Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants
Characteristic | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 158 | 46.1 |
 Female | 185 | 53.9 |
Age (years) | ||
  < 20 | 26 | 7.6 |
 21–30 | 95 | 27.7 |
 31–40 | 103 | 30.0 |
 41–50 | 90 | 26.2 |
 51–60 | 3 | 0.9 |
  > 60 | 26 | 7.6 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 197 | 57.4 |
 Married | 59 | 17.2 |
 Widowed | 20 | 5.8 |
 Divorced | 24 | 7.0 |
 Common law | 38 | 11.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Afro-Trinidadian | 178 | 51.9 |
 Indo-Trinidadian | 79 | 23.0 |
 Other (including mixed) | 86 | 25.1 |
Highest level of education | ||
 Up to primary | 50 | 14.6 |
 Secondary | 252 | 73.5 |
 Tertiary | 39 | 11.4 |
Employment status | ||
 Employed | 238 | 69.4 |
 Unemployed | 105 | 30.6 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 53 | 29.7 |
 Islamic | 17 | 7.9 |
 Christian | 206 | 60.0 |
 Other | 39 | 11.3 |
 No response | 27 | 7.9 |