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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents at Kasenyi and Kigungu fish landing sites

From: Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Characteristic

All n (% of 475)

Fishermen n (% of 146)

Traders n (% of 191)

Service providers n (% of 138)

p-value†

Sex

     

  Male

305(64.2)

146(100.0)

89(46.6)

50(50.7)

 

  Female

170(35.8)

0(0.0)

102(53.4)

68(49.3)

<0.001

Age group

     

  18-24

136(28.6)

31(21.2)

53(27.8)

52(37.7)

 

  25-29

152(32.0)

40(27.4)

66(34.6)

46(33.3)

0.003

  30-39

144(30.3)

61(41.8)

51(26.7)

32(23.2)

 

  40+

43(9.1)

14(9.6)

21(11.0)

8(5.8)

 

Education

     

  None

41(8.6)

14(9.6)

16(8.4)

11(8.0)

0.26

  Primary

233(49.1)

81(55.5)

85(44.5)

67(48.6)

 

  Secondary

201(42.3)

51(34.9)

90(47.1)

60(43.5)

 

Marital status

     

  Single

175(36.8)

51(34.9)

60(31.4)

64(46.4)

0.031

  Married

231(48.6)

77(52.7)

102(53.4)

52(37.7)

 

  Other

69(14.5)

18(12.3)

29(15.2)

22(15.9)

 

Religion

     

  Catholic

204(43.0)

61(41.8)

88(46.1)

55(39.9)

0.004

  Protestant

121(25.5)

51(34.9)

35(18.3)

35(25.4)

 

  Muslim

91(19.2)

25(17.1)

35(18.3)

31(22.5)

 

  Other

59(12.4)

9(6.2)

33(17.3)

17(12.3)

 

Tribe

     

  Baganda

277(58.3)

77(52.7)

125(65.5)

75(54.4)

0.13

  Basoga

32(6.7)

12(8.2)

11(5.8)

9(6.5)

 

  Banyankore

45(9.5)

13(8.9)

13(6.8)

19(13.8)

 

  Other

121(25.5)

44(30.1)

42(22.0)

35(25.4)

 

Length of stay

     

  < 1 year

90(19.0)

20(13.7)

31(16.2)

39(28.3)

 

  1-5

188(39.6)

62(42.5)

78(40.8)

48(34.8)

 

  >5

197(41.5)

64(43.8)

82(42.9)

51(37.0)

0.023

Monthly income

     

  <100,000 (US$34)

132(29.3)

29(20.1)

63(34.2)

40(32.5)

 

  100,000-199,000 (US$ 34–68)

110(24.4)

33(22.9)

46(25.0)

31(25.2)

0.026

  200,000-999,999 (US$69-345)

177(39.3)

68(47.2)

61(33.2)

48(39.0)

 

  1 million+(US$346)

32(7.1)

14(9.7)

14(7.6)

4(3.3)

 

Site

     

  Kigungu

160(33.7)

57(39.0)

61(31.9)

42(30.4)

 

  Kasenyi

315(66.3)

89(61.0)

130(68.1)

96(70.0)

0.25

  1. † Chi-square p-value.