Table 2 Characteristics of the study population
Baseline characteristics | Number of respondents | Proportion % |
|---|---|---|
Mother’s age at birth | ||
Mean (± SD) | 27.5 (±2.23) | |
<20 | 310 | 14.4% |
20–34 | 1527 | 69.6% |
35–49 | 346 | 16.0% |
Mother’s education level | ||
No education | 1510 | 68.7% |
Primary | 515 | 23.4% |
Secondary | 168 | 7.7% |
Higher | 6 | 0.3% |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 2137 | 97.2% |
Christian | 52 | 2.4% |
Animist | 8 | 0.4% |
No religion | 1 | 0.03% |
Other | 1 | 0.01% |
Marital status | ||
Never in union | 82 | 3.7% |
Married | 2044 | 93.0% |
Living with partner | 17 | 0.7% |
Widowed | 12 | 0.5% |
Divorced | 35 | 1.6% |
No longer living together/separated | 11 | 0.5% |
Mother’s ethnic group | ||
Wolof | 823 | 37.4% |
Puular | 637 | 29.0% |
Serer | 313 | 14.2% |
Manding | 97 | 4.4% |
Diola | 75 | 3.4% |
Soninke | 53 | 2.4% |
Not a Senegalese | 59 | 2.7% |
Other | 141 | 6.5% |
Wealth quintile | ||
Poorest | 493 | 22.4% |
Poor | 470 | 21.4% |
Middle | 452 | 20.6% |
Richer | 472 | 21.5% |
Richest | 312 | 14.2% |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 850 | 39.0% |
Rural | 1349 | 61% |