Table 1 Main characteristics of study participants
Bunyala District | < 5 | 5 - 14 | ≥ 15 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 212 | n = 213 | n = 221 | n = 646 | |||||
Patient sex* | ||||||||
Male | 99 | (47.1%) | 96 | (45.1%) | 89 | (40.3%) | 284 | (44.2%) |
Female | 111 | (52.9%) | 117 | (54.9%) | 130 | (59.4%) | 358 | (55.8%) |
Education of head of household* | ||||||||
Never attended | 13 | (6.5%) | 12 | (6.1%) | 23 | (11.3%) | 48 | (8.0%) |
Primary | 130 | (65.0%) | 97 | (49.2%) | 95 | (46.8%) | 322 | (53.8%) |
Secondary | 45 | (22.5%) | 60 | (30.5%) | 53 | (26.1%) | 158 | (26.4%) |
Above secondary | 10 | (5.0%) | 28 | (14.2%) | 32 | (15.8%) | 70 | (11.7%) |
N/A | 2 | (1.0%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 2 | (0.3%) |
Employment of head of household* | ||||||||
Agriculture | 81 | (40.3%) | 83 | (41.9%) | 87 | (43.1%) | 251 | (41.8%) |
Trade/private business | 38 | (18.9%) | 36 | (18.2%) | 41 | (20.3%) | 115 | (19.1%) |
Fishing | 54 | (26.9%) | 34 | (17.2%) | 25 | (12.4%) | 113 | (18.8%) |
School | 1 | (0.5%) | 1 | (0.5%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 8 | (4.0%) |
Unemployed | 9 | (4.5%) | 11 | (5.6%) | 2 | (1.0%) | 22 | (3.7%) |
Household size* | ||||||||
0-5 | 124 | (58.5%) | 80 | (38.1%) | 116 | (57.4%) | 320 | (51.3%) |
≥ 6 | 88 | (41.5%) | 130 | (61.9%) | 86 | (42.6%) | 304 | (48.7%) |
Children < 5 years in household* | ||||||||
≤ 1 | 65 | (30.7%) | 139 | (66.2%) | 146 | (72. 3%) | 350 | (56.1%) |
> 1 | 147 | (69.3%) | 71 | (33.8%) | 56 | (27.7%) | 274 | (43.9%) |
Garissa District | < 15 | ≥ 15 | Total | |||||
n = 136 | n = 136 | n = 272 | ||||||
Patient sex | ||||||||
Male | 71 | (52.2%) | 41 | (30.2%) | 112 | (41.2%) | ||
Female | 65 | (47.8%) | 95 | (69.9%) | 160 | (58.8%) | ||
Education of head of household | ||||||||
Never attended | 94 | (69.1%) | 84 | (61.8%) | 178 | (65.4%) | ||
Primary | 16 | (11.8%) | 22 | (16.2%) | 38 | (14.0%) | ||
Secondary and above | 26 | (19.1%) | 30 | (22.1%) | 56 | (20.6%) | ||
Employment of head of household | ||||||||
Farming/other | 39 | (30.2%) | 51 | (37.5%) | 90 | (33.1%) | ||
Housewife | 18 | (13.2%) | 7 | (5.2%) | 25 | (9.2%) | ||
Own business | 35 | (25.7%) | 39 | (28.7%) | 74 | (27.2%) | ||
Retired/unemployed | 43 | (31.6%) | 38 | (27.9%) | 81 | (29.8%) | ||
In school | 1 | (0.7%) | 1 | (0.7%) | 2 | (0.7%) | ||
Household size* | ||||||||
0-5 | 36 | (26.5%) | 47 | (34.8%) | 83 | (30.6%) | ||
≥ 6 | 100 | (73.5%) | 88 | (65.2%) | 188 | (69.3%) | ||
Children < 5 years in household* | ||||||||
≤ 1 | 57 | (41.9%) | 80 | (59.3%) | 137 | (50.6%) | ||
> 1 | 79 | (58.1%) | 55 | (40.7%) | 134 | (49.5%) | ||