Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of the household (n = 211)
Characteristics | n | % |
---|---|---|
Number of individuals living in the household | ||
Three or four | 159 | 75.4 |
Five and more | 52 | 24.6 |
Access to clean drinking water | ||
Yes | 168 | 79.6 |
Sometimes | 9 | 4.3 |
No | 34 | 16.1 |
Number of children living in the household | ||
1-2 | 182 | 86.3 |
3-4 | 29 | 13.7 |
Number of employee in the household | ||
None | 9 | 4.3 |
1 | 138 | 65.4 |
2-10 | 64 | 30.3 |
Number of unemployed in the household | ||
None | 87 | 41.2 |
1 | 80 | 37.9 |
2-10 | 44 | 20.9 |
Occupation of employees in the household (n = 202) | ||
Civil servant/tradesman | 98 | 48.5 |
Self-employment/worker | 104 | 51.5 |
Has anyone been laid off in the pandemic? | ||
Yes | 33 | 15.6 |
No | 178 | 84.4 |
Has there been a decrease in household monthly income during the pandemic process? | ||
Yes | 117 | 55.5 |
No | 94 | 44.5 |
Change in money spent on food in the pandemic | ||
Increased | 102 | 48.3 |
Not changed | 56 | 26.5 |
Decreased | 53 | 25.1 |
Household monthly income | ||
Above the poverty line | 41 | 19.4 |
Below the poverty line | 170 | 80.6 |
Has there been any health problem in the past 6 months? | ||
Yes | 67 | 31.8 |
No | 144 | 68.2 |
Experienced health problems more than 1 answer (n = 67) a | ||
Common cold | 26 | 38.9 |
Chronic illness a | 18 | 26.9 |
COVID-19 | 15 | 22.3 |
Psychological problems | 11 | 16.4 |
Waist-leg-muscle pain | 7 | 10.4 |
Excessive weight gain | 4 | 6.0 |
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