Table 2.
Sexual violence, socio-demographic characteristics and pregnancy intention in SSA.
| Variables | Weighted n | Weighted % | Planned | Mistimed | Unwanted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual Violence (χ2=178.7, p<0.001) | |||||
| No | 12,954 | 88.7 | 76.0 | 18.9 | 5.1 |
| Yes | 1644 | 11.3 | 60.6 | 30.8 | 8.7 |
| Age (χ2= 6.0 p<0.001) | |||||
| 15–19 | 1630 | 11.2 | 79.8 | 19.6 | 0.6 |
| 20–24 | 3697 | 25.3 | 74.9 | 23.7 | 1.4 |
| 25–29 | 3976 | 27.2 | 76.2 | 21.1 | 2.7 |
| 30–34 | 2995 | 20.5 | 73.4 | 19.2 | 7.5 |
| 35–39 | 1630 | 11.2 | 68.2 | 17.0 | 14.8 |
| 40–44 | 553 | 3.8 | 64.6 | 10.2 | 25.2 |
| 45–49 | 116 | 0.8 | 65.8 | 6.7 | 27.5 |
| Marital status (χ2=145.0, p<0.001) | |||||
| Married | 11,746 | 80.5 | 76.4 | 18.4 | 5.2 |
| Cohabiting | 2852 | 19.5 | 65.5 | 27.6 | 7.0 |
| Residence (χ2=3.0, p=0.224) | |||||
| Urban | 4785 | 32.8 | 75.2 | 19.5 | 5.3 |
| Rural | 9813 | 67.2 | 73.8 | 20.6 | 5.6 |
| Educational level (χ2=363, p<0.001) | |||||
| No education | 5154 | 35.3 | 81.3 | 14.1 | 4.7 |
| Primary | 4913 | 33.7 | 66.4 | 26.0 | 7.6 |
| Secondary | 3990 | 27.3 | 73.3 | 22.3 | 4.4 |
| Higher | 541 | 3.7 | 86.5 | 10.8 | 2.7 |
| Wealth index (χ2=46.3, p<0.001) | |||||
| Poorest | 3263 | 22.4 | 74.7 | 20.1 | 5.2 |
| Poorer | 3241 | 22.2 | 72.5 | 22.0 | 5.4 |
| Middle | 2860 | 19.6 | 73.2 | 20.8 | 6.1 |
| Richer | 2823 | 19.3 | 72.7 | 21.1 | 6.2 |
| Richest | 2410 | 16.5 | 79.5 | 16.0 | 4.5 |
| Parity (χ2=998.4, p<0.001) | |||||
| Zero birth | 2202 | 15.1 | 87.1 | 12.2 | 0.6 |
| One birth | 2874 | 19.7 | 78.1 | 21.0 | 0.9 |
| Two births | 2685 | 18.4 | 76.0 | 22.4 | 1.6 |
| Three births | 2080 | 14.3 | 73.5 | 22.7 | 3.8 |
| Four or more births | 4757 | 32.6 | 65.7 | 21.1 | 13.2 |
| Occupation (χ2=152.5, p<0.001) | |||||
| Not working | 4839 | 33.2 | 76.2 | 19.9 | 4.0 |
| Managerial | 492 | 3.4 | 82.1 | 13.9 | 4.0 |
| Clerical | 61 | 0.4 | 92.9 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| Sales | 2990 | 20.5 | 77.9 | 16.9 | 5.2 |
| Agricultural | 4519 | 31.0 | 69.0 | 23.7 | 7.3 |
| Services | 820 | 5.6 | 71.3 | 21.5 | 7.3 |
| Manual | 877 | 6.0 | 76.2 | 18.3 | 5.5 |
| Religion (χ2=475.0, p<0.001) | |||||
| Christianity | 8992 | 61.6 | 68.5 | 24.5 | 7.0 |
| Islam | 5068 | 34.7 | 85.0 | 12.2 | 2.8 |
| Traditional religion | 222 | 1.5 | 72.6 | 20.4 | 7.0 |
| No religion | 316 | 2.2 | 67.0 | 26.5 | 6.6 |
| Intention to use contraceptives (χ2=610.3, p<0.001) | |||||
| Intention to use | 8765 | 60.0 | 66.7 | 26.0 | 7.3 |
| No intention to use | 5833 | 40.0 | 84.8 | 12.1 | 3.0 |
| Knowledge on contraceptives (χ2=194.8, p<0.001) | |||||
| No knowledge of any method | 1108 | 7.6 | 89.9 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| Knowledge of traditional method | 125 | 0.9 | 88.6 | 10.6 | 0.8 |
| Knowledge of modern method | 13,365 | 91.6 | 72.6 | 21.5 | 5.9 |
| Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine (χ2=4.6, p=0.602) | |||||
| Not at all | 12,141 | 83.2 | 74.3 | 20.2 | 5.5 |
| Less than once a week | 1369 | 9.4 | 73.1 | 20.9 | 6.0 |
| At least once a week | 972 | 6.7 | 76.1 | 19.5 | 4.4 |
| Almost every day | 116 | 0.8 | 70.8 | 22.9 | 6.3 |
| Frequency of watching television (χ2=98.6, p<0.001) | |||||
| Not at all | 8880 | 60.8 | 72.9 | 21.1 | 6.1 |
| less than once a week | 1652 | 11.3 | 77.8 | 17.4 | 4.9 |
| at least once a week | 2878 | 19.7 | 79.5 | 16.3 | 4.2 |
| almost every day | 1188 | 8.1 | 66.6 | 27.9 | 5.4 |
| Frequency of listening to radio (χ2 = 31.2, p<0.001) | |||||
| Not at all | 6334 | 43.4 | 74.6 | 20.0 | 5.4 |
| Less than once a week | 2750 | 18.8 | 76.4 | 18.6 | 5.0 |
| At least once a week | 4780 | 32.7 | 73.7 | 20.7 | 5.6 |
| Almost every day | 734 | 5.0 | 66.4 | 25.6 | 8.0 |
Source: Authors' computations.