Variables | Frequency | Percentage | |
Age distributions | 60 - 69 | 641 | 50.1 |
70 - 79 | 424 | 33.1 | |
80 - 89 | 146 | 11.4 | |
90 and Above | 69 | 5.4 | |
Sex | Female | 722 | 56.4 |
Male | 558 | 43.6 | |
Religious affiliations | Islam | 837 | 65.4 |
Christianity | 412 | 32.2 | |
Traditional | 31 | 3.3 | |
Marital status | Married to current spouse only | 420 | 32.8 |
Re-married to current spouse | 407 | 31.8 | |
Widowed | 357 | 27.9 | |
Divorced/separated | 75 | 5.9 | |
Unmarried | 21 | 1.6 | |
Current family living with | Children | 300 | 23.4 |
Spouse(s) & Children | 193 | 15.1 | |
Children & Grand children | 164 | 12.8 | |
Grand children | 153 | 12.0 | |
Spouse(s) | 150 | 11.7 | |
Others | 115 | 9.0 | |
None | 205 | 16.0 | |
Number of children living with | 1 - 3 | 649 | 84.3 |
4 - 6 | 110 | 14.3 | |
Above 6 | 11 | 1.4 | |
Marital family of orientation | Polygyny | 842 | 65.8 |
Monogamy | 438 | 34.2 | |
Marital family of procreation | Polygyny | 716 | 55.9 |
Monogamy | 564 | 44.1 | |
Household headship | Self | 934 | 73.0 |
Spouse | 258 | 20.2 | |
Children | 88 | 6.9 | |
Parental status | None alive | 1129 | 88.2 |
Both parents alive | 64 | 5.0 | |
Only mothers alive | 62 | 4.8 | |
Only fathers alive | 25 | 2.0 | |
Caregivers around | Family members | 1199 | 93.7 |
Non-family members | 81 | 6.3 |