Table 4. Socio-demographic characteristics of women and their partners.

	Mother		Father
	Freq.	Percent	Freq.	Percent
Age (yrs)			n = 4,071
15–19	1,018	24.0	143	3.50
20–24	1,226	28.9	1,128	27.7
25–29	951	22.4	1,000	24.6
30–34	618	14.6	779	19.1
35–39	311	7.30	550	13.5
40–49	120	2.80	426	10.5
≥50	0	0	45	1.11
Range (median)	15–49 (24)		15–71 (28)
Education (level)			n = 4,174
None	422	9.94	334	8.00
Primary (1-8yrs)	3,215	75.8	2,678	64.1
Secondary (9-12yrs)	597	14.1	1,144	27.4
Tertiary (≥13yrs)	10	0.24	18	0.43
Marital status
Married	3,905	92.0
Unmarried	339	8.0
Distance to nearest health facility (kms)
Average (standard deviation)		5.9 (3.0)
Range		0.1–15.8
Religion
Catholic	1,985	46.8
Other Christian	2,091	49.3
Muslim	94	2.21
Other	74	1.74
Tribe
Chewa	3,597	84.8
Ngoni	281	6.62
Senga	207	4.88
Yao	92	2.17
Other	67	1.58