Table 3.
Socio‐demographic and health service characteristics of study sample, by design group
| Comparison | Intervention | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | P value (χ2) |
| Age group | |||||||
| Under 25 | 114 | (25.7) | 117 | (26.7) | 231 | (26.2) | <0.001 |
| 25–29 | 109 | (24.6) | 142 | (32.3) | 251 | (28.5) | |
| 30–34 | 95 | (21.4) | 107 | (24.4) | 202 | (22.9) | |
| 35–39 | 85 | (19.2) | 52 | (11.8) | 137 | (15.5) | |
| 40 and over | 40 | (9.0) | 21 | (4.8) | 61 | (6.9) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single or has boyfriend/partner | 8 | (1.8) | 9 | (2.1) | 17 | (1.9) | 0.904 |
| Married | 431 | (97.3) | 427 | (97.3) | 858 | (97.3) | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 4 | (0.9) | 3 | (0.7) | 7 | (0.8) | |
| Religion | |||||||
| Protestant | 138 | (31.2) | 155 | (35.3) | 293 | (33.2) | 0.050 |
| Roman Catholic | 104 | (23.5) | 125 | (28.5) | 229 | (26.0) | |
| Pentecostal | 179 | (40.4) | 141 | (32.1) | 320 | (36.3) | |
| Other/None | 22 | (5.0) | 18 | (4.1) | 40 | (4.5) | |
| Education (highest level) | |||||||
| None/Primary | 286 | (64.6) | 236 | (53.8) | 522 | (59.2) | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 144 | (32.5) | 161 | (36.7) | 305 | (34.6) | |
| Tertiary | 13 | (2.9) | 42 | (9.6) | 55 | (6.2) | |
| Socio‐economics status score (quintiles) | |||||||
| 1st (poorest) | 117 | (26.4) | 66 | (15.0) | 183 | (20.7) | <0.001 |
| 2nd | 99 | (22.3) | 78 | (17.8) | 177 | (20.1) | |
| 3rd | 93 | (21.0) | 82 | (18.7) | 175 | (19.8) | |
| 4th | 79 | (17.8) | 93 | (21.2) | 172 | (19.5) | |
| 5th (wealthiest) | 55 | (12.4) | 120 | (27.3) | 175 | (19.8) | |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Student/Unemployed | 160 | (36.1) | 152 | (34.6) | 312 | (35.4) | <0.001 |
| Casual worker/Informal sector | 32 | (7.2) | 40 | (9.1) | 72 | (8.2) | |
| Employed (manual) | 70 | (15.8) | 24 | (5.5) | 94 | (10.7) | |
| Self‐employed | 162 | (36.6) | 201 | (45.8) | 363 | (41.2) | |
| Employed (professional/technical) | 19 | (4.3) | 22 | (5.0) | 41 | (4.6) | |
| Time to reach clinic (minutes) | |||||||
| 0–30 | 443 | (100.0) | 241 | (54.9) | 684 | (77.6) | <0.001 |
| 31–60 | 0 | (0.0) | 123 | (28.0) | 123 | (13.9) | |
| >60 | 0 | (0.0) | 75 | (17.1) | 75 | (8.5) | |
| Became pregnant during cohort | 53 | (12.0) | 68 | (15.5) | 121 | (13.7) | 0.128 |
| Continued FP through cohort | 369 | (83.3) | 350 | (79.7) | 719 | (81.5) | 0.172 |
| Used FP voucher | 28 | (6.3) | 13 | (3.0) | 41 | (4.6) | 0.018 |
| Health insurance | 89 | (20.1) | 105 | (23.9) | 194 | (22.0) | 0.170 |
| Multiple sexual partners (any cohort round) | 12 | (2.7) | 9 | (2.1) | 21 | (2.4) | 0.521 |
| Condom use at last sex | 15 | (3.4) | 15 | (3.4) | 30 | (3.4) | 0.980 |
| Who makes FP decisions? | |||||||
| Woman decides | 207 | (46.7) | 252 | (57.4) | 459 | (52.0) | 0.003 |
| Partner or provider decides | 53 | (12.0) | 32 | (7.3) | 85 | (9.6) | |
| Both agree/other | 183 | (41.3) | 155 | (35.3) | 338 | (38.3) | |
| Provider stigmatizing behavior perception (r0) | |||||||
| Low | 88 | (19.9) | 182 | (41.5) | 270 | (30.6) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 335 | (75.6) | 233 | (53.1) | 568 | (64.4) | |
| High | 20 | (4.5) | 24 | (5.5) | 44 | (5.0) | |
| Satisfaction with services (r0) | |||||||
| High | 118 | (26.6) | 131 | (29.8) | 249 | (28.2) | 0.004 |
| Medium | 304 | (68.6) | 265 | (60.4) | 569 | (64.5) | |
| Low | 21 | (4.7) | 43 | (9.8) | 64 | (7.3) | |
| Paid fees for services (r0) | 411 | (92.8) | 362 | (82.5) | 773 | (87.6) | <0.001 |
| Waiting time | |||||||
| ≤30 mins | 442 | (99.8) | 190 | (43.3) | 632 | (71.7) | <0.001 |
| >30 mins | 1 | (0.2) | 249 | (56.7) | 250 | (28.3) | |
| Total | 443 | (100.0) | 439 | (100.0) | 882 | (100.0) | |