Table 3.
Selected characteristics for young women (ages 15–24) by region and type of residence, Madagascar (2009)
| |
Antananarivo |
Antsiranana |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural (n = 299) | Peri-Urban (n = 300) | Urban (n = 299) | Urban (n = 180) | |
|
Socio-Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Mean Age [SD] |
18.2 [2.66] |
18.5 [2.69] |
18.8 [2.75] |
18.6 [2.67] |
| In union (legally married or common law) (%) |
28.2 |
24.0 |
18.1 |
15.6 |
| Household composition (%) |
|
|
|
|
| Lives with at least one parent |
63.8 |
61.7 |
58.9 |
41.7 |
| Lives with spouse/partner |
25.9 |
23.7 |
17.7 |
18.3 |
| Lives with other family/non-family |
10.3 |
14.7 |
23.4 |
40.0 |
| Region of origin- Imerina (%) |
93.4 |
88.0 |
78.6 |
6.7 |
|
Socio-economic characteristics | ||||
| Mean highest level of Education [SD] |
6.7 [2.71] |
7.6 [3.25] |
8.6 [3.30] |
8.3 [2.96] |
| Median Expenditures last mth (in 1000 MGA) [IQR] |
18 [2, 60] |
20 [4, 78] |
20 [5.6, 48] |
21.5 [9.3, 81] |
| Receives money from parents (%) |
30.7 |
43.8 |
42.9 |
41.7 |
| Household in 2 poorest quintiles (%) |
81.4 |
34.7 |
24.8 |
12.8 |
|
sexual behaviour characteristics | ||||
| Have ever had sex (%) |
42.9 |
47.3 |
41.8 |
61.7 |
| Had two or more sex partners in last 12 months (%) |
1.8 |
3.9 |
5.5 |
19.4 |
| Have ever had sex in order to receive goods/money (%) |
0.0 |
4.9 |
0.80 |
19.8 |
|
Consumption of designer goods and modern lifestyle | ||||
| Used their cell phone yesterday (%) |
12.6 |
15.3 |
25.1 |
33.9 |
| Fashionable items obtained in last six months (%) |
|
|
|
|
| 0 items |
21.6 |
24.3 |
22.7 |
35.6 |
| 1-3 items |
54.5 |
43.3 |
42.8 |
36.1 |
| 4 + items |
23.9 |
32.3 |
34.5 |
28.3 |
| Used internet in last six months (%) |
2.3 |
7.0 |
19.4 |
11.7 |
| Went to nightclub in last six months (%) |
0.7 |
2.3 |
5.4 |
8.3 |
| Drank alcohol in last 4 weeks (%) |
5.6 |
3.3 |
7.7 |
1.7 |
|
Perceptions concerning fashion |
|
|
|
|
| I am fashionable (%): |
|
|
|
|
| Rarely/Never |
74.8 |
75.3 |
82.9 |
73.9 |
| Sometimes |
13.3 |
5.0 |
14.4 |
19.4 |
| For parties/Often/Always |
12.0 |
19.7 |
2.7 |
6.7 |
| Fashion is important(%): |
|
|
|
|
| Not at all |
27.9 |
59.3 |
55.5 |
55.0 |
| Somewhat |
55.8 |
38.0 |
32.1 |
39.4 |
| Important/Very Important | 16.3 | 2.7 | 12.4 | 5.6 |