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Table 2 Demographic characteristics

From: Working with men to prevent intimate partner violence in a conflict-affected setting: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Côte d’Ivoire

Baseline characteristics

Intervention villages

Control villages

 

Men n (%)

Women n (%)

Men n (%)

Women n (%)

Household-level

    

Household has electricity

74/166 (45%)

53/106 (53%)

64/180 (36%)

79/149 (53%)

Main source of drinking water is tap/piped (private or public)

30/166 (18%)

15/106 (14%)

34/180 (19%)

23/149 (15%)

Household has a mobile phone

122/166 (73%)

74/106 (70%)

122/180 (68%)

108/149 (72%)

Individual-level

    

Age (years)

Mean = 40.0, sd = 11.6

Mean = 34.2, sd = 10.0

Mean = 39.6, sd = 13.6

Mean = 32.1, sd = 11.3

Main ethnic/language groups

    

Baoulé

32/166 (19%)

17/106 (16%)

57/180 (32%)

46/149 (31%)

Gueré

43/166 (26%)

21/106 (20%)

16/180 (9%)

14/149 (9%)

Yacouba

28/166 (17%)

26/106 (25%)

41/180 (23%)

44/149 (30%)

Beté

1/166 (1%)

1/106 (1%)

27/180 (15%)

20/149 (13%)

Gouro

27/166 (16%)

15/106 (14%)

5/180 (3%)

3/149 (2%)

Niamboua

16/166 (10%)

7/106 (7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Mossi

6/166 (4%)

4/106 (4%)

11/180 (6%)

5/149 (3%)

Wobé

3/166 (2%)

7/106 (7%)

1/180 (1%)

1/149 (1%)

Dioula/Malinké

2/166 (1%)

1/106 (1%)

2/180 (1%)

2/149 (1%)

Senoufo

2/166 (1%)

3/106 (3%)

1/180 (1%)

1/149 (1%)

Religion

    

Christian

67/166 (40%)

63/106 (59%)

75/180 (42%)

103/149 (69%)

Muslim

18/166 (11%)

12/106 (11%)

24/180 (13%)

16/149 (11%)

Animist

61/166 (37%)

3/106 (3%)

49/180 (27%)

5/149 (3%)

No religion

16/166 (10%)

27/106 (25%)

27/180 (15%)

21/149 (14%)

Lived in study village as a child (<12 yrs old)

84/166 (51%)

18/106 (17%)

82/180 (46%)

43/149 (29%)

Ever attended school

140/166 (84%)

49/106 (46%)

123/178 (69%)

57/146 (39%)

Able to read

125/164 (76%)

32/103 (31%)

120/175 (68%)

46/147 (31%)

Does not earn an income

2/166 (1%)

17/106 (16%)

5/180 (3%)

13/149 (9%)

Farmer/farm owner

124/166 (75%)

38/106 (36%)

136/180 (76%)

51/149 (34%)

Small business owner

10/166 (6%)

50/106 (47%)

11/179 (6%)

88/149 (59%)

Ever-partnered

163/166 (98%)

106/106 (100%)

180/180 (100%)

149/149 (100%)

Current partnership status

    

No current partner

16/166 (10%)

0 (0%)

4/180 (2%)

0 (0%)

Currently living with partner

129/166 (78%)

99/106 (93%)

159/180 (88%)

135/149 (91%)

Currently with partner, not living together

17/166 (10%)

7/106 (7%)

14/180 (8%)

14/149 (9%)

Polygamous relationship

18/167 (11%)

15/106 (14%)

20/180 (11%)

18/149 (12%)

Experienced traumatic events in at least 5 domains, or on at least 5 separate occasions*

72/159 (45%)

43/114 (38%)

55/155 (35%)

36/125 (29%)

  1. *Domains included: war-like conditions (village attacked, forced to flee village, forced to hide in bush); bodily injury (seriously injured by weapon or fighting, beaten by armed forces, forced to have sex with someone who attacked village); forced confinement and coercion (forced to work for someone who attacked village, forced to engage in sex in exchange for something such as food or protection for family); harmed others (used gun or weapon against someone, seriously injured someone, forced to kill someone in self defence); disappearance/death/injury of loved one (member of family/someone close seriously injured or killed by violence); threats against you or loved ones (someone in family threatened, harassed by armed forces with threats to life); mental health (afraid for life).