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. 2014 Jan 9;4(2):141–149. doi: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.12.002

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