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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants, May - December 2018

From: Diné (Navajo) female perspectives on mother–daughter communication and cultural assets around the transition to womanhood: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

N, (%)

Community A

Community B

p-value

Total

200

102

98

0.46

Age group (years)

   

0.16

 < 20

1 (1%)

0

1

 

 20–29

42 (21%)

14

28

 

 30–39

44 (22%)

25

19

 

 40–49

30 (15%)

14

16

 

 50–59

36 (18%)

21

15

 

 60–69

28 (14%)

15

13

 

 70+

9 (5%)

6

3

 

 Did not answer

10 (5%)

7

3

 

 Average ± SD

44 ± 15.5

46.5

41.5

0.03

Which of the following describes you?a

   

0.52

 Mother

95 (48%)

45

50

 

 Grandmother

37 (19%)

20

17

 

 Aunt

59 (30%)

28

31

 

 Older sister

55 (28%)

31

24

 

 None of the above

3 (2%)

0

3

 

 All of the above

50 (25%)

26

24

 

Marital status

   

0.02

 Single

64 (32%)

34

30

 

 Not married but have partner

39 (20%)

12

27

 

 Married

69 (35%)

43

26

 

 Widowed

9 (5%)

3

6

 

 Divorced

16 (8%)

9

7

 

 Did not answer

3 (2%)

1

2

 
  1. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding
  2. Significant p-values at the 0.05 level are in bold
  3. aMore than one answer allowed