Table 2 Respondent and household demographic characteristics and living conditions at baseline
From: Cash for assets during acute food insecurity: an observational study in South Sudan
Cohort A/B | Control | Cohort C | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 1213) | (N = 582) | (N = 300) | All 3 groups | A + B vs Control | ||||
% | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | |||
Respondent and household characteristics | ||||||||
Respondent age1 | ||||||||
14–29 years | 22.5% | (20.2–24.9) | 32.8% | (29.0–36.6) | 26.0% | (21.0–31.0) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
30–35 years | 30.3% | (27.7–32.9) | 31.3% | (27.5–35.0) | 29.0% | (23.8–34.2) | ||
36–46 years | 30.9% | (28.3–33.5) | 22.7% | (19.3–26.1) | 32.3% | (27.0–37.7) | ||
47+ years | 16.2% | (14.2–18.3) | 13.2% | (10.5–16.0) | 12.7% | (8.9–16.5) | ||
Highest level of education completed | ||||||||
Never attended | 85.9% | (83.9–87.9) | 80.4% | (77.2–83.6) | 90.3% | (87.0–93.7) | 0.001 | 0.015 |
Attended but did not complete primary | 9.7% | (8.1–11.4) | 12.2% | (9.5–14.9) | 9.0% | (5.7–12.3) | ||
Primary complete | 2.4% | (1.5–3.3) | 3.4% | (2.0–4.9) | 0.7% | (− 0.3–1.6) | ||
Secondary complete | 2.0% | (1.2–2.8) | 3.8% | (2.2–5.3) | 0.0% | – | ||
Female headed household | 19.5% | (17.3–21.8) | 22.0% | (18.6–25.4) | 38.0% | (32.5–43.5) | < 0.001 | 0.226 |
Household size | ||||||||
Median | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |||||
Mean | 8.0 | (7.9–8.2) | 7.7 | (7.5–7.9) | 7.7 | (7.4–7.9) | 0.007 | 0.010 |
Time living in current community | ||||||||
Entire life | 68.6% | (66.0–71.2) | 62.7% | (58.8–66.7) | 65.7% | (60.3–71.1) | < 0.001 | 0.002 |
More than 5 years | 22.8% | (20.4–25.1) | 24.7% | (21.2–28.3) | 21.3% | (16.7–26.0) | ||
Less than 5 years | 5.3% | (4.0–6.5) | 9.8% | (7.4–12.2) | 12.7% | (8.9–16.5) | ||
Displacement status | ||||||||
Never displaced | 81.4% | (79.2–83.6) | 83.8% | (80.9–86.8) | 54.7% | (49.0–60.3) | < 0.001 | 0.428 |
Returnee (formerly displaced) | 11.0% | (9.3–12.8) | 8.8% | (6.5–11.1) | 41.7% | (36.1–47.3) | ||
Currently displaced from elsewhere | 7.5% | (6.0–9.0) | 7.4% | (5.3–9.5) | 3.7% | (1.5–5.8) | ||
Living conditions | ||||||||
Safe drinking water source2 | 74.8% | (72.3–77.2) | 73.4% | (69.8–77.0) | 49.3% | (43.6–55.0) | < 0.001 | 0.523 |
Improved sanitation3 | 2.6% | (1.7–3.5) | 4.1% | (2.5–5.7) | 0.0% | – | < 0.001 | 0.226 |
Residence type | ||||||||
Tukul (s) | 95.1% | (93.8–96.3) | 92.3% | (90.1–94.4) | 91.0% | (87.7–94.3) | 0.009 | 0.023 |
House/house and tukul(s) | 4.9% | (3.7–6.1) | 7.2% | (5.1–9.3) | 9.0% | (5.7–12.3) | ||
Crowding (people/sleeping room) | ||||||||
Mean | 4.5 | (4.4–4.6) | 4.3 | (4.2–4.5) | 4.5 | (4.3–4.8) | 0.392 | 0.207 |
% of all HHs w/ 5 + per room | 35.3% | (32.6–38.0) | 34.7% | (30.8–38.6) | 36.0% | (30.5–41.5) | 0.927 | 0.801 |
Household has electricity | 1.8 | (1.1–2.6) | 2.7% | (1.4–4.1) | 0.3% | (− 0.3–1.0) | 0.062 | 0.153 |
Receipt of humanitarian assistance (past 3 months, other than BRACEII) | ||||||||
In-kind food assistance | 23.8% | (21.4–26.2) | 2.6% | (1.3–3.9) | 5.3% | (2.8–7.9) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Cash or voucher food assistance | 19.0% | (16.8–21.2) | 1.0% | (0.2–1.9) | 1.3% | (0.0–2.6) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Food or cash for work | 3.3% | (2.3–4.3) | 1.0% | (0.2–1.9) | 0.7% | (− 0.3–1.6) | 0.001 | 0.004 |