| Background characteristics of the study subjects | Frequency | ||
| No. | % | ||
| Sex | Male | 226 | 62.4 |
| Female | 136 | 37.6 | |
| Age (years) | 15 - 34 | 214 | 59.1 |
| 35 - 54 | 112 | 30.9 | |
| ≥55 | 36 | 9.9 | |
| Marital status | Married | 212 | 58.6 |
| single | 127 | 35.1 | |
| Others (divorced/widowed/separated) | 23 | 6.4 | |
| Occupation | Farming | 129 | 35.6 |
| Employed | 22 | 6.1 | |
| Daily laborer | 34 | 9.4 | |
| Dependant | 88 | 24.3 | |
| Private business | 29 | 8.0 | |
| Housewife | 60 | 16.6 | |
| Area of residence | Rural | 192 | 53.0 |
| Urban | 170 | 49.0 | |
| Level of education | Not attended/illiterate | 122 | 33.7 |
| Read and write | 61 | 16.9 | |
| Primary | 110 | 30.4 | |
| Secondary/tertiary | 44 | 12.2 | |
| Tertiary | 25 | 6.9 | |
| Primary income earner in the HH | Patient | 188 | 51.9 |
| Wife/mother | 68 | 18.8 | |
| Husband/father | 88 | 24.3 | |
| Son/daughter | 14 | 3.9 | |
| Extended family | 5 | 1.1 | |
| Income | ≤500 | 200 | 55.2 |
| 501 - 1000 | 85 | 23.5 | |
| >1000 | 77 | 21.3 | |