Table 1. Demographic characteristics of study participants in Mayuge, Eastern Uganda.
| Demographic characteristic | Frequency (N = 400) |
Percentage (%) |
Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 18–25 | 135 | 33.8 | 32.9(11.9) |
| 26–30 | 74 | 18.5 | ||
| 31–35 | 41 | 10.3 | ||
| 36–40 | 50 | 12.5 | ||
| 41–45 | 31 | 7.8 | ||
| 46+ | 69 | 17.3 | ||
| Marital Status | Single | 95 | 23.8 | |
| Married/cohabiting | 305 | 76.3 | ||
| Education Level | Primary | 212 | 53.0 | |
| Post primary | 188 | 47.0 | ||
| Ethnic Group | Bantu | 356 | 89.0 | |
| Nilotics | 33 | 8.3 | ||
| Nile Hamites | 9 | 2.3 | ||
| Hamites | 2 | 0.5 | ||
| Languages spoken | Monolithic(Lusoga only) | 237 | 59.3 | |
| Linguistic | 163 | 40.8 | ||
| Personal monthly income (Ug.Shs) | 0–50,000 | 342 | 85.5 | 37,400(5,000) |
| >50,000 | 58 | 14.5 | ||
| Employment | Formal | 12 | 3.0 | |
| Informal | 388 | 97.0 | ||
| Religion | Christians | 192 | 48.0 | |
| Muslims | 204 | 51.0 | ||
| Others | 4 | 1.0 | ||
Source: primary data