Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
Variables | Freq (%) |
|---|---|
Position in the household | |
 Children | 28 (09.18) |
 Household head | 172 (56.39) |
 Relative | 18 (5.90) |
 Wife | 87 (28.52) |
Age in completed years | |
 18–25 | 32 (10.49) |
 26–35 | 70 (22.95) |
 36–45 | 66 (18.86) |
 46–55 | 66 (18.86) |
 56–65 | 37 (12.13) |
  > 65 | 34 (11.15) |
Sex | |
 Female | 184 (60.33) |
 Male | 121 (39.67) |
Marital status | |
 Married/cohabiting | 190 (62.30) |
 Separated/Divorced | 44 (14.43) |
 Single/Never married | 31 (10.16) |
 Widow/Widower | 40 (13.11) |
Highest level of education attended | |
 None | 61 (20.00) |
 Primary | 179 (58.69) |
 Secondary | 51 (16.72) |
 Tertiary (Others) | 12 (03.93) |
 Tertiary (University) | 2 (00.66) |
Occupation | |
 Farming | 231 (75.74) |
 Government worker | 12 (03.93) |
 Trading | 36 (11.80) |
 Unemployed | 11 (3.61) |
 Others: artisans, casual labourers, boda boda riders etc. | 15 (4.92) |