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TABLE 1.2 THE EDUCATIONAL LEVELS OF STUDY PARTICIPANTS
Number of
School level Subjects Percent(%)
Nil 90 19 .9
Primary 48 10. 6
Elementary 271 60.0
secondary 35 7.7
Unlv./post Sec. 8 1.8
TOTAL 452* 100.0
* Note data missing for 20 persons .
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATl,S: Western socio-economic classifications
were found to be very difficult to apply and also
inappropriate for this study population . Sub jects have been
classified into seven new categories based on their
occupations. See TABLE 1.3 . The experience of this researcher
however, is that little differe'nce Actually exists between the
income levels of t h e first three socio-economic classes listed
in the table .
Most women, 248 (53 .3%) were small-scale traders, who may
have possibly been c lassified as uns kLjted labour if western
classification were applied. The majority of these traders are
vendors of fresh or processed foods , and even water. The types
of items sold by these women often varies with their seasonal
availability. The second largest occupational group were t he