Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of young women in Sierra Leone as per the 2019 SLDHS
Characteristics | N = 1,506 | % |
|---|---|---|
Heard family planning messages on mass media | Â | Â |
No | 928 | 61.6 |
Yes | 578 | 38.4 |
Source of family planning method | Â | Â |
Government health facility | 1176 | 78.1 |
Private health facility | 330 | 21.9 |
Access to internet | Â | Â |
No | 1129 | 74.9 |
Yes | 377 | 25.1 |
Age | Â | Â |
15 to 19 | 720 | 47.8 |
20 to 24 | 786 | 52.2 |
Residence | Â | Â |
Urban | 847 | 56.3 |
Rural | 658 | 43.7 |
Region | Â | Â |
Western | 338 | 22.5 |
Eastern | 288 | 23.9 |
Northwestern | 243 | 16.1 |
Northern | 360 | 23.9 |
Southern | 276 | 18.3 |
Religion | Â | Â |
Islam | 1084 | 72.0 |
Christianity and others | 421 | 28.0 |
Sex household head | Â | Â |
Male | 946 | 62.8 |
Female | 560 | 37.2 |
Working status | Â | Â |
Not working | 752 | 49.9 |
Working | 754 | 50.1 |
Education Level | Â | Â |
No Education | 147 | 9.7 |
Primary Education | 147 | 9.7 |
Secondary Education | 1155 | 76.7 |
Tertiary | 58 | 3.8 |
Wealth Index | Â | Â |
Poorest | 160 | 10.6 |
Poorer | 214 | 14.2 |
Middle | 315 | 20.9 |
Richer | 456 | 30.3 |
Richest | 362 | 24.0 |
Visited health facility within 12 months | Â | Â |
No | 718 | 47.7 |
Yes | 788 | 52.3 |
Visited by field health worker within 12 months | Â | Â |
No | 1062 | 70.5 |
Yes | 444 | 29.5 |
Permission to access healthcare | Â | Â |
Big problem | 316 | 21.0 |
Not big problem | 1190 | 79.0 |
Distance to health facility | Â | Â |
Big problem | 547 | 36.3 |
Not big problem | 959 | 63.7 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
Not married | 1189 | 79.0 |
Married | 317 | 21.0 |