. 2020 Oct 7;8:e10065. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10065

Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of participants aged 15–29 years.

Dataset obtained from Cambodian Demographic and Health Survey 2014 (N = 4, 823).

	Variables	Age group 15–19 years	Age group 20–24 years	Age group 25–29 years	Total
1	Education
	Higher Secondary Primary No education Total	3 (0.6%) 242 (47.2%) 225 (43.9%) 42 (8.2%) 512 (100%)	76 (4.0%) 866 (45.7%) 800 (42.3%) 151 (8.0%) 1893 (100%)	151 (6.2%) 842 (34.8%) 1129 (46.7%) 296 (12.2%) 2418 (100%)	230 (4.7%) 1950 (40.4%) 2154 (44.6%) 489 (10.1%) 4823 (100%)
2	Wealth index
	Richest Richer Middle Poorer Poorest Total	88 (17.2%) 100 (19.5%) 99 (19.3%) 111 (21.7%) 114 (22.3%) 512 (100%)	455 (20.0%) 355 (18.7%) 337 (17.8%) 348 (18.4%) 398 (21.0%) 1893 (100%)	681 (28.2%) 462 (19.1%) 379 (15.7%) 451 (18.6%) 445 (18.4%) 2418 (100%)	1224 (25.4%) 917 (19.0%) 815 (16.9%) 910 (18.8%) 957 (19.8%) 4823 (100%)
3	Marital status
	Never in union Married Living with partner Widowed Divorced Separated (No longer living together) Total	15 (2.9%) 458 (89.4%) 8 (1.5%) 2 (0.4%) 21 (4.1%) 8 (1.5%) 512 (100%)	24 (1.3%) 1722 (90.9%) 21 (1.1%) 34 (1.8%) 75 (4.0%) 17 (0.9%) 1893 (100%)	8 (0.3%) 2221 (91.8%) 20 (0.8%) 38 (1.5%) 122 (5.0%) 9 (0.3%) 2418 (100%)	47 (0.9%) 4401 (91.2%) 49 (1.0%) 74 (1.5%) 218 (4.5%) 34 (0.7%) 4823 (100%)
4	Current employment
	Yes No Total	304 (59.3%) 208 (40.6%) 512 (100%)	1190 (62.8%) 703 (37.1%) 1893 (100%)	1737 (71.8%) 680 (28.1%) 2418 (100%)	3231 (67.0%) 1591 (33.0%) 4822 (100%)
5	Current contraception method used
	Modern methods Traditional methods No contraception used Total	91 (17.7%) 35 (6.8%) 386 (75.3%) 512 (100%)	629 (33.2%) 245 (13%) 1019 (53.8%) 1893 (100%)	986 (40.7%) 378 (15.6%) 1054 (43.5%) 2418 (100%)	1706 (35.4%) 658 (13.6%) 2459 (51.0%) 4823 (100%)
6	Parity
	No children 1–2 children 3 or more children Total	281 (54.9%) 230 (44.9%) 1 (0.2) 512 (100%)	453 (23.9%) 1385 (73.2%) 55 (2.9%) 1893 (100%)	241 (10.0%) 1750 (72.4%) 427 (17.6%) 2418 (100%)	975 (20.2%) 3365 (69.8%) 483 (10.0%) 4823 (100%)
7	Unmet need for contraception
	Yes No Total	78 (15.2%) 434 (84.8%) 512 (100%)	230 (12.1%) 1663 (87.9%) 1893 (100%)	256 (10.6%) 2162 (89.4%) 2418 (100%)	564 (11.7%) 4259 (88.3%) 4823 (100%)
8	Knowledge of ovulatory cycle
	Correct information (Middle of two menstrual cycles) Incorrect information (during periods, before periods, at any time) Do not know Total	77 (15.0%) 93 (18.2%) 342 (66.8%) 512 (100%)	405 (21.4%) 325 (17.2%) 1162 (61.4%) 1892 (100%)	655 (27.1%) 403 (16.6%) 1360 (56.3%) 2418 (100%)	1137 (23.6%) 821 (17.0%) 2864 (59.4%) 4822 (100%)
9	Respondent can ask partner/husband to use a condom at sexual intercourse (N = 4450)
	Yes No Do not know Total	372 (79.8%) 48 (10.3%) 46 (9.9%) 466 (100%)	1503 (86.2%) 122 (7.0%) 118 (6.8%) 1743 (100%)	1936 (86.4%) 153 (6.8%) 152 (6.8%) 2241 (100%)	3811 (85.6%) 323 (7.2%) 316 (7.1%) 4450 (100%)
