Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the inmates
From: Prevalence and factors associated with ocular morbidity among prisoners of Luzira prison (Uganda)
Variable | n (percentages) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 334 (91) |
Female | 33 (8.9) |
Occupation | |
Business | 129 (35.2) |
Farming | 78 (21.3) |
Office related occupation | 26 (7) |
Others | 132 (36) |
Alcohol use | |
Reported to have taken alcohol | 193 (52.6) |
Currently take alcohol (n = 193) | 45 (23.3) |
Type of alcohol consumed | |
Spirits | 86 (44.6) |
Beers | 124 (64.3) |
Local brews | 94 (48.7) |
Amount consumed (Bottles Per Week) | |
1–5 | 8 (41.5) |
5–10 | 57 (29.3) |
> 10 | 41 (21.2) |
Not stated | 15 (7.8) |
Recreational drugs | 118 (32.2) |
Cigarette | 92 (78) |
Raw tobacco | 28 (23.7) |
Marijuana | 41 (34.8) |
Cocaine | 19 (16.1) |
Others | 3 (2.5) |
Duration of drug use | |
Days | 3 (2.5) |
Months | 1 (0.9) |
Years | 113 (95.8) |
Not stated | 1 (0.9) |
Education level | |
Informal | 39 (10.6) |
Primary | 181 (49.3) |
Secondary | 94 (25.6) |
Tertiary | 51 (13.9) |