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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women and men participated in the Burkina Faso 2010 Demographic and Health Survey

From: Uptake of HIV testing in Burkina Faso: an assessment of individual and community-level determinants

Variables

Women

Men

N

Proportion (%)a

N

Proportion (%)b

Age groups

 

15–24

4403

30.3

1072

18.4

 

25–34

5441

36.9

1791

31.4

 

≥35

4914

32.9

2917

50.2

Education

 

No school

11,393

78.0

3722

65.6

 

Primary

1877

12.2

1076

18.5

 

Secondary/higher

1488

9.9

982

15.9

Number of children ever born

 

0

1655

11.3

  
 

1–2

4052

27.3

  
 

3+

9051

61.4

  

Marital status

 

Married/in union

13,236

90.6

4528

79.5

 

Single

1522

9.4

1252

20.5

Religion

 

Muslim

8961

62.5

3458

61.0

 

Christian

4330

28.6

1681

28.5

 

Animist/others

1426

8.6

635

10.4

 

Missing

41

0.2

6

0.1

Wealth index

 

Poorest

2475

17.7

940

17.1

 

Poor

2747

19.3

1058

19.0

 

Middle

2900

19.6

1032

18.1

 

Richer

3160

20.4

1182

19.3

 

Richest

3476

23.1

1568

26.4

Place of residence

 

Urban

4385

25.2

1967

29.2

 

Rural

10,373

74.8

3813

70.8

Working year-round

 

Yes

3081

20.0

2133

36.8

 

No

11,632

79.7

3633

62.9

 

Missing

45

0.3

14

0.3

Media exposureb

 

Low (0–1)

6165

42.2

998

18.3

 

Middle (2–3)

6271

42.1

3053

53.3

 

High (4–6)

2258

15.4

1715

28.2

 

Missing

64

0.4

14

0.2

  1. aProportions take into account sample weights
  2. bExposure to mass media was measured through a composite index of three survey items that assessed whether the respondent reads newspapers or magazines, listens to the radio, or watches television. The additive scale is split into a three-level categorical variable: low media exposure (score of 0–1), medium media exposure (2–3), and high media exposure (4–6)
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