Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of married women in Cameroon (n = 4903)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group (in years) | 15–24 | 1126 | 23.0 |
25–34 | 2152 | 44.0 | |
35–49 | 1625 | 33.0 | |
Residence | Rural | 2429 | 49.5 |
Urban | 2474 | 50.5 | |
Religion | Christian | 3302 | 67.4 |
Muslim | 1406 | 28.6 | |
Other | 195 | 4.0 | |
Educational status of a woman | No formal education | 1330 | 27.0 |
Primary | 1552 | 31.7 | |
Secondary | 1760 | 36.0 | |
Higher | 262 | 5.3 | |
Educational status of the husband | No formal education | 905 | 18.4 |
Primary | 1327 | 27.0 | |
Secondary | 1511 | 31.0 | |
Higher | 394 | 8.0 | |
Don’t know | 765 | 15.5 | |
Wealth index | Poor | 2037 | 41.5 |
Middle | 948 | 19.3 | |
Rich | 1918 | 39.2 | |
Current working status | Currently working | 3478 | 29.1 |
Currently not working | 1426 | 70.9 | |
Mass-media exposure | Yes | 2804 | 57.8 |
No | 2099 | 42.8 | |
Husband drinks alcohol | Yes | 2253 | 46.0 |
No | 2650 | 54.0 | |
A region where respondents reside | Adamawa | 265 | 5.4 |
Centre without Yaoundé | 402 | 8.2 | |
Douala | 553 | 11.3 | |
East | 318 | 6.5 | |
Far north | 929 | 19 | |
Littoral (without Yaoundé) | 171 | 3.5 | |
North | 699 | 14.3 | |
Northwest | 335 | 6.9 | |
West | 468 | 9.6 | |
South | 179 | 3.7 | |
Southwest | 92 | 1.9 | |
Yaoundé | 492 | 10.0 |