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Table 2 Characteristics of the sample population

From: Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

  

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL

Number of adults interviewed

Adults

2526

2367

2863

2458

2649

1974

2963

2842

20639

% who had not completed primary school

Crude

322/2367

639/2183

1572/2827

1807/2425

497/2599

401/1827

803/2895

207/2772

6248/19895

 

Weighted

12%

22%

43%

75%

17%

14%

22%

6%

42%

% female respondents

Crude

1495/2489

1488/2348

1683/2853

1471/2446

1465/2632

1122/1957

1605/2954

1543/2827

11872/20506

 

Weighted

57%

66%

63%

61%

56%

56%

58%

54%

59%

% who said they did not have enough food in the last week

Crude

616/2216

734/2020

869/2180

705/1752

537/1799

672/1816

821/2175

815/2616

5769/16574

 

Weighted

27%

31%

27%

42%

27%

23%

36%

29%

35%

% with no income

Crude

248/1900

419/1963

51/1983

66/1628

302/1727

230/1584

132/1890

155/2067

1603/14742

 

Weighted

11%

17%

2%

4%

14%

8%

5%

6%

5%

Average HH size

Average

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.4

6.2

3.9

4.7

5.3