Table 1 Some demographic characteristics of the adults recruited in the household survey, SK survey, Sudan, 2009
No (n = 1826) | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Location | Urban | 379 | 21.7 |
Rural | 1429 | 78.3 | |
Age | ≤ 20 yrs | 498 | 27.3 |
21-40 yrs | 833 | 45.6 | |
>40 yrs | 495 | 27.1 | |
Gender | Male | 682 | 37.3 |
Female | 1144 | 62.7 | |
Relation in the Family | Father | 235 | 12.9 |
Mother | 312 | 17.1 | |
Suns | 306 | 16.8 | |
Daughter | 473 | 25.9 | |
Relative | 500 | 27.4 | |
Education | Illiterate | 994 | 54.4 |
Primary | 591 | 32.4 | |
Intermediate | 87 | 4.8 | |
Secondary | 118 | 6.5 | |
University | 36 | 2.0 | |
Occupation | Student | 152 | 8.3 |
Unemployed/Housewife | 884 | 48.4 | |
Farmer | 557 | 30.5 | |
Trader | 43 | 2.4 | |
Gov employee | 60 | 3.3 | |
Military | 70 | 3.8 | |
Pasturer | 17 | 0.9 | |
Manual worker | 43 | 2.4 |