Table 3.
Characteristics of survey respondents
| Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Respondent characteristics (n 613) | ||
| Age | ||
| Mean | 26·1 | |
| sd | 6·6 | |
| Married (monogamous) | 386 | 46·7 % |
| Married (polygamous) | 312 | 50·9 % |
| Illiterate | 555 | 90·5 % |
| Fully literate | 35 | 5·7 % |
| Received any education | 108 | 17·6 % |
| Finished primary school | 64 | 10·4 % |
| Originally from village/town(s) associated with mine | 241 | 39·3 % |
| Non-Guinean | 6 | 1·0 % |
| Main economic activity | ||
| Mining | 478 | 78·0 % |
| Food selling | 42 | 6·9 % |
| Other | 93 | 15·2 % |
| Seasonal inhabitant | 115 | 18·8 % |
| Muslim | 596 | 97·6 % |
| Malinké speaking | 575 | 94·1 % |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Household size | ||
| Mean | 8·1 | |
| sd | 6·24 | |
| Number of children aged under 5 years in household | ||
| Mean | 2·5 | |
| sd | 2·7 | |
| Number of children aged 5–15 years in household | ||
| Mean | 2·1 | |
| sd | 1·2 | |
| Improved toilet | 172 | 28·1 % |
| Improved water source | 293 | 48·0 % |
| Food access from own production | ||
| Cultivated agricultural land in past 2 years | 366 | 59·9 % |
| Has a food garden | 99 | 16·2 % |
| Owns chickens | 288 | 47·1 % |
| Owns other livestock | 235 | 38·5 % |