Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the respondents

Status of the respondent in the household

• Household head

334 (46.9)

• Spouse

338 (46.4)

• Representative of household

48 (6.7)

Gender of the respondents

• Female

402 (55.8)

• Male

318 (44.2)

Age in years (Standard deviation)

41.1 (12.4)

Number of household residents (Standard deviation)

6.3 (2.8)

Whether respondent had some education

• No

155 (21.5)

• Yes

565 (78.5)

Marital status of the respondent

• Single

78 (10.8)

• Married

642 (89.2)

Food value in Sudanese Dinars

• Average weekly food value (S.D.)

9415.8 (17650.4)

• Average weekly per capita food value (S.D.)

1731.3 (3798.9)

Household asset ownership

• Household owns a television set

504/720 (70%)

• Household owns a radio

506/720 (70.3%)

• Household owns a refrigerator

388/720 (53.9%)

• Household owns a satellite dish

87/633 (12.1%)

• Household owns a motorcar

106/614 (14.7%)