege N = 128, Block N = 105, Gakungu =107