Sociodemographic characteristics and related medical histories among overall participants in the Mumbwa district, central province of Zambia, 2016
| Overall | Male | Female | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Number | ||||||
| Unweighted | 690 | 332 | 358 | |||
| Weighted | 689 | 100 | 335 | 48.6 | 354 | 51.4 |
| Age, years (SE) | 41.9 | (0.6) | 42.7 | (0.8) | 41.1 | (0.7) |
| Residential area of the district | ||||||
| Urban area | 87 | 10.4 | 35 | 14.7 | 52 | 12.6 |
| Rural area | 602 | 89.6 | 300 | 85.3 | 302 | 87.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Not married | 27 | 3.9 | 20 | 5.8 | 7 | 2.0 |
| Married | 557 | 80.8 | 300 | 89.4 | 257 | 72.6 |
| Divorced/widow/widower | 106 | 15.4 | 16 | 4.8 | 90 | 25.4 |
| Education | ||||||
| Primary | 513 | 74.3 | 229 | 68.3 | 284 | 80.1 |
| Secondary | 127 | 18.5 | 77 | 23.0 | 50 | 14.2 |
| Tertiary | 49 | 7.2 | 29 | 8.7 | 20 | 5.7 |
| Monthly income (US$) | ||||||
| ≤US$50 | 326 | 47.4 | 157 | 46.9 | 169 | 47.8 |
| >US$50 | 362 | 52.6 | 178 | 53.1 | 185 | 52.2 |
| Work status | ||||||
| Employed | 85 | 12.4 | 58 | 17.2 | 28 | 7.8 |
| Self-employed | 481 | 69.7 | 255 | 76.2 | 225 | 63.6 |
| Unemployed/retired | 123 | 17.9 | 22 | 6.6 | 101 | 28.6 |
| Food security | ||||||
| Secure | 192 | 27.9 | 107 | 32.1 | 85 | 23.9 |
| Mildly insecure | 45 | 6.6 | 25 | 7.4 | 21 | 5.8 |
| Moderately insecure | 261 | 37.9 | 132 | 39.4 | 129 | 36.4 |
| Severely insecure | 191 | 27.7 | 71 | 21.2 | 120 | 33.8 |
| Medical history (self-reported) | ||||||
| HIV positive* | 71 | 10.4 | 28 | 8.4 | 43 | 12.2 |
| Hypertension | 55 | 8.0 | 18 | 5.4 | 37 | 10.4 |
| Diabetes | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.6 |
| History within family and relatives (self-reported) | ||||||
| Hypertension | 381 | 55.3 | 174 | 52.0 | 207 | 58.5 |
| Stroke | 140 | 20.3 | 68 | 20.4 | 71 | 20.2 |
| Heart disease | 64 | 9.3 | 25 | 7.5 | 39 | 11.0 |
| Diabetes | 123 | 17.9 | 52 | 15.5 | 71 | 20.2 |
Data are numbers (%)
Totals of percentages may differ from 100 due to rounding. Weighted values are rounded to the nearest integer.
*All have been receiving antiretroviral treatment.