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. 2017 Jun;17(2):538–548. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v17i2.30

Table 1.

Percentage distribution of respondents' by selected socio-economic and demographic variables

Variables Categories Frequencies Percentages
Current age (years) 15–24 5106 18.9
25–39 15123 56.0
40–49 6768 25.1
Mean age 32.4
Standard Deviation 8.7
 
Age at marriage (years) Less than 18 15630 57.9
18–24 8934 33.1
25 or more 2433 9.0
Mean age at marriage 17.6
Standard Deviation 4.6
 
Highest Education None 12699 47.0
attained Primary 5515 20.4
Secondary or more 8783 32.5
 
Region Northern 17456 64.7
Southern 9541 35.3
 
Family wealth Poor 11625 43.1
Middle 5067 18.8
Rich 10305 38.2
 
Place of Residence Urban 10125 37.5
Rural 16872 62.5
 
Experience of under-five Never 17497 64.8
children death Ever 9500 35.2
Total 26997 100.0
 
Experience of Emotional Never 16610 80.3
violence Ever 4082 19.7
Total 20692 100.0
 
Experience of Physical Never 17536 84.9
violence Ever 3115 15.1
Total 20651 100.0
 
Experience of Sexual Never 19735 95.4
violence Ever 947 4.6
Total 20682 100.0
 
Family type Monogamy 16746 66.3
Polygyny 8504 33.7
Total 25250 100.0

The variables do not add up to 26,997 because the variables had missing values but only the valid responses were reported here.