Table 1 General characteristics of the study population
Variable | Descriptive statistics |
|---|---|
Health zone | |
Bagira | 523 (34.1) |
Katana and Miti-Murhesa | 502 (32.7) |
Walungu | 509 (33.2) |
Gender | |
Female | 1003 (63.6) |
Male | 573 (36.4) |
Age | 48.3 (18.7) |
Socio-economic status | |
Least poor | 325 (20.3) |
Middle | 659 (41.2) |
Poor | 615 (38.5) |
Occupation of head of household | |
Formal worker | 155 (10.7) |
Informal worker | 189 (13.0) |
Farmer or petty trading | 810 (55.8) |
No profession | 298 (20.5) |
Participant | |
Patient | 450 (32) |
Informal caregiver | 492 (35) |
Neighbor | 463 (33) |
Tribe | |
Shi | 1446 (91.1) |
Others | 142 (8.9) |
Marital status | |
Never married | 168 (10.8) |
Married | 1072 (68.8) |
Divorced/widowed/separated | 322 (20.4) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 986 (62.5) |
Protestant | 531 (33.6) |
Muslim and others | 62 (3.9) |
Church membership | |
Yes | 415 (27.2) |
No | 1113 (72.8) |
Church attendance frequency | |
< = Once a week | 792 (52.4) |
2–3 times a week | 462 (30.5) |
> = 4 times a week | 259 (17.1) |
Education (years) | 6 (3–10) |
Household size | 6.5 (5–9) |
Preschool aged children in household (n = 1011) | 1 (0–2) |
School-aged children in household | 2 (1–3) |
Adults in household | 3 (2–4) |
Saving organization membership | |
Yes | 306 (19.3) |
No | 1275 (80.7) |
Weekly frequency of listening to radio | |
Less than once a week | 584 (57) |
At least once a week | 440 (43) |