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Table 3 Proportion of households with various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics segregated by district

From: Recommended daily allowance-based contribution of household’s own agricultural production to food and nutrition security in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Socioeconomic and demographic category

District

Abim

Kaabong

Moroto

Amutat

Physiological status

Pregnant

34.9

36.8

34.6

30.4

Lactating

36.2

36.3

32.7

41.3

Non pregnant

28.9

26.9

32.7

28.3

Age

15–19 years

15.1

9.6

13.4

15.7

20–29 years

48.7

52.7

49.0

52.8

30–39 years

34.2

35.5

22.1

23.6

40–49 years

2.0

5.3

15.4

7.9

Marital status

Married

93.4

92.4

83.7

95.5

Single

2.0

7.6

12.5

4.5

Widowed

3.3

 

3.8

 

Widower

0.7

   

Divorced

0.7

   

Family type

Polygamous family

62.7

36.3

30.0

42.4

Monogamous family

12.0

55.6

48.9

50.6

Monogamous extended family

16.0

1.3

7.8

 

Polygamous extended family

9.3

6.9

13.3

5.9

Occupation of household head

Subsistence farmer/gardener

58.9

66.5

72.7

48.9

Trader/seller

3.3

0.6

4.5

11.4

Casual labourer

0.7

0.6

6.1

 

Civil servant

11.9

10.2

6.1

2.3

Pastoralist

 

0.6

1.5

31.8

Agropastoralist

  

3.0

 

Gold mining

 

1.2

1.5

1.1

Fire wood sale

 

1.2

1.5

 

Others

19.9

19.2

3.0

 

Occupation of spouse

Farmer/gardener

96.1

81.4

68.4

90.8

Trader/seller

2.6

0.7

1.3

4.6

Casual labourer

  

5.1

1.1

Civil servant

    

Pastoralist

  

1.3

 

Agropastoralist

    

Gold mining

 

0.7

2.5

1.1

Fire wood sale

 

4.3

7.6

 

Others

1.3

12.9

13.9

2.3

Education of household head

No formal education/school

8.6

51.2

89.1

92.0

Lower primary education (P1–P4)

3.3

20.7

1.0

2.3

Upper primary education (P5–P7)

37.5

15.9

4.0

2.3

O level incomplete (< 4 Years)

15.8

6.7

3.0

1.1

O level complete (Sat UCE)

17.1

3.7

3.0

1.1

A level complete (Sat UACE)

7.9

   

Vocational training

0.7

   

Tertiary training

9.2

1.8

 

1.1

Education of spouse

No formal education/school

24.3

65.5

86.3

94.3

Lower primary education (P1–P4)

16.4

29.1

4.9

3.4

Upper primary education (P5–P7)

41.4

4.2

6.9

2.3

O level incomplete (< 4 Years)

11.8

0.6

2.0

 

O level complete (Sat UCE)

5.3

0.6

  

A level complete (Sat UACE)

0.7

   

Household size

Abim (n = 1001)

Kaabong (n = 1581)

Moroto (n = 854)

Amudat (n = 750)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Adults > 18

17.6

20.2

18.8

20.6

21.4

25.9

17.0

18.1

Children 11–17 Yrs

7.4

7.3

8.3

9.5

5.5

7.5

8.0

5.9

Children (6–10 years)

11.0

10.9

11.4

11.5

9.7

9.5

13.6

9.9

Children 0–5 Years

13.3

12.4

10.0

10.0

11.6

8.9

12.5

15.0

Total

49.3

50.7

48.5

51.5

48.2

51.8

51.1

48.9

  1. Values in the table are percentages; n is the total number of the household members per district