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. 2013 Jan 11;8(3):284–297. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.758302

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the population sampled at baseline and endline.

Baseline (N = 905)a Endline (N = 873)a P-value
Age (years) .059
  15–24 41.7% (370) 34.8% (296)
  25–34 30.8% (304) 35.5% (331)
  35–49 27.5% (231) 29.7% (246)
Mean age (SD), years 28.12 (0.48) 29.33 (0.37)
Marital and cohabitation status <.001
  Married and living with husband 59.4% (557) 70.1% (636)
  Married and not living with husband 9.0% (75) 6.5% (50)
  Not married, living with partner 14.1% (140) 4.0% (36)
  Not married, not living with partner 17.5% (124) 19.5% (151)
Number of living children <.001
  0 17.9% (136) 9.5% (74)
  1–2 24.6% (224) 26.7% (233)
  3–4 27.0% (273) 30.0% (275)
  5 or more 30.5% (271) 33.8% (291)
Religion .089
  Catholic 59.6% (570) 58.3% (516)
  Protestant 28.8% (229) 27.9% (237)
  Pentecostal/Evangelical 7.9% (74) 12.2% (104)
  Other 3.6% (31) 1.6% (14)
Formal education .005
  None 33.7% (328) 24.4% (216)
  Did not complete primary school 51.1% (455) 59.0% (514)
  Completed primary school 8.9% (76) 9.0% (78)
  At least some secondary education 6.4% (46) 7.7% (65)
Self-reported ability to read .253
  With difficulty or not at all 84.5% (786) 81.6% (716)
  Easily 15.6% (119) 18.5% (157)
Reported an unwanted pregnancy .983
  No 52.6% (435) 52.7% (448)
  Yes 47.4% (470) 47.3% (425)
Living in displaced persons camp <.001
  No 27.1% (205) 100.0% (873)
  Yes 72.9% (700) 0.0%

Note: Data are% of column weighted base (absolute counts), unless indicated. Bases are smaller for some variables due to missing data. Missing data are less than 0.5% for all variables except baseline marital and cohabitation status where data were missing for 10 women (1.1% weighted base).

aN = the weighted and unweighted base.