Table 2 Demographic characteristics stratified by gender
From: Reproductive health services for refugees by refugees in Guinea I: family planning
Variable | Category | Male (%) | Female (%) | X2p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents: | 445 (100) | 444 (100) | ||
Age | 15–19 | 103 (23) | 104 (23) | |
20–29 | 141 (32) | 189 (43) | ||
30–39 | 140 (31) | 118 (27) | ||
40–49 | 61 (14) | 33 (7) | 0.001 | |
Country of origin | Sierra Leone | 436 (98) | 432 (97) | |
Liberia | 7 (2) | 12 (3) | ||
Other | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.19 | |
Arrival in camp | Before 1996 | 202 (45) | 188 (42) | |
1996 or later | 243 (55) | 256 (58) | 0.36 | |
Education | No formal education | 181 (41) | 316 (71) | |
Some formal education | 264 (59) | 128 (29) | <0.001 | |
Religion | Catholic | 82 (18) | 88 (20) | |
Protestant | 173 (39) | 184 (41) | ||
Muslim | 190 (43) | 172 (39) | 0.49 | |
Age at first penetrative sex | 15 years or less | 113 (25) | 228 (51) | |
16 years or older | 269 (61) | 185 (42) | ||
Unknown | 10 (2) | 5 (1) | ||
Never | 53 (12) | 26 (6) | <0.001 | |
Marital status | Never married | 170 (38) | 69 (16) | |
Currently married | 251 (56) | 320 (72) | <0.001 | |
Widowed/Separated | 24 (6) | 55 (12) | ||
Risk of unplanned pregnancy* | No | 141 (32) | 132 (30) | |
Yes | 304 (68) | 312 (70) | 0.53 | |
Ever married respondents | n = 275 (100) | n = 375 (100) | ||
Polygyny | Respondent or husband has other wife/wives | 58 (21) | 120 (32) | 0.002 |
Residence of partner | Living together in camp | 237 (86) | 275 (73) | <0.001 |
Age at marriage+[29] | 10 or under | 0 (0) | 12 (3) | |
11–17 | 16 (6) | 265 (71) | ||
18–29 | 220 (80) | 96 (26) | ||
30+ | 39 (14) | 1 (0) | <0.001 | |
Female respondents | -- | n = 444 (100) | ||
Parity | Nulliparous | -- | 84 (19) | |
Parous | -- | 360 (81) | -- | |
Parous female respondents | n = 360 (100) | |||
Living children (women) | None | -- | 36 (10) | |
1–3 children living in household | -- | 258 (72) | ||
4–8 children living in household | -- | 66 (18) | -- | |