Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic data of the respondents

Head of household

528 (65.2%)

Number of household residents

Mean (Standard deviation)

4.62 (2.69)

The age of the respondent in years

Mean (Standard deviation)

48.77 (15.55)

Male respondents

369 (46.2%)

Years of formal education

Mean (standard deviation)

4.19 (4.76)

Whether the respondent ever married

703 (88.1%)

Occupation:

   • Unemployed/unskilled labourers/housewives

11 (1.4%)

   • Farmers

475 (59.5%)

   • Skilled labourers/petty traders/pensioners

215 (29.6%)

   • Formally employed/regular wage earners/medium business people

62 (7.8%)

   • Professionals/big business people

33 (4.1%)