Table 1 Distribution of demographic and household characteristics in the study

 Average age of household head (HH)

45.86

16.14

41.08

14.31

 Household size (average members per household)

4.58

2.04

4.60

2.37

 Adults in household

2.42

1.08

2.71

1.38

 Children in household

2.16

1.60

1.89

1.67

 Ratio of household members of age less than or equal to 6 years

0.19

0.18

0.16

0.17

 Ratio of household members between 7 and 16 years of age

0.23

0.21

0.18

0.20

 Ratio of household members between 17-59 years of age

0.49

0.23

0.61

0.25

 Ratio of household members of 60 years of age or more

0.09

0.20

0.05

0.13

 HH has no education (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.54

0.49

0.26

0.43

 HH has primary education (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.41

0.49

0.41

0.49

 HH has secondary education (dummy =1, 0 otherwise)

0.04

0.20

0.20

0.39

 HH has university level (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.01

0.09

0.13

0.33

 Spouse with no education (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.65

0.47

0.53

0.49

 Spouse with primary education (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.31

0.46

0.26

0.43

 Spouse with secondary education (dummy = 1; 0 otherwise)

0.03

0.17

0.15

0.35

 Spouse with university level (dummy = 1; 0 otherwise)

0.01

0.05

0.06

0.25

 Southern Province(dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.30

0.45

0.12

0.33

 Western Province(dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.24

0.43

0.17

0.37

 Eastern Province(dummy = 1; 0 otherwise)

0.26

0.44

0.10

0.30

 Northern Province(dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.18

0.38

0.07

0.26

 Kigali City (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.00

000

0.51

0.49^a

 Household with non-farm business (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.47

0.49

0.74

0.43

 HH is monogamous (dummy = 1, 0 otherwise)

0.61

0.48

0.59

0.49

 Number of sampled households