Table 1: Socio-demographic and standard of living of respondents living in leprosy settlements in Nigeria
This shows that the majority (66.7%) of the respondents were males; mostly (87.2%) older than 25 years (adults); with more than one-third (38.1%) with no formal education.More than half are married (57.1%); half (50.8%) are traders and farmers but about a quarter (23.8%) are unemployed. Almost half (47.9%) of the residents have lived in the settlement for more than 20 years; with most (74.6%) of the residents earning less than the minimum wage (N 30,000).