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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of households the study population (N = 157)

From: Monthly food insecurity assessment in rural mkushi district, Zambia: a longitudinal analysis

Characteristics

Na or Mean

% or (SD)

Characteristics of the households’ heads

 Literacy

127

84.7

 Occupation

  

   Farming

38

24.5

   Salaried employment

32

20.7

   Self-employed/small business

43

27.7

   Other

42

27.1

Characteristics of Households

 Religion

  

   Christian or equivalentb

133

85.3

   Other

22

14.1

   None

1

0.6

 Tribe affiliation

  

   Lala

60

38.2

   Bemba

38

24.2

   Other

59

37.6

 Primary language

  

   Lala

42

26.8

   Bemba

93

59.2

   Other

22

14.0

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation
  2. aDifferences between the total N and 157 reflect missing values
  3. bCatholic, Seventh Day Adventist, Anglican, Jehovah’s Witness/Watchtower, Baptist, United Church of Zambia and Pentecostal were categorized as Christian or equivalent