Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of rural and urban women at enrolment comprising the study population in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

	Overall	Rural	Urban
	N = 594	N = 477	N = 117
Characteristic	%	%	%
Age group in years
<20	41.1	47.6‡	14.5‡
20–24	40.6	34.8‡	64.1‡
≥25	18.4	17.6	21.4
Median age in years (IQR)	22 (18–23)	20 (18–23)‡	22 (21–24)‡
Completed secondary education (grades 7–12)	33.0	24.3‡	68.4‡
Relationship status: stable partner including marrieda	93.4	93.9	91.5
Currently not living with partner	90.6	92.5†	82.9†

^aMarried (2.7% rural and 3.4% urban).

^‡P < 0.001; ^†P = 0.001.