Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of community respondents at baseline
Variable | Category | Intervention site | Control sites | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | %/mean (SD) | n | %/mean (SD) | N | %/mean (SD) | ||
Age (Years) | - | 385 | 39.8 (14.9) | 826 | 40.6 (14.7) | 1211 | 40.3 (14.7) |
Sex | Male | 241 | 62.6 | 473 | 57.3 | 714 | 59.0 |
Female | 144 | 37.4 | 353 | 42.7 | 497 | 41.0 | |
Total | 385 | 100.0 | 826 | 100.0 | 1211 | 100.0 | |
Education | Cannot read or write | 118 | 30.6 | 277 | 33.5 | 395 | 32.6 |
No formal schooling but can read or write | 89 | 23.1 | 254 | 30.8 | 343 | 28.3 | |
Formal schooling (grades 1–12) | 142 | 36.9 | 257 | 31.1 | 399 | 32.9 | |
University/college diploma | 36 | 9.4 | 38 | 4.6 | 74 | 6.1 | |
Total | 385 | 100.0 | 826 | 100.0 | 1211 | 100.0 | |
Marital Status | Single | 67 | 17.4 | 124 | 15.0 | 191 | 15.8 |
Married | 279 | 72.5 | 620 | 75.1 | 899 | 74.2 | |
Separated/divorced | 17 | 4.4 | 49 | 5.9 | 66 | 5.5 | |
Widowed | 22 | 5.7 | 33 | 4.0 | 55 | 4.5 | |
Total | 385 | 100.0 | 826 | 100.0 | 1211 | 100.0 | |
Occupation | Housewife | 34 | 8.8 | 65 | 7.9 | 99 | 8.2 |
Farmer | 205 | 53.2 | 610 | 73.8 | 815 | 67.3 | |
Merchant/ Petty trader | 40 | 10.4 | 24 | 2.9 | 64 | 5.3 | |
Student | 44 | 11.4 | 88 | 10.7 | 132 | 10.9 | |
Civil servant | 39 | 10.1 | 7 | 0.8 | 46 | 3.8 | |
Daily laborer | 11 | 2.9 | 16 | 1.9 | 27 | 2.2 | |
Other | 12 | 3.1 | 16 | 1.9 | 36 | 3.0 | |
Total | 385 | 100.0 | 826 | 100.0 | 1211 | 100.0 | |
Economic status | Poor | 146 | 37.9 | 304 | 36.8 | 450 | 37.2 |
Average | 161 | 41.8 | 337 | 40.8 | 498 | 41.1 | |
Better off | 78 | 20.3 | 185 | 22.4 | 263 | 21.7 | |
Total | 385 | 100.0 | 826 | 100.0 | 1211 | 100.0 | |
Access to sources of health information (Index scores) | - | 385 | 12.5 (1.9) | 826 | 13.0 (1.8) | 1211 | 12.9 (1.8) |