Table 2 socio-demographic and economic characteristics of respondents in high fertility countries (n = 159,014)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 15–24 | 62,599 | 39.36 |
25–34 | 51,707 | 32.52 | |
35 +  | 44,708 | 28.12 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 58,056 | 36.51 |
Rural | 100,958 | 63.49 | |
Sex of household head | Male | 127,349 | 80.09 |
Female | 31,665 | 19.91 | |
Current marital status | Married | 95,744 | 60.21 |
Not married | 63,270 | 39.79 | |
Educational status of respondents | No education | 71,232 | 44.80 |
Primary education | 35,185 | 22.13 | |
Secondary education | 45,233 | 28.44 | |
Higher education | 7362 | 4.63 | |
Occupation of respondents | Not working | 42,455 | 26.70 |
Professional | 51,132 | 32.16 | |
Agricultural | 39,899 | 25.09 | |
Manual | 17,678 | 11.12 | |
Others | 7850 | 4.93 | |
Wealth status | Poorest | 28,433 | 17.88 |
Poorer | 30,204 | 18.99 | |
Middle | 30,840 | 19.39 | |
Richer | 32,872 | 20.67 | |
Richest | 36,666 | 23.07 | |
Community-level poverty | Low | 84,375 | 53.06 |
High | 74,639 | 46.94 | |
Having media exposure | Yes | 100,938 | 63.48 |
No | 58,076 | 36.52 | |
Visit the health facility for the last 12 months (n = 158,908) | No | 82,177 | 51.71 |
Yes | 76,731 | 48.29 | |
Distance to the health facility(n = 147,408) | Big problem | 53,405 | 36.23 |
Not big problem | 94,003 | 63.77 |