Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of married couples in fishing communities along Lake Victoria beaches in Kisumu county, Kenya, 2012
| Characteristic (categorical) | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % | Count | % | |
| Level of education (n=538) | ||||
| Primary | 439 | 81.6 | 461 | 86.0 |
| Post primary | 99 | 18.4 | 75 | 14.0 |
| Religion | ||||
| Protestant | 181 | 33.4 | 135 | 25.0 |
| Catholic | 110 | 20.3 | 99 | 18.3 |
| African independent churches | 174 | 32.1 | 306 | 56.7 |
| Traditionalist (believers in ancestry gods) | 77 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Occupation* | ||||
| Fishermen | 545 | 100 | – | – |
| Fish trader | – | – | 144 | 26.4 |
| Homemaker | – | – | 221 | 40.6 |
| Other | – | – | 180 | 33.0 |
| Men | Women | |||
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |
| Age | 29 | 25–35 | 24 | 21–28 |
| Total number of biological children | 3 | 1.5–4 | 2 | 1–3 |
| Children with current spouse† | 2 | 1–3 | 2 | 1–3 |
| Monthly income (US$) | 103.5 | 69–115 | 18.4 | 0–46 |
| Monthly household expenditure (US$)† | 77 | 60–98 | 77 | 60–98 |
*Main occupation for all men was actual fish catching—culturally there are no women involved in actual fish catching.
†Couple level variables attributable only to a couple and are the same across men and women.