TABLE 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants, September 2015 to February 2017, Mangochi District, Malawi (N=731)

CharacteristicValue
Provider type at enrollment, No. (%)
Clinic-based205 (28.0)
Community health worker526 (72.0)
Age group, years, No. (%)
18–24264 (36.1)
25–29238 (32.6)
30–35184 (25.2)
>3545 (6.2)
Age, years, mean (SD)26.9 (5.2)
Education, No. (%)
No school/less than primary school545 (74.6)
Completed primary school or higher185 (25.3)
No response1 (0.1)
Religion, No. (%)
Christian310 (42.4)
Muslim418 (57.2)
None1 (0.1)
No response2 (0.3)
Married or has regular sexual partner, No. (%)
Not married and no regular sexual partner25 (3.4)
Married or regular sexual partner705 (96.4)
No response1 (0.1)
Husband/partner knows respondent receiving family planning today, among those with partner,a No. (%)
No137 (20.1)
Yes522 (76.8)
Don't know13 (1.9)
No response8 (1.2)
Ever given birth, No. (%)
No5 (0.7)
Yes725 (99.2)
No response1 (0.1)
Number of living children, among those who gave birth, No. (%)
Less than 3 living children321 (44.3)
3 or more living children404 (55.7)
Number of living children, among those who gave birth, mean (SD)3.0 (1.64)
Would like to have a/another child, No. (%)
No182 (24.9)
Yes529 (72.4)
Don't know17 (2.3)
No response3 (0.4)
Ever used contraception, No. (%)
No47 (6.4)
Yes679 (92.9)
No response5 (0.7)
Ever used injectables, among those who ever used contraception, No. (%)
No21 (3.1)
Yes657 (96.8)
No response1 (0.1)
  • Abbreviations: No., number; SD, standard deviation.

  • a This question purposefully excludes 25 women who were married but were not living with their husband and had no other regular sexual partner.