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Table 3 Magnitude of polygamous marriage among patients with cervical cancer

From: Socio-economic and cultural vulnerabilities to cervical cancer and challenges faced by patients attending care at Tikur Anbessa Hospital: a cross sectional and qualitative study

Characteristics

N (%)

Prior marriage of husbands (n = 180)

 Yes

104 (57.8)

 No

76 (42.2)

Number of Wives Of Husbands (n = 104)

 1

56 (53.8)

 2

24 (23.1)

 3

16 (15.4)

 4

4 (3.8)

 5

4 (3.8)

Respondents in Polygamous Marriage (n = 197)

 Yes

53 (26.9)

 No

144 (73.1)

Number of Wives of Husbands (n = 53)

 One

34 (64.2)

 Two

13 (24.5)

 Three

4 (7.5)

 Four

2 (3.8)