Table 5.
Characteristics of female respondents age 15 to 49 and their two closest female confidantes age 15 to 49 in Nigeria; Cote d’Ivoire; and Rajasthan, India
| Nigeria | Cote d’Ivoire | Rajasthan | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondent | Confidante 1 | Confidante 2 | Respondent | Confidante 1 | Confidante 2 | Respondent | Confidante 1 | Confidante 2 | ||||||||||
| % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | |
| Mean age | 29.1 | 11,106 | 28.4 | 5772 | 28.5 | 1923 | 28.5 | 2738 | 29.0 | 1756 | 27.5 | 262 | 29.1 | 5832 | 27.7 | 4911 | 26.5 | 1118 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15–19 | 18.9 | 2257 | 19.0 | 1163 | 18.1 | 382 | 20.1 | 542 | 17.9 | 305 | 22.4 | 56 | 18.5 | 1116 | 20.0 | 1035 | 22.7 | 276 |
| 20–24 | 16.2 | 1870 | 19.6 | 1132 | 18.7 | 352 | 18.1 | 500 | 17.9 | 307 | 20.9 | 52 | 19.6 | 1153 | 22.3 | 1071 | 23.8 | 264 |
| 25–29 | 18.8 | 2040 | 18.0 | 1073 | 18.7 | 381 | 17.9 | 495 | 16.0 | 298 | 16.4 | 45 | 16.7 | 986 | 17.6 | 870 | 20.0 | 212 |
| 30–34 | 15.0 | 1629 | 15.3 | 878 | 17.4 | 323 | 16.3 | 436 | 18.3 | 306 | 14.4 | 36 | 13.6 | 786 | 14.0 | 700 | 14.3 | 158 |
| 35–39 | 13.9 | 1473 | 13.1 | 694 | 12.7 | 230 | 12.8 | 351 | 13.6 | 255 | 14.0 | 41 | 12.8 | 738 | 11.3 | 523 | 9.2 | 107 |
| 40–44 | 10.5 | 1102 | 9.3 | 509 | 9.6 | 158 | 9.4 | 262 | 9.4 | 166 | 7.9 | 22 | 10.9 | 592 | 8.6 | 413 | 4.9 | 51 |
| 45–49 | 6.8 | 735 | 5.7 | 323 | 4.9 | 97 | 5.5 | 152 | 6.9 | 119 | 4.0 | 10 | 7.8 | 461 | 6.2 | 299 | 5.2 | 50 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||
| Never | 17.5 | 2355 | 15.9 | 1049 | 16.1 | 342 | 45.2 | 1254 | 42.8 | 773 | 39.3 | 110 | 36.8 | 2187 | 32.3 | 1626 | 28.1 | 291 |
| Primary | 15.2 | 1906 | 11.3 | 789 | 8.2 | 202 | 25.9 | 714 | 20.7 | 366 | 19.6 | 49 | 24.0 | 1400 | 21.4 | 1064 | 20.8 | 226 |
| Secondary | 46.9 | 4934 | 46.4 | 2687 | 46.3 | 894 | 23.0 | 615 | 28.2 | 484 | 31.4 | 80 | 16.5 | 938 | 17.9 | 888 | 18.9 | 223 |
| Higher | 20.3 | 1911 | 26.3 | 1345 | 29.4 | 508 | 6.0 | 152 | 8.3 | 134 | 9.7 | 23 | 22.7 | 1307 | 28.4 | 1334 | 32.2 | 378 |
| Number of confidantes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 45.1 | 4788 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35.8 | 959 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17.1 | 854 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 | 35.8 | 3930 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54.3 | 1,498 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65.2 | 3794 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2+ | 19.1 | 1953 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.9 | 263 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17.7 | 1118 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total | 100.0 | 11,106 | 100.0 | 5883 | 100.0 | 1953 | 100.0 | 2738 | 100.0 | 1761 | 100.0 | 263 | 100.0 | 5832 | 100.0 | 4912 | 100.0 | 1118 |
Estimates weighted, Ns unweighted; bold indicates p value for design-based F test (reference respondents) less than 0.05