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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by gender and disability status (“Moderate-to-severe disability”), N (%)

From: Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events: results from a cross-sectional community survey in South Sudan

 

Total

Male

Female

  

Total

Not Disabled

Disable

Total

Not Disabled

Disable

 

Total

1200 (100.0)

660 (56.4)

562 (85.3)

97 (14.7)

510 (43.6)

451 (88.4)

59 (11.6)

Age (years)

       
 

18–25

308 (25.7)

164 (25.1)

140 (85.9)

23 (14.1)

136 (27.2)

128 (94.1)

8 (5.9)

 

26–35

391 (32.6)

218 (33.4)

196 (89.9)

22 (10.1)

164 (32.8)

145 (88.4)

19 (11.6)

 

36–50

395 (33.4)

216 (33.1)

184 (85.2)

32 (14.8)

167 (33.4)

143 (85.6)

24 (14.4)

 

>50

89 (7.5)

55 (8.4)

36 (65.5)

19 (34.5)

33 (6.6)

25 (75.8)

8 (24.2)

Marital status

       
 

Single

320 (27.2)

237 (36.5)

203 (85.7)

34 (14.3)

81 (16.3)

75 (92.6)

6 (7.4)

 

Married (one wife)

559 (47.6)

302 (46.5)

269 (89.4)

32 (10.6)

240 (48.3)

222 (92.5)

18 (7.5)

 

No longer married

81 (6.9)

20 (3.1)

17 (85.0)

3 (15.0)

57 (11.5)

43 (75.4)

14 (24.6)

 

Living in polygamous marriage

215 (18.3)

91 (14.0)

65 (71.4)

26 (28.6)

119 (23.9)

101 (84.9)

18 (15.1)

Education

       
 

Secondary school or higher

387 (32.8)

288 (44.6)

249 (86.5)

39 (13.5)

95 (18.8)

87 (91.6)

8 (8.4)

 

Primary school

359 (30.4)

199 (30.8)

172 (86.9)

26 (13.1)

150 (29.7)

132 (88.0)

18 (12.0)

 

Did not attend school

434 (36.8)

159 (24.6)

132 (83.0)

27 (17.0)

260 (51.5)

227 (87.3)

33 (12.7)

Employment

       
 

Paid work

291 (26.5)

199 (32.9)

177 (89.4)

21 (10.6)

88 (19.0)

76 (86.4)

12 (13.6)

 

Self-employed

422 (38.5)

234 (38.7)

205 (87.6)

29 (12.4)

169 (36.4)

153 (90.5)

16 (9.5)

 

Student

1448 (13.1)

101 (16.7)

84 (83.2)

17 (16.8)

42 (9.1)

39 (92.9)

3 (7.1)

 

Non paid work

129 (11.8)

32 (5.3)

24 (75.0)

8 (25.0)

96 (20.7)

86 (89.6)

10 (10.4)

 

Unemployed

111 (10.1)

38 (6.3)

28 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

69 (14.9)

56 (81.2)

13 (18.8)

Regular income

       
 

No

823 (70.4)

396 (62.2)

340 (85.9)

56 (14.1)

402 (79.9)

85 (84.2)

16 (15.8)

 

Yes

346 (29.6)

241 (37.8)

202 (84.2)

38 (15.8)

101 (20.1)

445 (88.5)

58 (11.6)

Household monthly income (US dollars)

       
 

<75

553 (63.1)

286 (54.6)

233 (81.5)

53 (18.5)

247 (75.3)

213 (86.2)

34 (13.8)

 

75–200

209 (23.9)

158 (30.2)

142 (89.9)

16 (10.1)

49 (14.9)

41 (83.7)

8 (16.3)

 

200–350

85 (9.7)

60 (11.5)

50 (84.7)

9 (15.3)

23 (7.0)

18 (78.3)

5 (21.7)

 

>350

29 (3.3)

20 (3.8)

17 (85.0)

3 (15.0)

9 (2.7)

9 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Returnee

       
 

No

781 (66.9)

414 (65.1)

358 (86.7)

55 (13.3)

356 (70.9)

326 (91.6)

30 (8.4)

 

Yes

386 (33.1)

222 (33.6)

187 (84.2)

35 (15.8)

146 (29.1)

118 (80.8)

28 (19.2)

Trauma exposure during the war >8 #

       
 

< 8

893 (74.4)

461 (69.8)

409 (88.9)

51 (11.1)

405 (79.4)

374 (92.3)

31 (7.7)

 

>=8

307 (25.6)

199 (30.2)

153 (76.9)

46 (23.1)

105 (20.6)

77 (73.3)

28 (26.7)

Trauma exposure after the Peace Agreement > 4 ¤

       
 

< 4

1079 (90.2)

582 (88.6)

511 (88.0)

70 (12.0)

467 (91.7)

420 (89.9)

47 (10.1)

 

>=4

117 (9.8)

75 (11.4)

48 (64.0)

27 (36.0)

42 (8.3)

30 (71.4)

12 (28.6)

  1. # Range of traumatic events: 0–16.
  2. ¤ Range of traumatic events: 0–8.