Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Variables | Frequency |
|---|---|
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 34.8 ± 13 |
Gender | |
 Male | 131 (26.2) |
 Female | 369 (73.8) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 209 (41.8) |
 Urban | 291 (58.2) |
Educational level | |
 Illiterate | 171 (34.2) |
 Primary education | 72 (14.4) |
 Lower secondary | 106 (21.2) |
 Upper secondary | 108 (21.6) |
 Post-secondary education | 10 (2.0) |
 Short-cycle tertiary education | 29 (5.8) |
 Bachelor or equivalent | 4 (0.8) |
Occupation | |
 Not working | 27 (5.4) |
 Employee | 9 (1.8) |
 Student | 68 (13.6) |
 Housewife | 295 (59.0) |
 Farmer | 38 (7.6) |
 Manual worker | 21 (4.2) |
 Teacher | 6 (1.2) |
 Seller | 18 (3.6) |
 Religious worker | 2 (.4) |
 Nurse or hospital technician | 8 (1.6) |
 Secretary | 2 (.4) |
 Driver | 2 (0.4) |
 Barber | 2 (0.4) |
 Food worker | 2 (0.4) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 129 (25.8) |
 Married | 357 (71.4) |
 Widow | 12 (2.4) |
 Divorced | 2 (0.4) |