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Table 2 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics

From: Women’s decision-making power in a context of free reproductive healthcare and family planning in rural Burkina Faso

 

Women (n = 23)

Husbands (n = 8)

Key informants (n = 4)

Age

 18–24

7

1

0

 25–34

8

3

0

 35 and older

8

4

4

Marital status

 Married (monogamous)

13

5

2

 Married (polygamous)

10

3

2

Ethnicity

 Gourounsi

9

4

2

 Karaboro

9

2

1

 Turka

2

2

1

 Dagara

2

0

0

 Mossi

1

0

0

Education

 Never attended school

11

1

0

 Primary school

5

3

2

 Secondary school

7

2

2

 Koranic school

0

2

0

Number of children

 1

3

2

0

 2

3

1

0

 3

6

3

0

 More than 3

11

2

4

Income generating activity

 Yes

14

8

4

 No (in school)

3

0

0

 No (housewife)

6

0

0

Household composition

  

0

 Nuclear family

2

0

0

 Extended family

21

8

4