Table 2.
Descriptive statistics.
| All women |
bl |
“Tran” Women ⋄ |
bl |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Obs | Mean | Obs | Mean | Obs | Mean | ||
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||||
| Age (in years) | 24,562 | 28.11 | 1,863 | 19.12 | 7,478 | 28.88 | ||
| Lives in rural location (%) | 24,562 | 81.70 | 1,863 | 76.66 | 7,478 | 81.51 | ||
| Is currently married (%) | 24,562 | 61.68 | 1,863 | 0.00 | 7,478 | 54.06 | ||
| Education level (in years) | 24,562 | 5.96 | 1,863 | 7.33 | 7,478 | 7.06 | ||
| Household size | 24,562 | 5.36 | 1,863 | 5.79 | 7,478 | 5.28 | ||
| Is the HH head (%) | 24,562 | 18.27 | 1,863 | 15.35 | 7,478 | 58.29 | ||
| Employed in agricultural activities (%) | 24,562 | 39.44 | 1,863 | 30.72 | 7,478 | 38.47 | ||
| HH head is employed in agricultural activities † (%) | 21,368 | 39.16 | 1,190 | 34.56 | 6,373 | 41.29 | ||
| Drought outcomes ∓ | ||||||||
| Drought in 2015–2016 | ||||||||
| Experienced no drought | 24,562 | 8.03 | 1,863 | 5.05 | 7,478 | 8.36 | ||
| Experienced 1 to 5 months drought | 24,562 | 12.51 | 1,863 | 9.40 | 7,478 | 14.64 | ||
| Experienced 6-months drought | 24,562 | 79.46 | 1,863 | 85.55 | 7,478 | 77.00 | ||
| Drought in 2014–2015 | ||||||||
| Experienced no drought | 24,562 | 4.34 | 1,863 | 4.30 | 7,478 | 4.45 | ||
| Experienced 1 to 5 months drought | 24,562 | 34.21 | 1,863 | 34.56 | 7,478 | 33.64 | ||
| Experienced 6-months drought | 24,562 | 61.46 | 1,863 | 61.14 | 7,478 | 61.91 | ||
| Number of 6-months droughts: | ||||||||
| in the last 2 years | 24,562 | 1.41 | 1,863 | 1.47 | 7,478 | 1.39 | ||
| in the last 5 years | 24,562 | 1.64 | 1,863 | 1.70 | 7,478 | 1.62 | ||
| in the last 10 years | 24.562 | 1.80 | 1,863 | 1.80 | 7,478 | 1.79 | ||
| Sexual risk and infection outcomes | ||||||||
| Tested positive for HIV (%) | 7,718 | 10.96 | 591 | 7.79 | 6,593 | 7.24 | ||
| Had STI in the last 12 months (%) | 24,507 | 2.46 | 1,854 | 2.01 | 7,456 | 2.00 | ||
| Engaged in transactional sex (%) | – | – | 1,863 | 5.18 | 6,393 | 11.02 | ||
Notes: Estimates are weighted to be representative at the national level.
∓ A moderate drought is defined by the SPI reaching more than one standard deviation below the long term mean in the 6 month period of interest.
† We have the information on head of HH employment sector only if the interviewed person is the head or his/her spouse.
We can then input the head of HH occupation for other members of the HH.
⋄ Women who answered to the transactional sex question.