Table 1.
Sample characteristics of reproductive aged women (15 - 49 years) in the 2011 DHS § -Mozambique
| Characteristic | Frequency | Weighted proportion estimate (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Person making decisions about the respondent’s health | ||||
| Respondent alone or jointly §§ | Husband/ partner alone | p - value ¶ | |||
| (N = 7,022) | (n = 5,028) | (n = 1,994) | |||
| Age, years | 0.098 | ||||
| 15 – 24 | 2,182 | 31.29 | 30.12 | 33.68 | |
| (29.99 - 32.59) | (28.58 - 31.66) | (31.26 - 36.09) | |||
| 25 – 34 | 2,515 | 35.19 | 35.85 | 33.83 | |
| (33.85 - 36.53) | (34.25 - 37.44) | (31.3 - 36.30) | |||
| 35 – 44 | 1,704 | 24.51 | 24.69 | 24.13 | |
| (23.29 - 25.72) | (23.25 - 26.12) | (21.87 - 26.40) | |||
| 45 – 49 | 621 | 9.02 | 9.34 | 8.36 | |
| (8.20 - 9.84) | (8.36 - 10.33) | (6.88 - 9.83) | |||
| Education | <0.001 | ||||
| No education | 2,524 | 38.54 | 36.27 | 43.18 | |
| (37.19 - 39.89) | (34.69 - 37.85) | (40.64 - 45.72) | |||
| Primary school | 3,686 | 52.23 | 52.99 | 50.65 | |
| 50.83 - 53.62) | (51.35 - 54.65) | (48.06 - 53.23) | |||
| Secondary school or higher | 812 | 9.23 | 10.73 | 6.17 | |
| (8.54 - 9.93) | (9.87 - 11.59) | (5.01 - 7.34) | |||
| Currently working | 0.003 | ||||
| No | 4,285 | 58.50 | 56.99 | 61.57 | |
| (57.21 - 59.79) | (55.49 - 58.51) | (59.22 - 63.91) | |||
| Yes | 2,737 | 41.50 | 43.00 | 38.43 | |
| (40.21 - 42.79) | (41.49 - 44.51) | (36.09 - 40.78) | |||
| Religion | <0.001 | ||||
| Catholic | 1,686 | 28.40 | 27.54 | 28.77 | |
| (27.10 - 29.70) | (26.04 - 29.03) | (26.35 - 31.18) | |||
| Islamic | 1,159 | 19.22 | 17.45 | 21.89 | |
| (18.24 - 20.20) | (16.33 - 18.57) | (20.05 - 23.73) | |||
| Other* | 3,258 | 41.85 | 43.15 | 37.13 | |
| (40.64 - 43.07) | (41.71 - 44.60) | (34.96 - 39.30) | |||
| None | 776 | 10.53 | 10.11 | 10.89 | |
| (9.75 - 11.32) | (9.20 - 11.01) | (9.43 - 12.33) | |||
| Region ** | <0.001 | ||||
| North | 1,723 | 28.25 | 25.76 | 33.34 | |
| (27.69 - 28.82) | (25.11 - 26.41) | (32.27 - 34.41) | |||
| Central | 3,180 | 53.00 | 51.01 | 57.07 | |
| (52.43 - 53.57) | (50.34 - 51.68) | (56.01 - 58.13) | |||
| South | 2,119 | 18.75 | 23.23 | 9.58 | |
| (18.43 - 19.07) | (22.80 - 23.66) | (9.20 - 9.97) | |||
§DHS: Demographic and Health Survey; §§Jointly = respondent with the husband/partner; ¶Chi-square p-value testing the differences between women reporting their husband/partner made the healthcare decision along vs. they alone or jointly made the decision; *Other religions include Zion, Evangelical, Protestant, and Anglican; **North region includes the provinces of Niassa, Nampula, and Cabo Delgado; Central region includes the provinces of Zambezia, Tete, Manica, and Sofala; and South region includes the provinces of Inhambane, Gaza, Maputo, and Maputo city.