Socio-demographic Variables | Location of residence | |||
Rural | Urban | |||
N | % | N | % | |
Sex of Household Head | ||||
Male | 125 | 68.7 | 135 | 74.2 |
Female | 57 | 31.3 | 47 | 28.5 |
Marital Status | ||||
Single | 14 | 7.7 | 16 | 8.8 |
Divorced | 19 | 10.4 | 12 | 6.6 |
Married | 22 | 67 | 133 | 73.1 |
Widowed | 27 | 14.8 | 21 | 11.5 |
Education of Household Head | ||||
No formal education | 3 | 1.60 | 5 | 2.7 |
Primary | 69 | 37.9 | 33 | 18.1 |
Secondary | 44 | 24.2 | 64 | 35.2 |
Diploma/Certificate | 8 | 4.4 | 25 | 13.7 |
Degree | 4 | 2.2 | 13 | 7.1 |
Education of Caregiver | ||||
No formal education | 21 | 11.5 | 14 | 7.7 |
Primary | 127 | 69.8 | 90 | 49.5 |
Secondary | 27 | 14.8 | 59 | 32.4 |
College level education | 6 | 3.3 | 18 | 9.8 |
Occupation of Household Head | ||||
Not employed | 5 | 3.9 | 3 | 2.1 |
Employed (Salaried) | 17 | 13.4 | 51 | 36.4 |
Small scale trading | 27 | 21.3 | 52 | 37.1 |
Causal Laborer | 33 | 26.0 | 20 | 14.3 |
Farming | 103 | 81.8 | 42 | 30.0 |
Retired Pension Earner | 2 | 1.6 | 3 | 2.1 |
Occupation of Caregiver | ||||
Not employed | 6 | 3.3 | 36 | 19.8 |
Employed (Salaried) | 5 | 2.7 | 22 | 12.1 |
Small scale trading | 47 | 25.8 | 82 | 45.1 |
Causal Laborer | 39 | 21.4 | 16 | 8.8 |
Farming | 167 | 91.8 | 85 | 46.7 |
Retired Pension Earner | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
Other Variables | ||||
Continuous Variables | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation |
Age of Caregiver | 37 | 17 | 33 | 13 |
Household Monthly Income (UGX) | 312,005 | 105,654 | 554,354 | 271,604 |
Household Monthly Food expenditure (UGX) | 87,291 | 52,635 | 205,297 | 107,306 |
Household Size | 5.80 | 2.87 | 5.43 | 2.61 |
Number of Income earner in household | 1.74 | 0.61 | 1.68 | 0.57 |