Variable | Overall proportion (n) | Male proportion (n) | Female proportion (n) | P value |
n=183 | n=69 | n=114 | ||
Age (years) Mean±SD | 44.2±13.1 | 44.5±14.7 | 44.1±12.2 | 0.576 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 73.2% (134) | 88.4% (61) | 64.0% (73) | <0.001 |
Single | 8.7% (16) | 10.1% (7) | 7.9% (9) | |
Divorced/separated | 4.4% (8) | 0% (0) | 7.0% (8) | |
Widowed | 13.7% (25) | 1.5% (1) | 21.1% (24) | |
Highest level of education attained | ||||
No formal education | 23.5% (43) | 15.9% (11) | 28.1% (32) | 0.001 |
Primary | 48.1% (88) | 40.6% (28) | 52.6% (60) | |
Secondary | 20.8% (38) | 27.5% (19) | 16.7% (19) | |
Tertiary | 7.6% (14) | 15.9% (11) | 2.6% (3) | |
Housing (proxy wealth indicator) | ||||
Lives in a house with solar power | 44.2% (81) | 44.9% (31) | 43.8% (50) | 0.839 |
Iron sheets, concrete walls, no solar | 38.8% (71) | 36.2% (25) | 40.4% (46) | |
Iron sheets, mud and wattle walls, no solar | 11.5% (21) | 11.6% (8) | 11.4% (13) | |
Mud and wattle, grass thatched, no solar | 5.5%(10) | 7.3% (5) | 4.4% (5) |
Bold values represent significant differences (p< 0.05)