Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in households.
| Households’ characteristics | Urban N = 948 % |
Rural N = 401 % |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interviewee | |||
| Male head of household | 42.0 | 62.1 | <0.05 |
| Female head of household | 58.0 | 37.9 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 86.2 | 89.9 | >0.05 |
| Divorced/Widowed | 13.8 | 10.1 | |
| Education | |||
| No formal education | 29.4 | 55.7 | <0.05 |
| Primary | 19.7 | 9.2 | |
| Secondary | 21.9 | 18.1 | |
| Tertiary | 29.0 | 17.0 | |
| Occupation | (N = 398) % |
(N = 249) % |
|
| Male: Employed | 95.7 | 91.0 | |
| Unemployed | 4.3 | 9.0 | |
| (N = 550) | (N = 152) | ||
| Female: Employed | 47.2 | 44.1 | |
| Housewife | 42.5 | 48.1 | |
| Unemployed | 10.3 | 7.8 | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Husband age (range 18–80 years) | 47.1 ± 12.4 | 43.8 ± 12.1 | <0.05 |
| Wife age (range 18–66 years) | 39.4 ± 11.1 | 37.0 ± 11.5 | <0.05 |
| Family size (range 2–13) | 4.85 ± 1.67 | 5.07 ± 1.89 | <0.05 |