european journal of social sciences issn: 1450-2267 - EuroJournals

European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 5, Number 3 (2007)
Total 100.00 (7,605)
Frequency of watching Television
Not at all 55.57 (4,231)
Less than once a week 10.09 (768)
At least once a week 12.54 (955)
Almost everyday 21.80 (1,660)
Total 100.00 (7,614)
The figures in parentheses are frequencies
Table 1 reveals that the respondents are relatively young as about 60% are below the age of 30
and about 17% are 40 years and above. More than half of the respondents live in the rural area
(59.88%) and reported countryside as their childhood place of residence (52.93%). Forty-five percent
of the respondents lived previously in the countryside, 34% in towns and 22% in cities. Thirty-nine
percent of the respondents had no formal education, 22% had primary education, 32.31% had
secondary education and only 6.39% had beyond secondary education. Majority of the respondents
were Moslems (47.31%), followed by Christians whether protestants or other Christians (35.77%).
About half of the respondents are illiterates who can not read at all (48.80%). Sixty-eight percent of
them were currently married while about 5% were formerly married, and less than a fifth have had
more than one union in their lifetime (17.18%). Fifty-six percent were currently working at the time of
the survey with sales as the major occupation (30.70%) followed by agricultural-self employed
(13.58%). Majority of the women under study work for cash only (72.85%) while only 2.31% received
their remuneration in kind only. Analysis of the wealth index reveals a somewhat even distribution
over the five wealth index categories. Twenty-two percent were categorised as falling within the richest
group, followed by those in the richer category (20.26%), while 18.36% were categorised as belonging
to the poorer group. Majority of the respondents never read newspaper or magazine (76.31%) with
only 2.42% reading it almost everyday. About 36% and 22% listen to radio and watch television
almost everyday respectively.
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