Table 2 Summary of pooled sample characteristics of the Demographic and Health Surveys data in sub-Saharan Africa, 2003–2012
Variable | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Individual-level factors | 31,270 (100) |
Sex | |
Female | 18,016 (57.6) |
Male | 13,254 (42.4) |
Age (in years) | |
18–24 | 7,148 (22.9) |
25–34 | 11,551 (36.9) |
35–44 | 8,329 (26.6) |
45+ | 4,242 (13.6) |
Education | |
No education | 11,340 (36.3) |
Primary | 9,041 (28.9) |
Secondary or higher | 10,874 (34.8) |
Wealth index | |
Poorer | 9,917 (31.7) |
Middle | 10,223 (32.7) |
Richer | 11,130 (35.6) |
Employment status | |
Not working | 9.262 (29.6) |
Current employed | 22,008 (70.4) |
Marital status | |
Never married | 6,100 (19.5) |
Ever married | 25,170 (80.5) |
Neighbourhood-level factors | |
Place of residence | |
Urban | 12,507 (40.0) |
Rural | 18,763 (60.0) |
Poverty rate | |
High | 21,071 (67.4) |
Low | 10,199 (32.6) |
Illiteracy rate | |
High | 19,130 (61.2) |
Low | 12,140 (38.8) |
Unemployment rate | |
High | 17,141 (54.9) |
Low | 14,089 (45.1) |
Country-level factors | |
Percentage rural population | |
High | 18,952 (60.6) |
Low | 12,318 (39.4) |
Intensity of deprivation | |
High | 9,567 (30.6) |
Low | 21,703 (69.4) |