10	Person deciding about woman’s access to healthcare (N = 4448)
	Respondent and husband together Husband alone Someone else in the family Respondent alone Total	244 (52.4%) 38 (8.2%) 8 (1.7%) 175 (37.6%) 465 (100%)	862 (49.5%) 153 (8.8%) 18 (1.0%) 709 (40.7%) 1742 (100%)	1134 (50.6%) 164 (7.3%) 11 (0.5%) 932 (41.5%) 2241 (100%)	2240 (50.3%) 355 (8.0%) 37 (0.8%) 1816 (40.8%) 4448 (100%)
11	Person deciding about major household items purchase (N = 4446)
	Respondent and husband together Husband alone Someone else in the family Respondent alone Total	354 (76.1%) 32 (6.9%) 20 (4.3%) 59 (12.7%) 465 (100%)	1363 (78.3%) 88 (5.0%) 47 (2.7%) 242 (13.9%) 1740 (100%)	1771 (79.0%) 103 (4.6%) 25 (1.1%) 342 (15.2%) 2241 (100%)	3488 (78.4%) 223 (5.0%) 92 (2.1%) 643 (14.4%) 4446 (100%)
12	Decision for family size (N = 4422)
	Husband wants more children Husband wants fewer children Both want same number of children Do not know Total	66 (14.2%) 10 (2.1%) 319 (68.6%) 70 (15.0%) 465 (100%)	274 (15.8%) 93 (5.3%) 1162 (66.8%) 209 (12.0%) 1738 (100%)	419 (18.9%) 135 (6.1%) 1465 (66.0%) 200 (9.0%) 2219 (100%)	759 (17.1%) 238 (5.4%) 2946 (66.6%) 479 (10.8%) 4422 (100%)
13	Participants heard about family planning media messages on radio in the last three months
	Yes No Total	166 (32.4%) 346 (67.6%) 512 (100%)	691 (36.5%) 1201 (63.5%) 1892 (100%)	918 (38.0%) 1500 (62.0%) 2418 (100%)	1775 (36.8%) 3047 (63.2%) 4822 (100%)
14	Participants heard about family planning media messages on television in the last three months
	Yes No Total	210 (41.0%) 302 (59.0%) 512 (100%)	905 (47.8%) 987 (52.2%) 1892 (100%)	1263 (52.2%) 1155 (47.8%) 2418 (100%)	2378 (49.3%) 2444 (50.7%) 4822 (100%)
15	Accessible distance to health facility and getting medical help for herself (N = 4823)
	Not difficult Very difficult Total	323 (63.0%) 189 (37.0%) 512 (100%)	1207 (63.8%) 686 (36.2%) 1893 (100%)	1630 (67.4%) 788 (32.6%) 2418 (100%)	3160 (65.5%) 1663 (34.5%) 4823 (100%)

Notes.

Traditional contraception methods include; withdrawal method or coitus interruptus, abstinence, rhythm or calendar method, and other folk methods reported by the respondent including tinctures, potions, and herbs.

Modern contraception methods include a) reversible methods used for short duration including oral contraceptive hormonal pills for continued monthly use, emergency contraceptive pill (morning after pill), and male and female condoms, and b) long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs); intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs), hormonal injectables, dermal implants, and c) non-reversible, permanent modern contraceptive methods including female and male sterilization. (National Institute of Statistics/Cambodia, 2015, and Cahill et al 2018).

There are missing values in some variables and total number (N) is shown in the table. There are missing values of 407 women in the two 11 variables, “person to decide for respondent’s health care and person deciding about major household items purchase” in the dataset.