Table 1 Demographic and household characteristics by location
Characteristic | Kawempe | Mbale | Mbarara | Rakai | Apac | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | (N = 86) | (N = 107) | (N = 105) | (N = 61) | (N = 88) | (N = 447) | ||||||
| Â | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Residence | Urban | 86 | 100 | 65 | 60.7 | 10 | 9.1 | 50 | 82.0 | 35 | 39.8 | 246 | 55.0 |
Rural | 0 | 0 | 42 | 39.3 | 95 | 90.9 | 11 | 18.0 | 53 | 60.2 | 201 | 45.0 | |
Age (years) | 15-19 | 18 | 20.9 | 25 | 23.4 | 25 | 23.6 | 10 | 16.7 | 17 | 19.3 | 95 | 21.3 |
20-24 | 41 | 47.7 | 36 | 33.6 | 42 | 39.6 | 25 | 41.7 | 34 | 38.6 | 178 | 39.9 | |
25-29 | 18 | 20.9 | 24 | 22.4 | 15 | 14.2 | 11 | 18.3 | 16 | 18.2 | 84 | 18.8 | |
30-34 | 5 | 5.8 | 16 | 15.0 | 16 | 15.1 | 10 | 16.7 | 12 | 13.6 | 59 | 13.2 | |
35-39 | 4 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 5 | 5.7 | 24 | 5.4 | |
40-44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.4 | 6 | 1.3 | |
Married | 72 | 83.9 | 100 | 93.5 | 99 | 94.5 | 56 | 91.8 | 79 | 98.5 | 406 | 90.8 | |
Education | None | 5 | 5.7 | 16 | 15.0 | 11 | 10.1 | 8 | 13.1 | 16 | 18.2 | 56 | 12.5 |
Primary+ | 81 | 94.3 | 91 | 85.0 | 94 | 89.9 | 53 | 86.9 | 72 | 81.8 | 391 | 87.5 | |
Parity | ≤ 2 | 67 | 77.9 | 55 | 51.4 | 68 | 65.1 | 36 | 59.0 | 44 | 50.0 | 270 | 60.4 |
3+ | 19 | 22.1 | 52 | 48.6 | 37 | 34.9 | 25 | 41.0 | 44 | 50.0 | 177 | 39.6 | |
Toilet | None | 1 | Â | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.4 | 9 | 2.0 |
Flush | 6 | 6.9 | 6 | 5.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.4 | |
Pit latrine | 79 | 92.0 | 96 | 89.7 | 103 | 98.1 | 60 | 98.4 | 85 | 96.6 | 423 | 94.6 | |
Household crowding | Low | 3 | 3.5 | 12 | 11.2 | 19 | 18.2 | 9 | 14.8 | 6 | 6.8 | 49 | 11.0 |
Medium | 50 | 58.1 | 79 | 73.8 | 80 | 76.4 | 42 | 68.9 | 58 | 65.9 | 309 | 69.1 | |
High | 33 | 38.4 | 16 | 15.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 10 | 16.4 | 24 | 27.3 | 89 | 19.9 | |
Ethnic group | Ganda | 55 | 64.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 59.0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 20.8 |
Lango | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 98.9 | 87 | 19.5 | |
Gisu | 3 | 3.5 | 98 | 91.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 22.6 | |
Nkole | 18 | 20.9 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 98.2 | 20 | 32.8 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 31.5 | |
Others | 10 | 11.6 | 7 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 5 | 8.2 | 1 | 1.1 | 25 | 5.6 | |
Wealth Index | Lowest | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14.0 | 18 | 17.3 | 10 | 16.4 | 51 | 58.0 | 94 | 21.0 |
Second | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24.3 | 24 | 22.7 | 7 | 11.5 | 26 | 29.5 | 83 | 18.6 | |
Middle | 2 | 2.3 | 43 | 40.2 | 22 | 20.9 | 15 | 24.6 | 7 | 8.0 | 89 | 19.9 | |
Fourth | 25 | 28.7 | 14 | 13.1 | 31 | 29.1 | 15 | 24.6 | 3 | 3.4 | 88 | 19.7 | |
Highest | 59 | 69.0 | 9 | 8.4 | 11 | 10.0 | 14 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 20.8 | |
Water source | Home tap | 5 | 5.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 9 | 14.8 | 2 | 2.3 | 23 | 5.1 |
Public tap | 44 | 51.7 | 17 | 15.9 | 33 | 31.2 | 7 | 11.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 102 | 22.8 | |
Public WBS | 35 | 40.2 | 78 | 72.9 | 66 | 63.3 | 35 | 57.4 | 66 | 75.0 | 280 | 62.6 | |
| Â | RLS | 2 | 2.3 | 7 | 6. | 4 | 3.7 | 10 | 16.4 | 19 | 21.6 | 42 | 9.4 |