Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of male and female post-intervention assessment participants in Balkh, Herat, and Kandahar provinces, Afghanistan 2018
Sociodemographic characteristic | Province % or mean (Standard Deviation (SD)) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | |||||
Balkh (n = 158) | Herat (n = 165) | Kandahar (n = 150) | Balkh (n = 158) | Herat (n = 161) | Kandahar (n = 149) | |
Age mean (+SD) | 30.7 (+ 5.9) | 26.8 (+ 6.5) | 27.8 (+ 6.7) | 34.9 (+ 8.6) | 37.1 (+ 11.4) | 36.9 (+ 10.6) |
Level of education | ||||||
None | 84.2 | 83.9 | 87.3 | 66.5 | 58.4 | 66.4 |
Primary (up to year 6) | 8.9 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 31.1 | 8.7 |
Secondary (years 7–9) | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7.4 |
High school, university, or vocational | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 9.4 |
Madrassah | 3.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 8.1 |
Number of living children | ||||||
None (pregnant with first child) | 1.9 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
1 child | 10.1 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 11.4 |
2–3 children | 26.0 | 32.7 | 30.0 | 31.7 | 24.2 | 23.5 |
4–6 children | 49.4 | 37.5 | 38.7 | 38.6 | 40.4 | 36.9 |
More than 6 children | 12.7 | 10.7 | 20.0 | 13.9 | 23.0 | 26.9 |
Declined to respond | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Number of years married | ||||||
0–5 years | 20.9 | 24.4 | 23.3 | 27.2 | 16.2 | 18.1 |
6–10 years | 28.5 | 28.6 | 36.7 | 27.2 | 21.1 | 25.5 |
11–15 years | 22.2 | 22.0 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 23.6 | 18.8 |
More than 15 years | 26.6 | 12.5 | 22.0 | 27.9 | 37.9 | 37.6 |
Don’t know/declined to respond | 1.9 | 12.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
Household items | ||||||
Electricity | 91.8 | 66.7 | 76.0 | 98.7 | 91.3 | 81.2 |
Radio | 11.4 | 7.1 | 42.7 | 12.7 | 21.1 | 69.1 |
Television | 19.6 | 28.0 | 32.7 | 22.8 | 31.1 | 28.9 |
Mobile phone with Internet | 4.4 | 13.7 | 18.7 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 18.1 |
Mobile phone without internet | 69.6 | 68.5 | 88.7 | 91.8 | 90.1 | 88.6 |
Generator | 3.8 | 2.4 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 15.4 |
Computer | 0.6 | 1.8 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 5.4 |