Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic distribution of the study participants in east Africa

 15–19

1996

4.47

 20–29

21,994

49.22

 30–39

16,943

37.91

 40–49

3754

8.40

 Urban

11,263

25.20

 Rural

33,422

74.80

 Working

25,704

57.52

 Not working

18,981

42.48

 Poor

20,069

44.91

 Middle

8960

20.05

 Rich

15,656

35.04

 Male

34,596

77.42

 Female

10,089

22.58

 Yes

16,139

36.12

 No

28,546

63.88