Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population in Muleba district (n = 504)

Age group

   15-24

102 (20.3)

62 (24.5)

40 (10.0)

< 0.001

   25-34

119 (23.7)

51 (20.2)

68 (27.2)

0.065

   35-44

143 (28.4)

74 (29.3)

69 (27.6)

0.673

   45-54

75 (14.9)

39 (15.4)

36 (14.4)

0.753

   55-64

31 (6.2)

18 (7.1)

13 (5.2)

0.375

   65+

33 (6.6)

9 (3.6)

24 (9.6)

< 0.01

Education of respondents

   None

77 (23.6)

55 (24.4)

22 (21.6)

0.580

   Primary school

237 (72.5)

161 (71.6)

76 (74.5)

0.586

   Secondary school

13 (4.0)

9 (4.0)

4 (3.9)

0.966

Education of household head

   None

14 (9.9)

3 (4.8)

11 (13.7)

0.077

   Primary

116 (81.7)

50 (80.7)

66 (82.5)

0.783

   Secondary

8 (5.6)

6 (9.7)

2 (2.5)

0.065

   College

4 (2.8)

3 (4.8)

1 (1.3)

0.212

Marital status

   Single

75 (14.9)

49 (19.3)

26 (10.4)

< 0.01

   Married

376 (74.6)

191 (75.2)

185 (74.0)

0.757

   Divorced

9 (1.8)

3 (1.2)

6 (2.4)

0.314

   Separated

4 (0.8)

2 (0.8)

2 (0.8)

1.000

   Widowed

40 (7.9)

9 (3.5)

31 (12.4)

< 0.001

Marriage type

   Monogamy

318 (85.0)

232 (88.6)

86 (76.8)

< 0.01

   Polygamy

56 (15.0)

30 (11.5)

26 (23.2)

< 0.01