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. 2024 Nov 28;20:85. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01088-y

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

Bangladesh
N=1178
n (%)
Mexico
N=1050
n (%)
Morocco
N=1050
n (%)
Nigeria
N=1050
n (%)
South
Africa
N=1050
n (%)
United Kingdom
N=1052
n (%)
Viet Nam
N=1050
n (%)

Mean age

(range)

25

(18–50)

27

(18–50)

30

(18–50)

31

(18–46)

NA1

33

(18–47)

NA1
Age group
 18–24 616 (52) 397 (38) 174 (17) 136 (13.0) 295 (28) 81 (8) 138 (13)
 25–29 352 (30) 280 (27) 314 (30) 352 (33.5) 295 (28) 206 (20) 387 (37)
 30–34 155 (13) 201 (19) 321 (31) 321 (30.6) 234 (22) 407 (39) 317 (30)
 35–39 52 (4) 139 (13) 132 (13) 192 (18.3) 173 (17) 282 (27) 160 (15)
 40–44 3 (0) 29 (3) 99 (9) 42 (4.00) 52 (5) 70 (7) 40 (4)
 45–50 0 (0) 4 (0) 10 (1) 7 (0.7) 1 (0) 6 (1) 8 (1)
Socioeconomic Status
 Low 393 (33.4) 350 (33.3) 350 (33.3) 350 (33.3) 349 (33.2) 330 (31) 351 (33)
 Medium 393 (33.4) 350 (33.3) 350 (33.3) 349 (33.2) 351 (33.4) 359 (34) 354 (34)
 high 392 (33.3) 350 (33.3) 350 (33.3) 351 (33.5) 350 (33.3) 363 (35) 345 (33)
Pregnant or postnatal
 Pregnant 270 (23) 302 (29) 301 (28.7) 313 (29.9) 300 (28.6) 300(28.5) 301 (28.7)
 Postnatal 908 (77) 754 (71.8) 755 (71.9) 750 (71.4) 765 (72.9) 772 (73.4) 749 (71.3)
Education
 No education 36 (3) 4 (0) 0 (0) 301 (29) 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
 Primary education 543 (46) 102 (10) 246 (24) 0 (0) 44 (4) 2 (0) 14 (1)
 Secondary education 427 (36) 818 (78) 517 (49) 42 (4) 725 (70) 277 (26) 475 (36)
 Higher education 131 (11) 126 (12) 272 (26) 460 (44) 266 (26) 549 (52) 552 (53)
 Post Graduate 41 (4) 0 (0) 14 (1) 246 (24) 0(0) 213 (20) 0 (0)
Current work situation
 Full time (≥30 hours per week) 66 (5.6) 120(11.4) 9 (0.9) 460 (43.8) 442 (42.1) 231 (22.0) 382 (36.4)
 Part time (8–29 hours per week) 29 (2.5) 130 (12.4) 51 (4.9) 199 (19.0) 92 (8.8) 168 (16.0) 100 (9.5)
 Part time (<8 hours per week) 9 (0.8) 53 (5.0) 41 (3.9) 109 (10.4) 26 (2.5) 11 (1.0) 17 (1.6)
 Housewife / full time mother 1029 (87.4) 720 (68.6) 887 (84.5) 63 (6.0) 143 (13.6) 129 (12.3) 304 (29.0)
 On maternity leave 20 (1.7) 4 (0.4) 47 (4.5) 87 (8.3) 60 (5.7) 377 (35.8) 232 (22.1)
 Unemployed / looking for a job 2 (0.2) 14 (1.3) 11 (1.0) 119 (11.3) 232 (22.1) 122 (11.6) 14 (1.3)
 In full time education 23 (2.0) 9 (0.9) 4 (0.4) 13 (1.2) 55 (5.2) 14 (1.3) 1 (0.1)

1data not collected