Table 9.
Caregivers and household characteristics according to the Living Standard Measure (LSM)
| According to LSM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSM 1–3 (n = 90) | LSM 4 (n = 183) | LSM ≥ 5 (n = 125) | P‐value | |
| Caregiver's marital status | 0.049 | |||
| Married | 21 | 22 | 41 | |
| Living together | 11 | 18 | 9 | |
| Single | 59 | 51 | 44 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Widowed | 7 | 7 | 4 | |
| Caregivers who completed grade 12 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 0.009 |
| Toilet facilities | 0.009 | |||
| Flush toilet | 13 | 20 | 38 | |
| Pit toilet | 86 | 79 | 62 | |
| None | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Source of drinking water | 0.0001 | |||
| Own tap (inside dwelling) | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| Own tap (outside dwelling) | 27 | 37 | 62 | |
| Public tap | 59 | 52 | 20 | |
| Neighbour's tap | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| River | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Electricity in dwelling | 90 | 98 | 100 | ns |
| Main energy source for cooking | 0.0001 | |||
| Electricity | 47 | 77 | 85 | |
| Gas/paraffin | 47 | 22 | 14 | |
| Wood | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | – | – | |
| Assets for food preparation and storage | ||||
| Fridge | 67 | 86 | 96 | 0.0001 |
| Deep freezer | 6 | 12 | 40 | 0.0001 |
| Electric stove | 66 | 90 | 99 | 0.0001 |
| Microwave | 3 | 22 | 61 | 0.0001 |
| Source for information on healthy eating | ||||
| Radio | 76 | 77 | 74 | ns |
| Clinic | 74 | 82 | 80 | ns |
| Community health workers | 7 | 13 | 25 | 0.004 |
| School | 7 | 7 | 14 | ns |
| Newspaper | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0.022 |
| Magazine | 10 | 8 | 20 | 0.029 |
| Family | 7 | 3 | 3 | ns |
| Friends | 1 | 2 | 6 | ns |
| Fruit trees at home | 49 | 47 | 60 | ns |
| Food from a community garden | 2 | 3 | 4 | ns |
| Collect food from the wild | 77 | 86 | 78 | ns |
| Vegetable garden at home | 26 | 26 | 24 | ns |
| Main function of home garden | (n = 23) | (n = 47) | (n = 30) | |
| For home consumption | 100 | 94 | 97 | ns |
| Sell some of the vegetables | 4 | 8 | 13 | ns |
Values are expressed as a percentage. ns, not significant.