Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and ill persons
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Residence | Â |
Urban | 317 (49.7) |
Rural | 321 (50.3) |
Age of Respondents (years) | Â |
Below 30 | 215 (33.7) |
30 and above | 423 (66.3) |
Age of sick person (years) | Â |
Under 5 | 244 (38.2) |
5 -- 15 | 233 (36.6) |
Above 15 | 161 (25.2) |
Sex of Respondents | Â |
Female | 567 (88.9) |
Male | 72 (11.1) |
Sex of ill person | Â |
Female | 439 (68.8) |
Male | 199 (31.2) |
Marital status | Â |
Ever married | 538 (84.3) |
Single | 100 (15.7) |
Educational status | Â |
No education | 117 (18.3) |
Primary | 207 (32.5) |
Secondary | 285 (44.7) |
University | 29 (4.5) |
Occupational status | Â |
Farmer | 129 (20.2) |
Unemployed | 91 (14.3) |
Civil servant | 97 (15.2) |
Petty trading | 139 (21.8) |
Self employed | 101 (15.8) |
Big business man/woman | 19 (3.0) |
Private employment | 4 (0.6) |
Others | 30 (4.7) |