Table 1.

Distribution and comparison of socio-demographic features of the participants.

Features	Non-diabetic group		Diabetic group		P value
	N	%	N	%
Gender
Males	14	43.8	29	47.5	0.729
Females	18	56.2	32	52.5
Total	32	100	61	100
Level of education
Non-formal	19	59.4	32	52.5	0.415
Primary	5	15.6	11	18.0
Secondary	6	18.8	8	13.1
Post-secondary	2	6.3	9	6.3
None	0	0.0	1	1.6
Total	32	100	61	100
Type of employment
Petty trader	25	78.1	31	50.8	0.002*
Civil servant	2	6.3	7	11.4
Skilled job owner	0	0.0	9	14.8
Pensioner	0	0.0	1	1.6
Unemployed	5	15.6	9	14.8
Others	0	0.0	4	6.6
Total	32	100	61	100
Income (in USD) per month
≤ 6	16	50.0	30	49.2	0.596
6–12	10	31.3	12	19.7
12–50	2	6.3	11	18
50–100	2	6.3	5	8.2
100–200	1	3.1	3	4.9
Total	32	100	61	100
Area of residence
Urban	32	100	59	96.7	0.030*
Semi-urban	0	0.0	2	3.3
Total	32	100	61	100

^*Significant difference (P < 0.05) between groups (Chi square test of association).