Table 1 Demographic characteristics
From: Reproductive health for refugees by refugees in Guinea III: maternal health
Variable | Women (%) |
|---|---|
All respondents: | n = 444 (100) |
Age | |
15-24 (Adolescent) | 190 (43) |
25-47 (Adult) | 254 (57) |
Country of origin | |
Sierra Leone | 432 (97) |
Liberia | 12 (3) |
Arrival in camp | |
Before 1996 | 188 (42) |
1996 or later | 256 (58) |
Education | |
No formal education | 316 (71) |
Some formal education | 128 (29) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 88 (20) |
Protestant | 184 (41) |
Muslim | 172 (39) |
Age at first penetrative sex | |
15 years or less | 228 (51) |
16 years or older | 185 (42) |
Unknown | 5 (1) |
Never | 26 (6) |
Marital status | |
Never married | 69 (16) |
Currently married | 320 (72) |
Widowed/Separated | 55 (12) |
Parity | |
Nulliparous | 84 (19) |
Primiparous | 64 (14) |
Multiparous (2-4) | 159 (36) |
Grand multipara (5-14) | 137 (31) |
Obstetric need* | |
No - Never had penetrative sex | 26 (6) |
No - Current FP user/abstaining | 115 (26) |
Yes | 303 (68) |
Ever married respondents | n = 375 (100) |
Partner has other wife/partners | 120 (32) |
Currently living with partner | 275 (73) |
Age at marriage | |
10 or under | 12 (4) |
11-14 | 39 (10) |
15-17 | 226 (60) |
18-29 | 96 (26) |
30+ | 1 (0) |
Parous female respondents | n = 360 (100) |
Living children | |
None | 36 (10) |
1-3 children living in household | 258 (72) |
4-8 children living in household | 66 (18) |
Place of last delivery | |
At home | 111 (31) |
At facility | 249 (69) |