Table 1 The socio-demographic characteristics of women in Lesotho, 2014
Characteristics | N(6621) | N(705) Ever diagnosed with high blood pressure |
|---|---|---|
Age groups | n(%) | n%) |
15–19 | 1242 (23.29) | 29 (4.11) |
20–24 | 1300 (19.63) | 93 (13.19) |
25–29 | 1072 (16.19) | 94 (13.33) |
30–34 | 907 (13.70) | 116 (16.45) |
35–39 | 728 (11.00) | 118 (16.74) |
40–44 | 582 (8.79) | 114 (16.17) |
45–49 | 490 (7.40) | 141 (20.00) |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 2202 (33.26) | 254 (36.03) |
Rural | 4419 (66.74) | 451 (63.97) |
Region/district | ||
Botha-bothe | 593 (8.96) | 47 (6.67) |
Leribe | 785 (11.86) | 93 (13.19) |
Berea | 760 (11.48) | 77 (10.92) |
Maseru | 930 (14.05) | 147 (20.85) |
Mafeteng | 624 (9.42) | 96 (13.62) |
Mohale's hoek | 621 (9.38) | 66 (9.36) |
Quthing | 556 (8.40) | 42 (5.96) |
Qacha's-nek | 558 (8.43) | 56 (7.94) |
Mokhotlong | 605 (9.14) | 43 (6.10) |
Thaba tseka | 589 (8.90) | 38 (5.39) |
Marital Status | ||
Single | 2201 (33.24) | 98 (13.90) |
Married | 3556 (53.71) | 470 (66.67) |
Living with partner | 53 (0.80) | 12 (1.70) |
Widowed | 471 (7.11) | 83 (11.77) |
Divorced | 96 (1.45) | 13 (1.84) |
No longer living together/separated | 244 (3.69) | 29 (4.11) |
Level of education | ||
No education | 81 (1.22) | 10 (1.42) |
Primary | 2665 (40.25) | 290 (41.13) |
Secondary | 3354 (50.66) | 327 (46.38) |
Higher | 521 (7.87) | 78 (11.06) |
Religion | ||
Roman catholic church | 2514 (37.97) | 281 (39.86) |
Lesotho evangelical church | 1133 (17.11) | 135 (19.15) |
Methodist | 111 (1.68) | 10 (1.42) |
Anglican church | 453 (6.84) | 58 (8.23) |
Seventh day Adventist | 40 (0.60) | 6 (0.85) |
Pentecostal | 1682 (25.40) | 138 (19.25) |
Other Christian | 540 (8.16) | 64 (9.08) |
Islam | 11 (0.17) | 2 (0.28) |
Hindu | 1 (0.02) | 0 (0.00) |
No religion | 65 (0.98) | 4 (0.57) |
Other | 71 (1.07) | 7 (0.99) |
Professional/technical/managerial | 295 (10.84) | 49 (12.89) |
Clerical | 132 (4.85) | 23 (6.05) |
Sales | 475 (17.46) | 69 (18.16) |
Agricultural—self-employed | 270 (9.92) | 35 (9.21) |
Agricultural—employee | 35 (1.29) | 3 (0.79) |
Household and domestic | 420 (15.44) | 40 (10.53) |
Services | 314 (11.54) | 54 (14.21) |
Skilled manual | 266 (9.78) | 42 (11.05) |
Unskilled manual | 353 (12.97) | 43 (11.32) |
Don't know | 161 (5.92) | 22 (5.79) |
N = 380 | ||