Table 4 Characteristics of individuals (15+) who needed AT: Descriptive statistics
From: Access to assistive technology in two Southern African countries
Botswana | Swaziland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
Age | 482 | 48.2 | 21.4 | 332 | 35.2 | 18.1 |
Socio-economic status (SES) indicators a | ||||||
Possession scale (0–26) | 483 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 321 | 8.4 | 4.8 |
Dietary diversity scale (0–12) | 468 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 322 | 8.4 | 3.0 |
Access to information scale (0–6) | 429 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 319 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
Activity limitations scale (0–18) a | 470 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 329 | 4.1 | 2.6 |