Table 1 Women’s reproductive health and empowerment experiences, Idjwi, DRC, 2010
Variable | N | Weighted mean or percent | (95% CI) | Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Desired number of children (mean) | 2078 | 6.1 | (6.0, 6.2) | 13 |
Age of first intercourse (mean) | 2078 | 16.8 | (16.7, 16.9) | 31 |
Age started living with husband/partner (mean) | 2078 | 17.7 | (17.6, 17.8) | 157 |
Months exclusively breastfed last child (mean) | 2027 | 6.1 | (5.9, 6.3) | 661 |
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) | 2027 | 66.0 | (63.6, 68.3) | 22 |
Attended at least one antenatal care visit (%) | 2027 | 84.8 | (83.0, 86.6) | 90 |
Ever used any modern contraceptive (%) | 2078 | 6.5 | (5.4, 7.6) | 36 |
Of modern contraceptive users: Male condom | 140 | 12.5 | (6.7, 18.3) | -- |
Of modern contraceptive users: Pill | 140 | 50.6 | (41.5, 59.7) | -- |
Of modern contraceptive users: Injections | 140 | 40.3 | (31.4, 49.2) | -- |
Of modern contraceptive users: Other | 140 | 10.0 | (4.4, 15.6) | -- |
Ever used withdrawal method (%) | 2078 | 2.5 | (1.8, 3.2) | 36 |
Ever used calendar method (%) | 2078 | 3.7 | (2.9, 4.5) | 36 |
Unmet need for contraception (%) | 2078 | 53.8 | (53.4, 54.2) | 7 |
Unmet need for limiting births | 2078 | 15.5 | (13.8, 17.2) | -- |
Unmet need for spacing births | 2078 | 38.3 | (36.1, 40.5) | -- |
Women in polygynous marriage (%) | 2078 | 14.6 | (13.8, 17.2) | 154 |
Self-reported literacy (%) | 2078 | 37.8 | (35.5, 40.1) | 20 |
Health worker spoke to respondent about family planning in the last year (%) | 2078 | 14.2 | (12.9, 16.3) | 9 |
Respondent’s health care decisions are made by ___ (%) | 147 | |||
Herself | 2078 | 6.9 | (5.7, 8.1) | -- |
Husband/partner | 2078 | 85.2 | (83.5, 86.9) | -- |
Herself and husband/partner | 2078 | 7.0 | (5.8, 8.2) | -- |
Someone else | 2078 | 0.9 | (0.4, 1.3) | -- |
Respondent believes it is “common” or “very common” for a woman in her community to be… | ||||
Beaten by her husband/partner | 2078 | 52.3 | (50.0, 54.7) | 11 |
Verbally threatened by her husband/partner | 2078 | 48.1 | (45.8, 50.5) | 12 |
Forced by her husband/partner to have sex | 2078 | 39.4 | (37.1, 41.7) | 17 |
Forced by someone other than her husband/partner to have sex | 2078 | 35.6 | (33.4, 37.9) | 19 |
Respondent believes a husband is justified to beat wife if… | ||||
She goes out without telling him | 2078 | 80.4 | (78.5, 82.3) | 31 |
She neglects the children | 2078 | 76.0 | (74.0, 78.0) | 33 |
She argues with him | 2078 | 68.3 | (66.1, 70.5) | 36 |
She refuses to have sex with him | 2078 | 69.9 | (67.7, 72.1) | 36 |
She burns the food | 2078 | 57.8 | (55.5, 60.1) | 35 |