Table 1.
Comparison of the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
| Frequency (n [%])
|
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural women | Urban women | ||
| Age distribution (years) | 376 (100) | 460 (100) | |
| 15–19 | 12 (3.2) | 4 (0.9) | 0.32 |
| 20–24 | 44 (11.7) | 72 (15.7) | 0.41 |
| 25–29 | 80 (21.3) | 132 (28.7) | 0.19 |
| 30–34 | 100 (26.6) | 132 (28.7) | 0.75 |
| 35–39 | 48 (12.8) | 64 (13.9) | 0.83 |
| 40–44 | 24 (6.4) | 48 (10.4) | 0.30 |
| 45–49 | 68 (18.1) | 8 (1.7) | <0.001* |
| Highest educational status | |||
| No formal education | 88 (23.4) | 4 (0.9) | <0.001* |
| Primary | 108 (28.7) | 8 (1.7) | <0.001* |
| Secondary | 104 (27.7) | 84 (18.3) | 0.09 |
| Tertiary | 76 (20.2) | 364 (79.1) | <0.001* |
| Occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 120 (39.1) | 20 (5.3) | <0.001* |
| Farming | 96 (25.5) | 36 (7.8) | 0.002* |
| Teaching | 16 (4.3) | 32 (7.0) | 0.35 |
| Artisans | 36 (9.6) | 12 (2.6) | 0.04* |
| Civil servants | 48 (12.8) | 140 (30.4) | 0.003* |
| Trading | 52 (13.8) | 32 (7.0) | 0.11 |
| Professionals | 8 (2.1) | 88 (19.1) | <0.001* |
| Marital status of the women | |||
| Currently married | 328 (87.2) | 412 (89.2) | 0.66 |
| Separated | 12 (3.2) | 20 (4.3) | 0.70 |
| Divorced | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0.31 |
| Unmarried | 32 (8.5) | 28 (6.1) | 0.42 |
| Parity | |||
| 0 | 72 (19.1) | 172 (37.4) | 0.004* |
| 1 | 72 (19.1) | 100 (21.7) | 0.60 |
| 2–4 | 136 (36.2) | 152 (33.0) | 0.66 |
| >4 | 96 (25.5) | 36 (7.8) | <0.001* |
| Sex of children | |||
| No living child | 84 (22.3) | 180 (39.1) | 0.01* |
| Male | 68 (18.1) | 68 (14.9) | 0.57 |
| Female | 48 (12.8) | 100 (21.7) | 0.09 |
| Both male and female | 176 (46.8) | 112 (24.3) | <0.001* |
Note:
*
Statistically significant.
Abbreviation: n, number.