Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of female and male participants in Somalia

	Female (n=2376)		Male (n=2257)
	n/N	%	n/N	%
Age (median, IQR)	27	(20–36)	27	(20–38)
Highest level of school attended
None	1568/2339	67.0	973/2197	44.3
Primary	475/2339	20.3	607/2197	27.4
Secondary	216/2339	9.2	468/2197	21.3
College	80/2339	3.4	155/2197	7.1
Nationality
Somali	2333/2369	98.5	2220/2238	99.2
Ethiopian	27/2369	1.1	14/2238	0.6
Djiboutian	4/2369	0.2	2/2238	0.1
Yemeni	4/2369	0.2	1/2238	0.0
Other	1/2369	0.0	1/2238	0.0
Duration in current town/city
Less than 1 year	142/2352	6.0	110/2180	5.0
Between 1 and 3 years	322/2352	13.7	327/2180	15.0
Between 4 and 10 years	604/2352	25.7	476/2180	21.8
Between 11 or more years	461/2352	19.6	446/2180	20.5
All my life (born here)	823/2352	35.0	821/2180	37.7
Current employment status
Unemployed	1059/2283	46.4	12/2220	0.5
Formally employed/business owner	260/2283	11.4	655/2220	29.5
Casual worker (including pastoralist, working for family business, etc.)	763/2283	33.4	1542/2220	69.5
Student	201/2283	8.8	11/2220	0.5
Each month do you have enough money to:
Never have enough to meet the basic needs of your family during the month	1275/2235	57.0	1210/1955	61.9
Meet basic needs of family for less than half of the month	166/2235	7.4	111/1955	5.7
Meet basic needs of family for about half of the month	217/2235	9.7	155/1955	7.9
Meet basic needs of family for most but not all of the month	143/2235	6.4	119/1955	6.1
Meet basic needs of family for all of the month	434/2235	19.4	360/1955	18.4
Current marital status
Never married	481/2360	20.4	969/2221	43.6
Married, living with someone, engaged	1486/2360	63.0	1166/2221	52.5
Divorced, separated, widowed	393/2360	16.7	866/2221	3.9
In a polygamous marriage (ref: no)	510/1636	31.2	239/1165	20.5
Number of other wives (median, IQR)	2	(2–2)	2	(2–3)