Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study households in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nigeria (N = 1797)
| Burkina Faso | Ethiopia | Nigeria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouna | Ouagadougou | Kersa | Addis Ababa | Ibadan | Lagos | ||
| Location | Overall | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban |
| N | 1,797 | 297 | 300 | 297 | 288 | 304 | 311 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||
| Female | 658 (36.6) | 35 (11.8) | 96 (32.0) | 66 (22.2) | 186 (64.6) | 156 (51.3) | 119 (38.3) |
| Age of respondent (mean ± SD), years | 42.3 ± 12.3 | 48.4 ± 13.1 | 47.3 ± 9.9 | 36.7 ± 7.6 | 38.8 ± 12.6 | 41.4 ± 12.2 | 40.8 ± 12.9 |
| 20–29 | 230 (13.5) | 14 (4.7) | 7 (2.3) | 33 (11.1) | 71 (24.7) | 51 (18.7) | 54 (21.1) |
| 30–39 | 496 (29.0) | 62 (20.9) | 50 (16.7) | 149 (50.2) | 105 (36.4) | 66 (24.3) | 64 (25.0) |
| ≥ 40 | 984 (57.5) | 221 (74.4) | 243 (81.0) | 115 (38.7) | 112 (38.9) | 155 (57.0) | 138 (53.9) |
| Education | |||||||
| None or incomplete primary | 778 (43.7) | 229 (77.1) | 213 (71.0) | 221 (74.4) | 102 (35.5) | 11 (3.7) | 2 (0.7) |
| Primary school or incomplete secondary | 379 (21.3) | 59 (19.9) | 81 (27.0) | 63 (21.2) | 72 (25.1) | 84 (28.2) | 20 (6.6) |
| Secondary school or higher | 623 (35.0) | 9 (3.0) | 6 (2.0) | 13 (4.4) | 113 (39.4) | 203 (68.1) | 279 (92.7) |
| Household | |||||||
| Head of household | 1,340 (74.6) | 258 (86.9) | 260 (86.7) | 253 (85.2) | 227 (78.8) | 154 (50.7) | 188 (60.5) |
| Household size | 6.4 (± 3.5) | 9.9 ± 5.0 | 7.3 ± 3.0 | 7.0 ± 2.2 | 4.2 ± 1.7 | 5.3 ± 2.5 | 4.9 ± 2.2 |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Unemployed | 203 (11.9) | 7 (2.4) | 58 (19.3) | 26 (8.8) | 100 (44.4) | 4 (1.3) | 8 (2.8) |
| Farmer or casual labor | 565 (33.2) | 229 (79.2) | 52 (17.3) | 257 (86.5) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (6.3) | 8 (2.8) |
| Employed | 300 (17.6) | 13 (4.5) | 50 (16.7) | 3 (1.0) | 30 (13.3) | 81 (26.9) | 123 (42.3) |
| Student, self-employed, or other | 635 (37.3) | 40 (13.8) | 140 (46.7) | 11 (3.7) | 95 (42.2) | 197 (65.5) | 152 (52.2) |
| Access to safe and clean water for preparing food | 1,568 (87.6) | 256 (88.0) | 239 (79.7) | 197 (66.3) | 277 (96.2) | 290 (95.7) | 309 (99.4) |
| Access to soap for handwashing | 1,748 (98.4) | 284 (97.6) | 293 (98) | 291 (99.0) | 286 (99.7) | 288 (96.6) | 306 (99.4) |
| Access to water for handwashing | 1,771 (98.8) | 290 (98.6) | 295 (98.3) | 296 (99.7) | 283 (98.3) | 299 (99.0) | 308 (99.0) |
| Provision of school meals for children stopped during COVID-19 | 584 (88.9) | 208 (94.1) | 132 (89.8) | 69 (100) | 132 (88) | 31 (67.4) | 12 (50) |
Data shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or N (%).