Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of interviewed heads of the households
Variable | Bududa district (n = 555) | P values | Kiryandongo district (n = 523) | P values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affected (n = 285) | Controls (n = 270) | Total (% or SD) | Affected (n = 260) | Controls (n = 263) | Total (% or SD) | |||
Gender of the interviewed head of the household | ||||||||
Male | 189 | 184 | 373 (67.2) | 0.65 | 125 | 148 | 273 (52.2) | 0.07 |
Female | 96 | 86 | 182 (32.8) | 135 | 115 | 250 (47.8) | ||
Age of the interviewed head of the household | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | 38.9 (17.0) | 43.6 (16.0) | 41.2 (16.7) | <0.01 | 40.0 (11.9) | 37.6 (14.0) | 38.8 (13.1) | 0.04 |
Household size | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | 5.0 (3.2) | 6.4 (3.0) | 5.7 (3.2) | <0.01 | 6.4 (2.7) | 6.1 (2.8) | 6.3 (2.8) | 0.14 |
Education level of the head of the household | ||||||||
None | 50 | 78 | 128 (23.1) | <0.01 | 26 | 55 | 81 (15.5) | <0.01 |
Primary | 213 | 140 | 353 (63.6) | 193 | 178 | 371 (70.9) | ||
Secondary | 19 | 46 | 65 (11.7) | 39 | 25 | 64 (12.2) | ||
≥ College | 3 | 6 | 9 (1.6) | 2 | 5 | 7 (1.3) | ||
Religious faith affiliation | ||||||||
Anglican | 137 | 153 | 290 (52.3) | <0.01 | 103 | 78 | 181 (34.6) | 0.01 |
Catholic | 83 | 80 | 163 (29.4) | 77 | 83 | 160 (30.6) | ||
Islam | 12 | 10 | 22 (4.0) | 24 | 25 | 49 (9.4) | ||
Pentecostal and evangelical | 46 | 20 | 66 (11.9) | 19 | 45 | 64 (12.2) | ||
None and others | 7 | 7 | 14 (2.5) | 37 | 32 | 69 (13.2) | ||
Main source of livelihood | ||||||||
Farming | 271 | 229 | 500 (90.1) | <0.01 | 225 | 223 | 448 (85.7) | 0.29 |
Wage | 1 | 10 | 11 (2.0) | 6 | 13 | 19 (3.6) | ||
Trader | 6 | 22 | 28 (5.1) | 26 | 19 | 45 (8.6) | ||
Others | 7 | 9 | 16 (2.9) | 3 | 8 | 11 (2.1) | ||
Existence of assets that complement food source, specifically commercial farmland, buildings, machines, motor-vehicle, motor-cycle, bicycle, livestock or poultry | ||||||||
Yes | 93 | 17 | 110 (19.8) | < 0.01 | 143 | 84 | 227 (43.4) | < 0.01 |
No | 192 | 253 | 445 (80.2) | 117 | 179 | 296 (56.6) | ||
Received relief food in the last 3 years preceding the interview | ||||||||
Yes | 65 | 27 | 92 (16.6) | < 0.01 | 242 | 4 | 246 (47.0) | < 0.01 |
No | 220 | 243 | 463 (83.4) | 18 | 259 | 277 (53.0) | ||