Table 1.
Background characteristics of study respondents
| Characteristics | N | % |
| Age groups, yr | ||
| < 20 | 7 | 2.3 |
| 20–29 | 157 | 52.4 |
| 30–39 | 127 | 42.3 |
| 40–49 | 9 | 3.0 |
| Education completed | ||
| None | 29 | 9.7 |
| Primary | 33 | 11.0 |
| JHS/middle | 145 | 48.3 |
| Secondary | 63 | 21.0 |
| Post-secondary | 30 | 10.0 |
| Current occupation | ||
| Unemployed | 51 | 17.0 |
| Trading | 131 | 43.6 |
| Artisan | 86 | 28.7 |
| Other | 32 | 10.7 |
| Current marital status | ||
| Single | 17 | 5.7 |
| Married | 191 | 63.6 |
| Cohabiting | 92 | 30.7 |
| Obstetric history | ||
| Number of Pregnancies | 1.7# | 3.0* |
| Number of children born alive | 1.3# | 2.3* |
| Ever aborted | 59 | 19.8 |
| Ever had stillbirth | 14 | 4.7 |
*
Mean,
#
standard deviation