Table 1 Polygamous marriage among women by socio-demographic profile
Age (years) | Totala | % | 95% CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 to 49 | 961 | 4.0 | 2.0–7.9 | 0.001 |
50+ | 476 | 14.6 | 9.3–22.2 | |
Race group | ||||
Black African | 750 | 10.7 | 7.2–15.5 | 0.053 |
Other | 686 | 3.0 | 0.8–11.1 | |
Education level | ||||
No education | 208 | 22.7 | 13.9–34.8 | < 0.001 |
Primary | 611 | 7.2 | 4.4–11.3 | |
Secondary | 456 | 2.6 | 0.7–9.5 | |
Tertiary | 155 | 0.5 | 0.1–2.9 | |
Employment status | ||||
Not Employed | 960 | 8.9 | 5.8–13.3 | 0.465 |
Employed | 442 | 5.9 | 2.1–15.7 | |
Household Vulnerability indicator | ||||
Not enough money for basic things like food and clothes | 521 | 14.2 | 9.3–21.1 | 0.005 |
Have money for food and clothes, short on many other things | 485 | 6.3 | 2.6–14.6 | |
We have most of the important things, but few luxury goods | 310 | 2.1 | 1.0–4.7 | |
Some money for extra things as holidays and luxury goods | 104 | |||
Type of religion | ||||
Christian religion | 1032 | 7.8 | 5.0–12.0 | 0.247 |
Other religion | 303 | 3.9 | 1.2–11.6 | |
Importance of religion | ||||
Not important at all | 21 | 18.5 | 2.7–65.0 | 0.538 |
Slightly important | 24 | 6.1 | 1.4–22.9 | |
Somewhat important | 28 | 17.9 | 3.2–58.9 | |
Important | 214 | 5.7 | 2.5–12.5 | |
Very important | 1133 | 8.6 | 5.5–13.1 | |
Locality type | ||||
Urban Formal | 931 | 4.2 | 2.1–8.5 | 0.083 |
Urban Informal | 109 | 12.0 | 3.9–31.3 | |
Rural informal | 326 | 13.2 | 8.0–20.9 | |
Rural Formal | 71 | 11.9 | 2.5–41.2 | |