Table 1 Respondents’ socio-economic and demographic profile (N = 202)
Variable | Total (N = 202) | Number/proportion (%) of respondents | χ 2 (p-value) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yombo | Chasimba | Kongo | Makurunge | |||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 106 (52.5) | 28 (58.3) | 25 (45.5) | 23 (46.9) | 30 (60.0) | 3.49 (0.32) |
Female | 96 (47.5) | 20 (41.7) | 30 (54.6) | 26 (53.1) | 20 (40.0) | |
Age group | ||||||
< 15 | 8 (3.96) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (7.27) | 1 (2.04) | 3 (6.0) | 21.41 (0.05) |
15-25 | 8 (16.67) | 16 (29.09) | 10 (20.41) | 12 (24) | 46 (22.8) | |
26-39 | 110 (54.5) | 22 (45.8) | 31 (56.4) | 29 (59.2) | 28 (56.0) | |
40-55 | 31 (15.4) | 14 (29.2) | 3 (5.5) | 8 (16.3) | (12.0) | |
> 55 | 7 (3.5) | 4 (8.3) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 118 (60.2) | 31 (67.4) | 23 (42.6) | 31 (67.4) | 33 (66.0) | 22.54 (0.03) |
Single | 61 (31.1) | 7 (15.2) | 26 (48.2) | 12 (26.1) | 16 (32.0) | |
Widow | 6 (3.1) | 3 (6.5) | 2 (3.7) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
Divorced | 5 (2.6) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
Cohabiting | 6 (3.1) | 3 (6.5) | 2 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | |
Education level | ||||||
No formal education | 22 (11.0) | 7 (14.6) | 3 (5.6) | 7 (14.3) | 5 (10.0) | 21.40 (0.05) |
Primary school | 134 (66.7) | 35 (72.9) | 29 (53.7) | 35 (71.4) | 35 (70.0) | |
Form IV | 38 (18.9) | 5 (10.4) | 18 (33.3) | 5 (10.2) | 10 (20.0) | |
High school | 4 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | 2 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
Higher education | 3 (1.5) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Time of residential stay | ||||||
<= 1 year | 24 (12.4) | 5 (10.9) | 9 (17.3) | 8 (17.0) | 2 (4.1) | |
2 - 5 yrs | 30 (15.5) | 4 (8.7) | 7 (13.5) | 8 (17.0) | 11 (22.5) | |
6 - 10 yrs | 32 (16.5) | 4 (8.7) | 10 (19.2) | 10 (21.3) | 8 (16.3) | 15.40 (0.22) |
11 - 15 years | 34 (17.5) | 9 (19.6) | 10 (19.2) | 5 (10.6) | 10 (20.4) | |
> 15 yrs | 74 (38.1) | 24 (52.2) | 16 (30.8) | 16 (34.0) | 18 (36.7) | |
Types of homesteads | ||||||
Mud and grass | 61 (30.4) | 16 (34.0) | 12 (21.8) | 15 (30.6) | 18 (36.0) | |
Mud wall and metal roof | 101 (50.3) | 26 (55.3) | 25 (45.5) | 28 (57.1) | 22 (44.0) | |
Block wall and grass roof | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 19.34 (0.08) |
Block wall and metal roof | 37 (18.4) | 4 (8.5) | 18 (32.7) | 6 (12.2) | 9 (18.0) | |
Block wall and tiles | 1 (0.5) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Occupation | ||||||
Peasant | 117 (58.2) | 34 (70.8) | 24 (44.4) | 28 (57.1) | 31 (62.0) | 28.3 (0.005) |
Housewife | 24 (11.9) | 4 (8.3) | 5 (9.3) | 10 (20.4) | 5 (10.0) | |
Self employed | 28 (13.9) | 4 (8.3) | 10 (18.5) | 5 (10.2) | 9 (18.0) | |
Civil servant | 27 (13.4) | 4 (8.3) | 15 (27.8) | 6 (12.2) | 2 (4.0) | |
Casual employment | 5 (2.5) | 2 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (6.0) | |