Table 1 Background characteristics of Rwandan women aged 15–49 years as per the 2020 RDHS
From: Women empowerment and health insurance utilisation in Rwanda: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Characteristics | Frequency (%), N = 14,634 |
|---|---|
Age | |
45–49 | 1211 (8.3) |
35–44 | 3560 (24.3) |
25–34 | 4191 (28.6) |
15–24 | 5672 (38.8) |
Education level | |
Tertiary | 642 (4.4) |
Secondary | 4086 (27.9) |
Primary | 8529 (58.3) |
No education | 1377 (9.4) |
Working status | |
Working | 9702 (66.3) |
Not working | 4932 (33.7) |
Marital status | |
Married | 7401 (50.6) |
Unmarried | 7233 (49.4) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 5364 (36.7) |
Protestant | 6905 (47.2) |
Adventist | 1836 (12.5) |
Muslim | 269 (1.8) |
Others | 261 (1.8) |
Wealth index | |
Richest | 3414 (23.3) |
Richer | 2966 (20.3) |
Middle | 2757 (18.8) |
Poorer | 2756 (18.8) |
Poorest | 2741 (18.7) |
Residence | |
Urban | 2909 (19.9) |
Rural | 11,725 (80.1) |
Region | |
Kigali | 2166 (14.8) |
West | 3174 (21.7) |
East | 4003 (27.4) |
North | 2226 (15.2) |
South | 3065 (20.9) |
Household size | |
Less than 6 | 8672 (59.3) |
6 and above | 5962 (40.7) |
Sex of household head | |
Male | 10,081 (68.9) |
Female | 4553 (31.1) |
Exposure to mass media | |
No exposure | 2522 (17.2) |
Low | 4894 (33.4) |
Medium | 4460 (30.5) |
High | 2758 (18.8) |
Economic empowermenta | |
No | 1269 (11.8) |
Low | 4211 (39.3) |
Medium | 3072 (28.6) |
High | 2174 (20.3) |
Decision-makingb | |
No | 347 (4.7) |
Low | 467 (6.3) |
Medium | 2265 (30.6) |
High | 4322 (58.4) |
Sexual empowermentb | |
No | 827 (11.2) |
Low | 1812 (24.5) |
High | 4762 (64.3) |