Table 2.
Associations between structural disadvantages and access to government support programmes in 3229 young women aged 18–29 years.
| Applied to any programme | Applied to any programme excluding Ipelegeng | Accepted for any programme | Accepted for any programme excluding Ipelegeng | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n/N (%) | OR (95% CIca) | n/N (%) | OR (95% CIca) | n/N (%) | OR (95% CIca) | n/N (%) | OR (95% CIca) | |
| Age | 18–20 yrs | 263/883 (29.8) | 0.40 (0.33–0.48) | 167/885 (18.9) | 0.36 (0.30–0.44) | 164/883 (18.6) | 0.48 (0.38–0.62) | 48/885 (5.4) | 0.43 (0.30–0.62) |
| 21–29 yrs | 1149/2234 (51.4) | 870/2235 (38.9) | 717/2234 (32.1) | 263/2235 (11.8) | |||||
| Marital status | Married/cohabiting | 455/877 (51.9) | 1.45 (1.13–1.85) | 316/878 (36.0) | 1.19 (0.98–1.44) | 301/877 (34.3) | 1.50 (1.14–1.96) | 95/878 (10.8) | 1.14 (0.82–1.57) |
| Single | 957/2240 (42.7) | 721/2242 (32.2) | 580/2240 (25.9) | 216/2242 (9.6) | |||||
| Education | Complete secondary or more | 456/1209 (37.7) | 0.60 (0.51–0.72) | 396/1209 (32.8) | 0.97 (0.81–1.15) | 239/1209 (19.8) | 0.49 (0.40–0.59) | 140/1209 (11.6) | 1.33 (1.05–1.70) |
| Less than complete secondary | 956/1908 (50.1) | 641/1911 (33.5) | 642/1908 (33.6) | 171/1911 (8.9) | |||||
| Poverty | Enough food in last week | 814/2018 (40.3) | 0.57 (0.47–0.69) | 632/2020 (31.3) | 0.78 (0.65–0.93) | 473/2018 (23.4) | 0.52 (0.43–0.63) | 185/2020 (9.2) | 0.78 (0.62–0.98) |
| Not enough food in last week | 598/1098 (54.5) | 405/1099 (36.9) | 408/1098 (37.2) | 126/1099 (11.5) | |||||
| Income disparity | Earns same as partner /no partner | 760/1729 (44.0) | 0.86 (0.71–1.05) | 545/1731 (31.5) | 0.85 (0.70–1.04) | 476/1729 (27.5) | 0.86 (0.70–1.06) | 159/1731 (9.2) | 0.80 (0.59–1.07) |
| Earns less or more than partner | 537/1128 (47.6) | 396/1129 (35.1) | 346/1128 (30.7) | 127/1129 (11.2) | |||||
| IPV last 12m | No IPV / no partner | 1131/2559 (44.2) | 0.74 (0.60–0.92) | 844/2562 (32.9) | 0.90 (0.73–1.12) | 705/2559 (27.5) | 0.86 (0.61–1.01) | 263/2562 (10.3) | 1.17 (0.83–1.64) |
| IPV | 278/539 (51.6) | 190/539 (35.3) | 176/539 (32.7) | 48/539 (8.9) | |||||
| Sexual violence | Never forced to have sex | 1285/2872 (44.7) | 0.67 (0.51–0.87) | 943/2875 (32.8) | 0.71 (0.55–0.92) | 800/2872 (27.9) | 0.72 (0.55–0.94) | 289/2875 (10.1) | 1.09 (0.75–1.60) |
| Ever forced to have sex | 124/226 (54.9) | 92/226 (40.7) | 79/226 (35.0) | 21/226 (9.3) | |||||
Bold font indicates associations significant at the 5% level.