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. 2022 Mar 23;3:824650. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2022.824650

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of participants from urban and rural areas of Maputo city and province and Nampula province.

Maputo Nampula
Total Urbana Rural Total Urban Rural
39 27 12 25 14 11
Age, mean years [±SD] 32.5 [±8.0] 33.6 [±8.1] 29.9 [±7.1] 27.8 [±9.1] 29.5 [±9.6] 26.6 [±7.7]
Education, mean years [±SD] 9.2 [±4.4] 10.6 [±4.1] 6.1 [±3.6] 8.0 [±3.5] 10.1 [±2.2] 5.2 [±3.0]
Currently employed
Yes 18 (46.1) 17 (62.9) 1 (8.3) 3 (12.0) 3 (21.4) 0
Marital status (%)
Single 12 (30.8) 9 (33.3) 1 (8.3) 3 (12.0) 1 (7.1) 2 (18.2)
Married or in union 23 (59.0) 14 (51.9) 9 (75.0) 20 (80.0) 11 (78.6) 9 (81.8)
Separated, divorced, or widowed 6 (15.4) 4 (14.8) 2 (16.7) 2 (8.0) 2 (14.2) 0
Age of 1st pregnancy, median [min, max] 17 [14, 27] 19.6 [15, 27] 16.5 [14, 21] 18.6 [16, 21] 18.5 [16, 20] 18.5 [17, 21]
Number of pregnancies, mean [±SD] 2.9 [±1.9] 2.6 [±1.8] 3.8 [±2.1] 4.5 [±3.6] 4.6 [±3.7] 4.3 [±3.5]
Parity, mean [±SD] 2.3 [±1.7] 1.9 [±1.5] 3.3 [±1.8] 3.8 [±2.6] 3.8 [±2.6] 3.6 [±2.6]
Number of live children, mean [±SD] 2.3 [±1.8] 1.9 [±1.6] 3.3 [±1.8] 3.2 [±2.3] 3.4 [±2.3] 2.9 [±2.1]
Current use of contraception (%)
Yes 32 (82.1) 23 (82.2) 8 (66.7) 16 (64.0) 11 (78.6) 5 (45.5)
Ever use of contraception (%)
Yes 39 (100.0) 27 (100.0) 12 (100.0) 14 (56.0) 9 (64.2) 5 (45.45)
Contraceptive method currently used (%)
Oral contraceptive 9 (23.1) 8 (29.6) 1 (8.3) 2 (8.0) 1 (7.1) 1 (9.1)
Injection 9 (23.1) 6 (22.2) 3 (25.0) 13 (52.0) 9 (64.3) 4 (36.4)
Intrauterine device 2 (5.1) 2 (7.4) 0 0 0 0
Implant 3 (7.7) 2 (7.4) 1 (8.3) 1 (4.0) 1 (7.1) 0
Condom 8 (20.5) 5 (18.5) 3 (25.0) 0 0 0
No use 7 (17.9) 4 (14.8) 3 (25.0) 9 (36.0) 3 (21.4) 6 (54.5)

aIncludes participants from Maputo city and urban area of Maputo province.