TABLE 1.

Background Characteristics of Respondents in a Study to Assess the Effect of 2 Intervention Models on Family Planning Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Souhag and Port Said, Egypt

	Souhag, %		Port Said, %
	Intervention (n=778)	Comparison (n=699)	Intervention (n=1,145)	Comparison (n=621)
Age,^a^,^b years
18–19	12.2	6.4	10.5	9.8
20–24	44.7	25.9	25.9	36.1
25–29	27.9	30.2	33.5	31.7
30–35	15.2	37.3	30.1	22.2
Residence
Urban	67.1	62.5	83.2	84.5
Rural	32.9	37.5	16.8	15.5
Sex^a
Male	35.6	47.4	77.4	78.7
Female	64.4	52.6	22.6	21.3
Education completed^a^,^b
Never attended/less than primary	0.4	0.1	4.2	2.1
Primary/preparatory	5.5	0.7	10.7	7.4
Secondary/intermediary	62.1	58.7	68.9	67.3
University/higher	32.0	40.5	16.2	23.2
Employment status^a
Currently employed	30.7	43.8	100	100
Unemployed and searching	36.8	24.5	0	0
Out of labor force	32.5	31.8	0	0
Marital status^a^,^b
Never married	55.5	34.9	40.5	48.0
Engaged/marriage contract	8.2	6.9	14.4	17.4
Married	33.9	56.4	42.8	32.1
Widowed/divorced/ separated	2.3	1.9	2.3	2.6
Number of living children^a^,^b
0	71.3	50.6	63.4	73.8
1	10.2	11.0	15.6	13.9
2	8.9	17.0	15.9	9.0
3 or more	9.6	21.3	5.1	3.4
Ever heard of a family planning method^b
Yes	83.3	83.1	76.5	68.3
No/don’t know	16.7	16.9	23.5	31.7

↵^a Statistically significant for Souhag at P<.01.
↵^b Statistically significant for Port Said at P<.01.