Table 2 Relationships between key respondent sociodemographic characteristics and reporting any confidantes across the seven applications of the confidante method

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Average # confidantes reported

0.79

0.92

1.29

1.11

0.85

0.78

0.89

1.18

0.84

1.26

1.16

1.60

1.69

1.51

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

% N

N

%

N

Reported 0 confidantes (%, n)

35.5%

994

25.3%

942

34.6%

1,637

48.8%

4,374

47.0%

5,315

15.8°%

932

19.3%

404

Reported 1 or more confidantes (%, n)

64.5%

1804

74.7%

2783

65.4%

30,911

51.2%

4595

53.0%

5,988

84.2°%

4983

80.7%

1684

Age at last birthday

15–19

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

20–29

0.98

0.91

1.05

0.96

0.92

1.00

1.03

0.97

1.09

0.82

0.78

0.87

1.05

1.00

1.10

1.00

0.97

1.03

1.06

1.00

1.12

30–39

0.98

0.91

1.06

0.83

0.79

0.88

0.95

0.90

1.02

0.66

0.63

0.70

0.95

0.91

1.00

0.96

0.93

0.99

1.01

0.95

1.07

40–49

0.82

0.74

0.91

0.82

0.76

0.87

0.92

0.85

0.99

0.52

0.48

0.55

0.87

0.81

0.92

0.90

0.86

0.93

0.88

0.81

0.96

Level of education

Never attended

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Primary

1.06

0.99

1.14

1.33

1.25

1.40

1.22

1.14

1.32

1.60

1.13

2.25

1.18

1.11

1.26

1.06

1.03

1.10

1.01

0.94

1.08

Secondary

1.15

1.07

1.23

1.42

1.34

1.50

1.35

1.25

1.46

2.54

1.81

3.57

1.31

1.24

1.38

1.06

1.02

1.09

1.08

1.00

1.16

Higher

1.18

1.06

1.32

1.44

1.35

1.53

1.36

1.24

1.50

2.81

2.00

3.96

1.46

1.38

1.55

1.13

1.10

1.16

1.05

0.95

1.16

Place of residence

Urban

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Rural

1.03

0.98

1.09

0.90

0.87

0.94

1.00

0.96

1.04

0.82

0.78

0.85

1.04

1.01

1.08

1.03

1.01

1.06

1.02

0.97

1.07

Marital status

Married/c ohabi ting

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Not married/cohabiting

1.07

1.02

1.14

1.07

1.03

1.11

1.02

0.98

1.07

1.36

1.31

1.42

1.12

1.08

1.16

1.04

1.02

1.07

1.01

0.97

1.06

Use of any type of family planning

No

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Yes*

1.11

1.05

1.18

1.05

1.01

1.09

1.09

1.04

1.14

1.01

0.96

1.06

1.17

1.13

1.22

1.01

0.99

1.03

1.10

1.06

1.15

Number of children

No child

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1–2

0.95

0.89

1.02

0.92

0.88

0.96

1.01

0.96

1.06

0.71

0.68

0.74

0.94

0.90

0.99

0.96

0.94

0.99

1.01

0.96

1.07

3–5

0.92

0.86

0.99

0.82

0.77

0.86

0.95

0.90

1.00

0.62

0.58

0.65

0.88

0.84

0.92

0.94

0.91

0.96

1.00

0.95

1.06

6 + 

0.84

0.76

0.92

0.82

0.77

0.88

0.83

0.76

0.90

0.36

0.25

0.51

0.82

0.77

0.87

0.85

0.77

0.92

0.94

0.87

1.00