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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