Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 743)
Hoima (N = 387) | Gulu (N = 356) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
Age | ||||
≤19 | 102 | 26.4 | 97 | 27.3 |
20–24 | 116 | 30.0 | 127 | 35.7 |
25–29 | 91 | 23.5 | 87 | 24.4 |
30–34 | 54 | 14.0 | 32 | 9.0 |
35–39 | 22 | 5.7 | 9 | 2.5 |
>39 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.2 |
Education level | ||||
No education | 26 | 6.7 | 23 | 6.5 |
Primary | 186 | 48.1 | 204 | 57.3 |
Secondary | 149 | 38.5 | 104 | 29.2 |
Tertiary | 26 | 6.7 | 25 | 7.0 |
Still in school | ||||
Yes | 26 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.7 |
No | 361 | 93.3 | 343 | 96.3 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 321 | 83.0 | 332 | 93.3 |
Single | 60 | 15.5 | 19 | 5.3 |
Widowed | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.8 |
Separated/divorced | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.6 |
Occupation | ||||
Farming | 130 | 33.6 | 92 | 25.8 |
Trader | 92 | 23.8 | 62 | 17.4 |
Formal employment | 51 | 13.2 | 32 | 9.0 |
Handicraft | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.8 |
Housewife | 114 | 29.4 | 160 | 44.9 |
Household size | ||||
1–5 | 286 | 73.9 | 249 | 69.9 |
6–10 | 94 | 24.3 | 96 | 27.0 |
>10 | 7 | 1.8 | 11 | 3.1 |
Wealth index | ||||
Lowest | 278 | 71.8 | 184 | 51.7 |
Second lowest | 85 | 22.0 | 149 | 41.9 |
Medium | 15 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.8 |
High | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.7 |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 164 | 42.4 | 137 | 38.5 |
Urban | 223 | 57.6 | 219 | 61.5 |
Trimester | ||||
First | 42 | 10.8 | 13 | 3.7 |
Second | 200 | 51.7 | 105 | 29.5 |
Third | 145 | 37.5 | 238 | 66.8 |
Gravidity | ||||
1–4 | 309 | 79.8 | 301 | 84.6 |
>4 | 78 | 20.2 | 55 | 15.4 |
Delivery gap | ||||
Never delivered | 130 | 33.6 | 120 | 33.7 |
1–11 months | 10 | 2.6 | 12 | 3.4 |
12–24 | 75 | 19.4 | 41 | 11.5 |
25–36 | 60 | 15.5 | 79 | 22.2 |
>36 | 112 | 28.9 | 104 | 29.2 |