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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Profile of Respondents by Abduction Status

From: Returning home: forced conscription, reintegration, and mental health status of former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda

  

All

Not Abducted

Abducted

n

2,867

1,921

946

  

(100%)

(67%)

(33%)

Gender (women)

1,417

1,007

410

  

(49.5%)

(52.4%)

(43.4%)

Mean Age

35.4

35.42

35.26

(S.D.)

(14.35)

(14.75

(13.51)

Mean Age at Abduction

-

-

25.84

(S.D.)

-

-

(13.57)

Mean Income, Ugandan Shillings (S.D.)

33,426

35,804

28,701

  

(166,885)

(199,492

(60,874)

Ethnicity

Acholi

1,385

706

679

  

(48.3%)

(36.7%)

(71.8%)

 

Langi

712

633

79

  

(24.8%)

(32.9%)

(8.4%)

 

Teso

724

540

184

  

(25.2%)

(28.1%)

(19.5%)

 

Other

47

43

4

  

(1.6%)

(2.2%)

(0.4%)

Marital Status

Single

373

265

108

  

(13.0%)

(13.8%)

(11.4%)

 

Married

2,070

1,391

679

  

(72.2%)

(72.4%)

(71.8%)

 

Partner

77

43

34

  

(2.7%)

(2.2%)

(3.6%)

 

Divorced

130

78

52

  

(4.5%)

(4.1%)

(5.5%)

 

Widowed

217

144

73

  

(7.6%)

(7.5%)

(7.7%)

Religion

Catholic

1,771

1,108

663

  

(61.9%)

(57.8%)

(70.2%)

 

Protestant

802

580

222

  

(28.0%)

(30.2%)

(23.5%)

 

Born Again

227

177

50

  

(7.9%)

(9.2%)

(5.3%)

 

Other

63

53

10

  

(2.2%)

(2.8%)

(1.1%)

Education

No schooling

698

473

225

  

(24.3%)

(24.6%)

(23.8%)

 

Some primary

1,073

691

382

  

(37.4%)

(36.0%)

(40.4%)

 

Completed primary

459

314

145

  

(16.0%)

(16.3%)

(15.3%)

 

Higher than primary

638

444

194

  

(22.2%)

(23.1%)

(20.5%)