Baseline Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants, September 2015 to February 2017, Mangochi District, Malawi (N=731)
Characteristic | Value |
---|---|
Provider type at enrollment, No. (%) | |
Clinic-based | 205 (28.0) |
Community health worker | 526 (72.0) |
Age group, years, No. (%) | |
18–24 | 264 (36.1) |
25–29 | 238 (32.6) |
30–35 | 184 (25.2) |
>35 | 45 (6.2) |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 26.9 (5.2) |
Education, No. (%) | |
No school/less than primary school | 545 (74.6) |
Completed primary school or higher | 185 (25.3) |
No response | 1 (0.1) |
Religion, No. (%) | |
Christian | 310 (42.4) |
Muslim | 418 (57.2) |
None | 1 (0.1) |
No response | 2 (0.3) |
Married or has regular sexual partner, No. (%) | |
Not married and no regular sexual partner | 25 (3.4) |
Married or regular sexual partner | 705 (96.4) |
No response | 1 (0.1) |
Husband/partner knows respondent receiving family planning today, among those with partner,a No. (%) | |
No | 137 (20.1) |
Yes | 522 (76.8) |
Don't know | 13 (1.9) |
No response | 8 (1.2) |
Ever given birth, No. (%) | |
No | 5 (0.7) |
Yes | 725 (99.2) |
No response | 1 (0.1) |
Number of living children, among those who gave birth, No. (%) | |
Less than 3 living children | 321 (44.3) |
3 or more living children | 404 (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. (%) | |
No | 182 (24.9) |
Yes | 529 (72.4) |
Don't know | 17 (2.3) |
No response | 3 (0.4) |
Ever used contraception, No. (%) | |
No | 47 (6.4) |
Yes | 679 (92.9) |
No response | 5 (0.7) |
Ever used injectables, among those who ever used contraception, No. (%) | |
No | 21 (3.1) |
Yes | 657 (96.8) |
No response | 1 (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.