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Table 1 Percent distribution of household characteristics in the UDHS 2011 and the current survey

From: Population level usage of health services, and HIV testing and care, prior to decentralization of antiretroviral therapy in Agago District in rural Northern Uganda

Characteristic

UDHS 2011

Survey

Urban

Rural

 
 

n = 2551

n = 6482

n = 1401a

Household Headshipb

 Male

69.0

70.8

456 (61.5)

 Female

31.0

29.2

286 (38.5)

Main water sourcec

 River

NA

NA

2 (0.1)

 Well/Spring

12.5

28.4

10 (0.7)

 Borehole

11.8

43.9

1370 (97.9)

 Rain catchment

0.5

1.4

1 (0.1)

 Water tap in house/plot

27.9

1.5

0 (0.0)

 Trench

NA

NA

8 (0.6)

 Dam

NA

NA

9 (0.6)

 Stand pipe/public tap

38.9

8.2

NA

 Bottle water

4.6

0.4

NA

 Tanker truck/vendor

2.2

0.9

NA

 Surface water

1.0

14.6

NA

 Other

0.6

0.8

NA

Toilet

 Pit latrine

67.4

83.4

501 (35.8)

 VIP latrine

18.6

4.2

12 (0.9)

 Flush toilet

11.3

0.3

0 (0.0)

 Other toilet

0.8

0.6

4 (0.3)

 Toilet type not specified

0.0

0.0

20 (1.4)

 No facility

 1.8

 11.5

864 (61.7) 

Predominant Lightingd

 Electricity

55.9

3.9

11 (0.8)

 Paraffin lantern/Candle

35.4

86.7

1339 (96.3)

 Wax candle

5.8

2.0

5 (0.4)

 Others

3.0

7.5

36 (2.6)

Household Possessions

 Mosquito Net

80.9

72.4

844 (60.8)

 Radio

71.8

64.6

349 (25.0)

 Television

45.0

4.9

4 (0.3)

 Mobile phone

86.8

53.1

395 (28.3)

Means of transport

 Bicycle

19.5

41.1

497 (35.6)

 Motorcycle

11.4

7.1

42 (3.0)

 Car/truck

10.1

1.6

3 (0.2)

  1. aFor the PBS numbers and percentages of households are provided. Where numbers do not sum to total, this is due to missing data. Percentages are of non-missing data
  2. bNot all participants interviewed for the PBS household questionnaire were heads of household and this information is only available if the head of household was interviewed
  3. cThe choices for water source did not completely overlap between the 2 surveys. NA indicates the choice was not available and zero indicates it was available but not selected
  4. dTaken from Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey, 2011 [2] as not available in the UDHS Survey [17]