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Table 1 Respondent characteristics

From: An assessment of attitudes toward gender inequitable sexual and reproductive health norms in South Sudan: a community-based participatory research approach

Characteristic

All respondents

Male*

Female*

P**

No education†

Any education†

P‡

n = 680

n = 326

n = 352

 

n = 159

n = 444

Age (years)

34.0 (25.0-45.0)

35.0 (25.0-45.0)

33.0 (25.0-44.5)

0.21

38.0 (29.0-52.0)

30.0 (23.0-42.0)

<0.0001

Marital Status

   

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

Single

120 (17.7)

84 (25.8)

36 (10.2)

 

10 (6.3)

104 (23.4)

 

Married

476 (70.0)

210 (64.4)

264 (75.0)

 

124 (78.0)

301 (67.8)

 

Widowed or divorced

39 (5.7)

7 (2.2)

32 (9.1)

 

14 (8.8)

16 (3.6)

 

Unknown

45 (6.6)

25 (7.7)

20 (5.7)

 

11 (6.9)

23 (5.2)

 

Literacy

   

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

Reads easily

228 (33.5)

141 (43.2)

87 (24.7)

 

19 (11.9)

198 (44.6)

 

Reads with difficulty

161 (23.7)

75 (23.0)

86 (24.3)

 

4 (2.5)

154 (34.7)

 

Not at all

222 (32.6)

80 (24.5)

140 (39.8)

 

123 (77.4)

67 (15.1)

 

Unknown

69 (10.1)

30 (9.2)

39 (11.1)

 

13 (8.2)

25 (5.6)

 

Education (years)

5.0 (0.0-9.0)

7.0 (2.0-10.0)

4.0 (0.0-8.0)

<0.0001

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

7.0 (4.0-10.0)

<0.0001

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range).
  2. *2 participants were missing sex data.
  3. **Comparison is between males and females.
  4. †77 people missing years of education.
  5. ‡Comparison is between no education and education.