Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of EFA and CFA samples
Exploratory, n = 315 | Confirmatory, n = 142 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Site | ||||
Ebonyi, Nigeria | 91 | 28.9 | 51 | 35.9 |
Katsina, Nigeria | 81 | 25.7 | 44 | 31.0 |
Uganda | 143 | 45.4 | 47 | 33.1 |
Age | ||||
15–25 years | 102 | 32.4 | 41 | 28.9 |
26–35 years | 89 | 28.3 | 62 | 43.7 |
36–45 years | 60 | 19.0 | 17 | 12.0 |
46–55 years | 7 | 2.2 | 12 | 8.5 |
56+ years | 10 | 3.2 | 3 | 2.1 |
Education | ||||
None | 63 | 20.0 | 47 | 33.1 |
Primary | 129 | 41.0 | 62 | 43.7 |
Secondary | 66 | 21.0 | 21 | 14.8 |
More than secondary | 17 | 5.4 | 5 | 3.5 |
Only Quranic | 39 | 12.4 | 7 | 4.9 |
Currently working | 137 | 43.5 | 67 | 47.2 |
Marital status | ||||
Single (never married) | 30 | 9.5 | 10 | 7.0 |
Cohabitating | 22 | 7.0 | 34 | 23.9 |
Married | 193 | 61.3 | 76 | 53.5 |
Divorced/separated | 56 | 17.8 | 10 | 7.0 |
Widowed | 13 | 4.1 | 9 | 6.3 |
Number of living children | ||||
None | 130 | 41.3 | 35 | 24.6 |
1–2 | 93 | 29.5 | 46 | 32.4 |
3–4 | 61 | 19.4 | 36 | 25.4 |
5 or more | 50 | 15.9 | 19 | 13.4 |
Last pregnancy delivered at: | ||||
Hospital/facility/PHC | 272 | 86.3 | 106 | 74.6 |
Home | 23 | 7.3 | 17 | 12.0 |
Home with TBA | 7 | 2.2 | 14 | 9.9 |
Prolonged labor during last delivery | 223 | 70.8 | 91 | 64.1 |
Delivery outcome | ||||
Live baby | 99 | 31.4 | 50 | 35.2 |
Live baby but dies few hours later | 39 | 12.4 | 23 | 16.2 |
Stillbirth | 173 | 54.9 | 64 | 45.1 |
Length of time living with fistula | ||||
< 1 year | 176 | 55.9 | 69 | 48.6 |
1–2 years | 35 | 11.1 | 24 | 16.9 |
3–4 years | 50 | 15.9 | 14 | 9.9 |
5–10 years | 18 | 5.7 | 13 | 9.2 |
10+ years | 32 | 10.2 | 19 | 13.4 |
Problem of leaking started | ||||
After delivering a live/stillborn baby | 271 | 86.0 | 133 | 93.7 |
After abdominal/pelvic surgery | 32 | 10.2 | 2 | 1.4 |
After a sexual assault or other injury | 2 | 0.6 | 4 | 2.8 |
Sought treatment for leaking | 142 | 45.1 | 70 | 49.3 |