Table 3.
Socio-demographics of community group participants at baseline and end-line.
| Variable | Baseline (onset of community groups) 2014 |
End-line evaluation of community groups) 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Total number of participants | 2071 | 1365 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 1313 (63.4%) | 929 (68.1%) |
| Male | 714 (34.5%) | 435 (31.9%) |
| Unknown | 44 (2.1%) | 1 (0.1%) |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 223 (10.8%) | 110 (8.1%) |
| Married | 1633 (78.9%) | 1094 (80.1%) |
| Widow | 119 (5.7%) | 111 (8.1) |
| Divorced | 8 (0.4%) | 10 (0.7%) |
| Unknown | 88 (4.2%) | 40 (2.9%) |
| Level of education | ||
| None | 330 (15.9%) | 160 (11.7%) |
| Primary (not completed) | 140 (6.8%) | 65 (4.8%) |
| Primary (complete) | 1374 (66.3%) | 1038 (76.0%) |
| Secondary school | 114 (5.5%) | 51 (3.7%) |
| Higher education | 3 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) |
| Unknown | 110 (5.3%) | 50 (3.7) |
| Age | ||
| Mean (SD) | 38.4(14.24) | 39.75(12.64) |
| <20 years | 61 (2.9%) | 26 (1.9%) |
| 20–34 | 846 (40.8%) | 475 (34.8%) |
| 35–49 | 700 (33.8%) | 532 (39.0%) |
| 50–65 | 332 (16%) | 234 (17.1%) |
| >65 years | 118 (5.7%) | 61 (4.5%) |
| Unknown | 14 (0.7%) | 37 (2.7%) |
| No of children | ||
| Mean (SD) | 4.86(3.09) | 4.95(2.92) |
| None | 140 (6.8%) | 72 (5.3%) |
| 1 or 2 | 383 (18.5%) | 220 (16.1%) |
| 3 or 4 | 443 (21.4%) | 333 (24.4%) |
| 5 or 6 | 488 (23.6%) | 327 (24.0%) |
| 7 or 8 | 332 (16.0%) | 220 (16.1%) |
| 9 or more | 249 (12.0%) | 160 (11.7%) |
| Unknown | 36 (1.7) | 33 (2.4%) |