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. 2017 Jan 20;7:41006. doi: 10.1038/srep41006

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of women in easier-to-reach and harder-to-reach groups (2014).

Characteristics Easier-to-reach Adolescents Unmarried Rural poor
N 3,873 1,918 1,266 1,431
Age group
15–19 0 100 0 0
20–29 39.1 0 69.3 48.0
30–39 38.0 0 18.9 32.5
40–49 22.9 0 11.8 19.5
Number of living children
0 10.6 86.1 64.5 3.5
1 15.8 12.1 14.8 11.3
2–4 47.2 1.8 15.6 45.8
5 or more 26.5 0 5.1 39.4
Marital status
Never married 0 76.8 71.3 0
Currently married - monogamous 66.9 20.3 0 61.9
Currently married - polygamous 33.1 2.6 0 38.1
Formerly married 0 0.4 28.7 0
Type of residence (urban/rural)
Rural 41.3 49.5 23.9 100
Urban 58.7 50.5 76.1 0
Zone
West 44.0 35.3 62.1 4
Centre 22.7 26.9 13.1 42.7
North 21.8 22.9 13.7 18.9
South 11.5 14.9 11.1 34.4
Education
None 58.7 30.9 32.0 88.1
Primary 25.5 24.4 24.0 9.6
Secondary or higher 15.8 44.7 44.0 2.3
Household wealth quintile
Poorest 1.1 17.9 5.6 100
Poorer 23.8 17.6 10.2 0
Middle 24.0 22.0 18.3 0
Richer 25.4 18.8 24.7 0
Richest 25.6 23.6 41.1 0