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Table 2 Baseline respondent characteristics

From: An assessment of gender inequitable norms and gender-based violence in South Sudan: a community-based participatory research approach

Characteristic

All respondents n=680

Male† n=326

Female† n=352

P*

Age (years)—median (IQR)

34.0 (25.0-45.0)

35.0 (25.0-45.0)

33.0 (25.0-44.5)

0.21

Marital Status—n (%)

   

<0.0001

Single

120 (17.7)

84 (25.8)

36 (10.2)

 

Married

476 (70.0)

210 (64.4)

264 (75.0)

 

Widowed or divorced

39 (5.7)

7 (2.2)

32 (9.1)

 

Unknown

45 (6.6)

25 (7.7)

20 (5.7)

 

Religion**—n (%)

   

0.86

Christian

419 (61.6)

200 (61.4)

217 (61.6)

 

Muslim

40 (5.9)

20 (6.1)

20 (5.7)

 

Other

8 (1.2)

5 (1.5)

3 (0.9)

 

Unknown

213 (31.3)

101 (31.0)

112 (31.8)

 

Ethnicity**—n (%)

   

0.43

Dinka

209 (30.7)

100 (30.7)

107 (30.4)

 

Kakwa

77 (11.3)

39 (12.0)

38 (10.8)

 

Shilluk

48 (7.1)

17 (5.2)

31 (8.8)

 

Other

141 (20.7)

72 (22.1)

69 (19.6)

 

Missing

205 (30.2)

98 (30.1)

107 (30.4)

 

Literacy—n (%)

   

<0.0001

Reads easily

228 (33.5)

141 (43.2)

87 (24.7)

 

Reads with difficulty

161 (23.7)

75 (23.0)

86 (24.3)

 

Not at all

222 (32.6)

80 (24.5)

140 (39.8)

 

Unknown

69 (10.1)

30 (9.2)

39 (11.1)

 

Education (years)—median (IQR)

5.0 (0.0-9.0)

7.0 (2.0-10.0)

4.0 (0.0-8.0)

<0.0001

  1. IQR=Interquartile range
  2. †2 participants were missing gender data;
  3. *Comparison is between males and females;
  4. **Data missing for Lainya 2009, Ronyi 2009.