Table 1 Comparison between respondent and confidante socio-demographic characteristics, by study context
Cote d'Ivoire | Ethiopia | Ghana | Java | Nigeria | Rajasthan | Uganda | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of respondents | 2738 | 3668 | 4596 | 8969 | 11,106 | 5832 | 2063 |
Number of confidantes | 2024 | 4062 | 3731 | 6680 | 7836 | 6030 | 2727 |
Sociodemographic information | |||||||
Age at last birthday | p = 0.12 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.026 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
R younger than CF | 21.4% | 16.2% | 20.9% | 14.7% | 13.3% | 10.4% | 27.6% |
Same age | 65.8% | 67.8% | 63.7% | 70.3% | 72.7% | 72.7% | 55.8% |
R older than CF | 12.8% | 16.0% | 15.4% | 15.0% | 14.0% | 16.8% | 16.6% |
Level of education | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
R less educated than CF | 21.9% | 19.8% | 19.1% | 12.7% | 14.9% | 21.2% | 22.4% |
Same education | 59.4% | 62.4% | 64.7% | 78.1% | 73.6% | 64.9% | 61.0% |
R more educated than CF | 18.7% | 17.9% | 16.1% | 9.2% | 11.5% | 13.9% | 16.7% |
Place of residence | NA | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | NA | NA | p = 0.097 |
Same location | 93.9% | 88.8% | 91.0% | 94.4% | |||
Different location | 6.1% | 11.2% | 9.0% | 5.6% | |||
Marital status | NA | NA | p = 0.51 | p < 0.001 | NA | NA | NA |
Both married/cohabiting | 51.7% | 65.5% | |||||
Neither married/cohabiting | 21.6% | 17.0% | |||||
R yes, CF no | 12.5% | 10.6% | |||||
R no, CF yes | 14.3% | 6.9% | |||||
Number of children | NA | NA | p < 0.001 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
R has less children | 22.1% | ||||||
Same number of children | 53.6% | ||||||
More children | 24.3% | ||||||