Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (Weighted)
| Variables | Women aged 15–49 (N = 130,605) | Women who had daughters (N = 122,941) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 22,030 | 16.9 | 20,915 | 17.0 |
| Poorer | 22,711 | 17.4 | 21,583 | 17.6 |
| Middle | 24,397 | 18.7 | 23,188 | 18.9 |
| Richer | 27,590 | 21.1 | 26,081 | 21.2 |
| Richest | 33,877 | 25.9 | 31,174 | 25.4 |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 61,467 | 47.1 | 58,676 | 47.7 |
| Primary | 33,036 | 25.3 | 31.637 | 25.7 |
| Secondary | 29,870 | 22.9 | 26,649 | 21.7 |
| Higher | 6232 | 4.8 | 5979 | 4.9 |
| Age | ||||
| 15–19 | 25,612 | 19.6 | 21,820 | 17.8 |
| 20–24 | 23,301 | 17.8 | 21,585 | 17.6 |
| 25–29 | 23,598 | 18.1 | 22,508 | 18.3 |
| 30–34 | 19,075 | 14.6 | 18,598 | 15.1 |
| 35–39 | 16,575 | 12.7 | 16,272 | 13.2 |
| 40–44 | 12,168 | 9.3 | 12,010 | 9.8 |
| 45–49 | 10,276 | 7.9 | 10,148 | 8.25 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 49,806 | 38.1 | 46,551 | 37.9 |
| Rural | 80,799 | 61.9 | 76,390 | 62.1 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 30,612 | 23.4 | 26,313 | 21.4 |
| Married | 84,940 | 65.0 | 82.064 | 66.7 |
| Cohabitation | 6067 | 4.7 | 5877 | 4.8 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 8986 | 6.9 | 8,687 | 7.1 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Not working | 44,507 | 34.1 | 40,656 | 33.1 |
| Managerial | 4230 | 3.2 | 4102 | 3.3 |
| Clerical | 1202 | 0.9 | 1152 | 0.9 |
| Sales | 22,815 | 17.5 | 22,711 | 18.5 |
| Agricultural | 32,909 | 25.2 | 31,082 | 25.3 |
| Household | 4400 | 3.4 | 4349 | 3.5 |
| Services | 6864 | 5.3 | 6863 | 5.6 |
| Manual | 13,177 | 10.1 | 11,526 | 9.4 |
| Other | 501 | 0.4 | 500 | 0.4 |
| Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine | ||||
| Not at all | 105,754 | 81.0 | 99,485 | 80.9 |
| Less than a week | 14,091 | 10.8 | 13,540 | 11.0 |
| At least once a week | 10,760 | 8.2 | 9916 | 8.1 |
| Frequency of listening to radio | ||||
| Not at all | 44,339 | 34.0 | 41,947 | 34.1 |
| Less than once a week | 28,879 | 22.1 | 27,095 | 22.1 |
| At least once a week | 57,387 | 43.9 | 53,899 | 43.8 |
| Frequency of watching television | ||||
| Not at all | 71,830 | 55.0 | 66,491 | 54.1 |
| Less than once a week | 18,389 | 14.1 | 17,701 | 14.4 |
| At least once a week | 40,388 | 30.9 | 38,749 | 31.5 |