Table 1 Sociocultural and demographic characteristics and univariate analysis by types of health zones (n = 1440)
| Variables |
Accessible and stable (AS) |
Remote and stable (RS) | Intermediate (I) |
Unstable (U) | p(*)(**) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 38 (25–52) | 32 (25–42) | 31 (23–46) | 37 (26–53) | p(I/LE) = 1 et p (RS/C) = 1 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 195 (40.7) | 100 (42.0) | 92 (38.3) | 211 (44) | p = 0.5 2 décimales? |
| Female | 284 (59.3) | 138 (5.08) | 148 (61.7) | 269 (56) | P = 0.5 |
| Marital statues | |||||
| Never married | 112 (23.4) | 33 (13.8) | 39 (16.4) | 96 (20) | p (RS/LE) = 0.01 |
| Married | 308 (64.4) | 174 (72.5) | 162 (68.1) | 308 (64.2) | p > 0.05 |
| Separated or divorced | 8 (1,7) | 7 (2.9) | 17 (7.1) | 29 (6) | p(I;C/RS) = 0.001/0.003 |
| Widower | 50 (10.5) | 26 (10.8) | 20 (8.4) | 47 (9.8) | p > 0.05 |
| Tribe | |||||
| Shi and Havu | 396 (82.7) | 155 (65.1) | 27 (11.3) | 6 (1.3) | p (RS;LE/C;I) = < 0.001 |
| Rega | 27 (5.6) | 1 (0.4) | 35 (14.6) | 236 (49.5) | p(C;I/RS;LE) = < 0.001 |
| Bembe | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 114 (23.9) | / |
| Tembo | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 58 (24.3) | 0 (0) | p(I/RS) = < 0.001 |
| Others | 55 (11.5) | 121 (25.4) | 119 (49.8) | 121 (25.4) | p(I/RS;LE;C) = < 0.001 |
| Religion | |||||
| Catholic | 306 (63.7) | 81 (34) | 73 (30.4) | 161 (33.6) | p (RS/LE;I;C) = < 0.001 |
| Protestant | 158 (32.9) | 141 (59.8) | 123 (51.2) | 253 (52.8) | p (LE;I;C/RS) = < 0.001 |
| Muslim | 10 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 7 (2.9) | 43 (9) | p(C/RS;I) = < 0.001/0.008 |
| Others | 6 (1.3) | 16 (6.7) | 37 (15.4) | 22 (4.6) | p (LE;I;C/RS) = < 0.001and p(I/LE;C) = < 0.001/0.15 |
| Respondent’s occupation | |||||
| Formal employee | 76 (15.9) | 11 (4.6) | 23 (9.6) | 35 (7.3) | p (RS/LE;C) = < 0.001 |
| Occasional work | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 18 (3.8) | p(C/I) = 0.009 |
| Small business | 104 (21.7) | 131 (54.8) | 126 (52.7) | 278 (58) | p (LE;I;C/RS) = < 0.001 |
| Farmer | 54 (11.3) | 40 (16.7) | 17 (7.1) | 51 (10.6) | p (LE/I) = 0.007 |
| Unemployed | 245 (51.1) | 57 (23.8) | 72 (30.1) | 97 (20.3) | p (SA/LE;I;C) = < 0.001 and p(I/C) = 0.02 |
| Number of adults in the household | 4 (2–5) | 2 (2–3) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | P (SE/C) = 0.29 and p(C/I) = 0.42 |
| Type of housing | |||||
| Temporary | 232 (48.3) | 112 (46.9) | 125 (52.1) | 294 (61.4) | P(C/RS;LE) = < 0.001/0.001 |
| Semi-permanent | 197 (42) | 79 (33.1) | 91 (37.9) | 122 (25.5) | P (RS;I/C) = < 0.001/0.003 |
| Permanent | 51 (10.6) | 48 (20.1) | 24 (10) | 63 (13.2) | P (LE/RS;I) = 0.003/0.012 |
| Number of children < 5 years old in the household | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | P (RS/LE) = 1 and p(C/I) = 1 |
| Socio-economic status | |||||
| Low | 197 (41) | 84 (35) | 180 (37.5) | 182 (37.9) | p(I/LE) = 0.04 |
| Medium | 180 (37.5) | 102 (42.5) | 80 (33.3) | 233 (48.5) | p(C/RS;I) = 0.03/0.001 |
| High | 103 (21.5) | 54 (22.5) | 47 (19.6) | 65 (13.5) | p (RS;LE/C) = 0.007/0.01 |
| Membership of a local saving association | |||||
| No | 450 (93.8) | 135 (56.3) | 190 (79.5) | 423 (88.1) | p (RS/LE;I;C) = < 0.05 and p(C/LE;I) = < 0.05 |
| Yes | 30 (6.3) | 105 (43.8) | 49 (20.5) | 57 (11.9) | p (LE/RS;I;C) = < 0.001 and p(I/RS;C) = < 0.05 |