Characteristic | Age categories | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
All ages | < 5 years | 5–15 years | > 15 years | |
Characteristics of study participantsa | ||||
 All participants | 531 | 177 | 193 | 161 |
 Female gender, n (% among all participants) | 278 (52.4%) | 97 (54.8%) | 85 (44.0%) | 96 (59.6%) |
 Participants with any overnight trip, n (% total participants) | 123 (23.2%) | 39 (22.0%) | 21 (11.1%) | 63 (39.1%) |
 Female gender, n (% among participants with any travel) | 81 (65.9%) | 20 (51.3%) | 13 (61.9%) | 48 (76.2%) |
 Proportion of travellers from least poor households | 43 (35.0%) | 10 (25.6%) | 7 (33.3%) | 26 (41.3%) |
 Proportion of non-travellers from least poor households | 137 (33.6%) | 50 (36.2%) | 56 (32.6%) | 31 (31.6%) |
Characteristics of individual overnight tripsb | ||||
 Number of overnight trips | 210 | 53 | 33 | 124 |
 Number of trips made by individual participants, n |  |  |  |  |
  1 trip | 79 | 25 | 17 | 37 |
  2 trips | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
  3 trips | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  4 or more trips | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
 Duration of each trip in nights away, median (range) | 5 (1-115) | 7(1-53) | 17 (1-53) | 3 (1-115) |
 Duration of travel categories, n (% total trips) |  |  |  |  |
  1 night | 41 (19.5%) | 7 (13.2%) | 1 (3.0%) | 33 (26.6%) |
  2–3 nights | 49 (23.3%) | 9 (17.0%) | 4 (12.1%) | 36 (29.0%) |
  4–7 nights | 43 (20.5%) | 11 (20.8%) | 6 (18.2%) | 26 (21.0%) |
  More than 7 nights | 77 (36.7%) | 26 (49.1%) | 22 (66.7%) | 29 (23.4%) |
 Destination of travel, n (% total trips) |  |  |  |  |
  Tororo (IRS district) | 148 (70.5%) | 37 (69.8%) | 21 (63.6%) | 90 (72.6%) |
  Other IRS districts | 7 (3.3%) | 1 (1.9%) | 1 (3.0%) | 5 (4.0%) |
  Kampala (no IRS) | 17 (8.1%) | 5 (9.4%) | 7 (21.2%) | 5 (4.0%) |
  Other non-IRS districts | 38 (18.1%) | 10 (18.9%) | 4 (12.1%) | 24 (19.4%) |
 Reason for travel, n (% total trips) |  |  |  |  |
  Visiting relatives | 105 (50.0%) | 20 (37.7%) | 26 (78.8%) | 59 (47.6%) |
  Funeral rite | 45 (21.4%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0 | 44 (35.5%) |
  Accompanying parents | 39 (18.6%) | 32 (60.4%) | 7 (21.2%) | 0 |
  Caring for the sick | 10 (4.8%) | 0 | 0 | 10 (8.1%) |
  Business | 8 (3.8%) | 0 | 0 | 8 (6.5%) |
  Pleasure | 2 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.6%) |
  Attending school | 1 (0.5%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8%) |
 Where participant stayed, n (% total trips) |  |  |  |  |
  Friend/relative’s home | 175 (83.3%) | 49 (92.5%) | 32 (97.0%) | 94 (75.8%) |
  Hospital | 13 (6.2%) | 2 (3.8%) | 1 (3.0%) | 10 (8.1%) |
  Camp or Gardens | 22 (10.5%) | 2 (3.8%) | 0 | 20 (16.1%) |