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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Public Health. 2020 Oct 22;16(11):1724–1740. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1836245

Table 1:

Respondent and alter attributes, as reported by the respondent

Respondent attributes N=322

Mean SD %

Respondent age 17.4 1.5
Respondent number of children 1.6 1.1
Respondent percent nulliparous 13%
Respondent attended modern school 38%
Respondent only attended Quranic 14%
Respondent ever use of FP 49%
Respondent in the intervention group 75%
Respondent average number of alters 1.4 0.8
Respondent percent with no alters 12%

Alters nominated (respondent report) N=403

Alter age (216 missing) 24.5 8.44
Alter number of children 2.61 1.98
Alter was surveyed 57%
Alter relationship to respondent
 Sister 11%
 Mother 5%
 In-law 10%
 Friend 37%
 Natal family 29%
 Other 6%
Believes alter supports longer first birth timing 31%
Believes alter would support respondent FP use 85%
Believes alter approves of men listening to wives fertility wishes 82%
Alter was part of the study 15%