Table 1.
Individual characteristics of respondents by abusive and disrespectful treatment, Muanda and Bolenge, 2014
| Variables | Experiences of mistreatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Yes (n = 26) | No (n = 491) | p | |
| Health zone | 0.082 | |||
| Muanda | 195 (37.7%) | 14 (7.2%) | 181 (92.8%) | |
| Bolenge | 322 (62.3%) | 12 (3.7%) | 310 (96.3%) | |
| Health catchment area | 0.054* | |||
| Kitona | 98 (19.0%) | 5 (5.1%) | 93 (94.9%) | |
| Nsiamfumu | 97 (18.8%) | 9 (9.3%) | 88 (90.7%) | |
| Iyonda | 160 (30.9%) | 3 (1.9%) | 157 (98.1%) | |
| Wendji Secli | 162 (31.3%) | 9 (5.6%) | 153 (94.4%) | |
| Age | 0.259 | |||
| Younger than 20 years | 113 (21.9%) | 8 (7.1%) | 105 (92.9%) | |
| 20 years and older | 404 (78.1%) | 18 (4.5%) | 386 (95.5%) | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 25.8 ± 7.3 | 25.4 ± 7.8 | 25.8 ± 7.3 | 0.757 |
| Age (median, range) | 24.0 (15–48) | |||
| Education level | 1.000 | |||
| Below secondary school | 489 (94.6%) | 16 (3.3%) | 462 (96.7%) | |
| Secondary school and above | 28 (5.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 28 (100.0%) | |
| Marital status | 0.384 | |||
| Live in partnership | 447 (86.5%) | 21 (4.7%) | 426 (95.3%) | |
| Live out of partnership | 70 (13.5%) | 5 (7.1%) | 65 (92.9%) | |
| Respondent’s occupation | 0.496 | |||
| Civil servant/police/army | 4 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (100.0%) | |
| Private sector employee | 8 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | |
| Farmer/fisherman | 205 (39.7%) | 9 (4.4%) | 196 (95.4%) | |
| Small trader/odd jobs | 146 (28.2%) | 7 (4.8%) | 139 (95.2%) | |
| No specific job | 154 (29.8%) | 10 (6.5%) | 144 (93.5%) | |
| Respondent’s religion | 0.768 | |||
| Catholic | 191 (36.9%) | 9 (4.7%) | 182 (95.3%) | |
| Protestant | 98 (19.0%) | 5 (5.1%) | 93 (94.9%) | |
| Other Christian churches | 206 (39.8%) | 11 (5.3%) | 189 (94.7%) | |
| Others (Muslim, Animist, Agnostic, Atheist) | 22 (4.3%) | 1 (4.5%) | 21 (95.5%) | |
| Mode of transportation | 0.536 | |||
| On foot | 375 (72.5%) | 18 (4.8%) | 357 (95.2%) | |
| Bicycle | 44 (8.5%) | 1 (2.3%) | 43 (97.7%) | |
| Motorcycles and cars | 98 (19.0%) | 7 (7.1%) | 91 (92.9%) | |
| Respondent ‘s category | 0.503 | |||
| Pregnant | 149 (28.8%) | 9 (6.0%) | 140 (94.0%) | |
| Recently delivered | 368 (71.2%) | 17 (4.6%) | 351 (94.4%) | |
| Number of deliveries (mean ± SD) | 3.3 ± 2.4 | 3.4 ± 2.8 | 3.3 ± 2.4 | 0.786 |
| Number of deliveries (median, range) | 3.00 (0–12) | 2.50 (0–12) | 3.00 (0–11) | 0.741 |
| Childbirth | 0.949 | |||
| No previous birth and first birth | 142 (27.5%) | 7 (4.9%) | 135 (95.1%) | |
| 2 births and more | 375 (72.5%) | 19 (5.1%) | 356 (94.9%) | |
| Health provision location | 0.948 | |||
| Local health area centre | 368 (71.2%) | 19 (5.2%) | 349 (94.8%) | |
| Other health area facility | 49 (9.5%) | 2 (4.1%) | 47 (95.9%) | |
| Health facility out of health area | 100 (19.3%) | 5 (5.0%) | 95 (95.0%) | |
| Distance residence-health facility (Km) (mean ± SD) | 3.2 ± 4.1 | 4.1 ± 6.2 | 3.1 ± 3.9 | 0.231 |
| Informed about health centres activities (yes) | 359 (62.9%) | 10 (2.8%) | 349 (97.2%) | 0.000 |
| Health centres collect users’ views (Yes) | 288 (55.7%) | 10 (3.5%) | 278 (96.5%) | 0.069 |
| Complications (Yes) | 97 (18.8%) | 5 (5.2%) | 92 (94.8%) | 0.168 |
| Ethnicity (Bantus) | 499 (96.5%) | 26 (5.2%) | 473 (94.8%) | 0.320 |
| Native of the territory/indigenous (Yes) | 255 (49.3%) | 15 (5.9%) | 240 (94.1%) | 0.381 |
| Knew or heard about a relative or a neighbour who experienced described situation (Yes) | 38 (7.4%) | 2 (7.7%) | 36 (7.3%) | 0.945 |