Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study respondents
Variable | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
≤ 22 | 110 | 17.2 |
> 22 | 530 | 82.8 |
Gender | ||
Male | 486 | 75.9 |
Female | 154 | 24.1 |
Parish | ||
Lwala | 292 | 45.6 |
Mulanda | 154 | 24.1 |
Mwelo | 194 | 30.3 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 70 | 10.9 |
Married | 499 | 77.9 |
Widowed | 71 | 11.1 |
Religion | ||
Anglican | 330 | 51.6 |
Catholic | 250 | 39.1 |
Moslem | 9 | 1.4 |
Pentecostal | 51 | 7.9 |
Education | ||
None | 73 | 11.4 |
Primary | 461 | 72.0 |
Secondary | 88 | 13.7 |
Tertiary | 18 | 2.8 |
Occupation | ||
Farmer | 575 | 89.8 |
Others | 65 | 10.2 |
Wealth status | ||
Poor | 195 | 30.5 |
Middle | 221 | 34.5 |
Rich | 224 | 35.0 |