Table 2.
Baseline demographic characteristics of respondents by site, Malawi, 2017
| Chiwalo (n = 375) |
Mchiramwera (n = 375) |
Changata (n = 372) |
Nazombe (n = 370) |
Total (n = 1,492) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 133 | 35.5 | 59 | 15.7 | 101 | 27.2 | 117 | 31.6 | 410 | 27.5 |
| Female | 242 | 64.5 | 316 | 84.3 | 271 | 72.8 | 253 | 68.4 | 1,082 | 72.5 |
| Age (y) | ||||||||||
| Mean | 39.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 40.9 | 40.7 | |||||
| Median | 35 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 37 | |||||
| Range | 18, 84 | 18, 92 | 18, 85 | 18, 86 | 18, 92 | |||||
| Respondent's highest level of education | ||||||||||
| None | 90 | 24.0 | 78 | 20.8 | 97 | 26.1 | 85 | 23.0 | 350 | 23.5 |
| Primary | 244 | 65.1 | 248 | 66.1 | 226 | 60.8 | 235 | 63.5 | 953 | 63.9 |
| Secondary | 39 | 10.4 | 46 | 12.3 | 46 | 12.4 | 44 | 11.9 | 175 | 11.7 |
| Higher | 2 | .5 | 3 | .8 | 3 | .8 | 6 | 1.6 | 14 | .9 |
| Paid employment, past 12 mo | ||||||||||
| No | 165 | 44.0 | 113 | 30.1 | 135 | 36.3 | 159 | 43.0 | 572 | 38.3 |
| Yes | 210 | 56.0 | 262 | 69.9 | 237 | 63.7 | 211 | 57.0 | 920 | 61.7 |
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Catholic | 64 | 17.1 | 48 | 12.8 | 46 | 12.4 | 51 | 13.8 | 209 | 14.0 |
| Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist | 26 | 7.0 | 68 | 18.1 | 157 | 42.2 | 36 | 9.7 | 287 | 19.2 |
| Other Christian | 275 | 73.5 | 242 | 64.5 | 168 | 45.2 | 280 | 75.7 | 965 | 64.7 |
| Muslim | 7 | 1.9 | 9 | 2.4 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .3 | 18 | 1.2 |
| None | 2 | .5 | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .1 |
| Other | 0 | .0 | 8 | 2.1 | 0 | .0 | 2 | .5 | 10 | .7 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Chewa | 16 | 4.3 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.9 | 33 | 2.2 |
| Lomwe | 327 | 87.4 | 285 | 76.0 | 275 | 73.9 | 350 | 94.6 | 1,237 | 83.0 |
| Mang'anja | 3 | .8 | 51 | 13.6 | 59 | 15.9 | 3 | .8 | 116 | 7.8 |
| Ngoni | 2 | .5 | 9 | 2.4 | 7 | 1.9 | 1 | .3 | 19 | 1.3 |
| Nyanja | 22 | 5.9 | 1 | .3 | 2 | .5 | 3 | .8 | 28 | 1.9 |
| Sena | 1 | .3 | 6 | 1.6 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .3 | 9 | .6 |
| Yao | 3 | .8 | 3 | .8 | 0 | .0 | 3 | .8 | 9 | .6 |
| Khokhola | 0 | .0 | 15 | 4.0 | 23 | 6.2 | 2 | .5 | 40 | 2.7 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Never married | 8 | 2.1 | 12 | 3.2 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | .8 | 28 | 1.9 |
| Currently married | 271 | 72.3 | 233 | 62.1 | 242 | 65.1 | 270 | 73.0 | 1,016 | 68.1 |
| Widowed | 45 | 12.0 | 52 | 13.9 | 67 | 18.0 | 39 | 10.5 | 203 | 13.6 |
| Divorced/separated | 51 | 13.6 | 78 | 20.8 | 58 | 15.6 | 58 | 15.7 | 245 | 16.4 |
| Relationship to reference girl | ||||||||||
| Parent/guardian | 174 | 46.4 | 253 | 67.5 | 227 | 61.0 | 225 | 60.8 | 879 | 58.9 |
| Grandparent | 60 | 16.0 | 61 | 16.3 | 87 | 23.4 | 72 | 19.5 | 280 | 18.8 |
| Sibling | 61 | 16.3 | 24 | 6.4 | 24 | 6.5 | 38 | 10.3 | 147 | 9.9 |
| Maternal uncle/uncle | 36 | 9.6 | 21 | 5.6 | 17 | 4.6 | 22 | 5.9 | 96 | 6.4 |
| Paternal aunt/uncle | 11 | 2.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.6 | 8 | 2.2 | 31 | 2.1 |
| Cousin | 6 | 1.6 | 3 | .8 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | .0 | 14 | .9 |
| Other | 27 | 7.2 | 7 | 1.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.4 | 45 | 3.0 |