Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes towards gender equality, and Gender Equitable Men Scale Scores of young, church-going women and men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Young women | Young men | |
|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |
Age groups | ||
18–20 | 86 (29.5) | 160 (55.3) |
21–22 | 69 (23.7) | 67 (23.1) |
23–24 | 136 (46.7) | 62 (21.4) |
Civil status | ||
Married/cohabiting | 85 (29.2) | 64 (22.1) |
Single | 144 (49.4) | 189 (65.4) |
Separated | 62 (21.3) | 36 (12.4) |
Highest grade | ||
Primary school | 46 (16.8) | 27 (9.3) |
Secondary school | 155 (49.4) | 163 (56.4) |
University | 89 (30.6) | 99 (34.2) |
Place of residence | ||
Bumbu | 46 (15.9) | 105 (36.4) |
Masina | 134 (46.3) | 97 (33.6) |
Camp Luka | 109 (37.7) | 86 (29.8) |
Church belonging | ||
Salvation Army | 256 (87.9) | 265 (91.7) |
Église du Christ au Congo | 35 (12) | 24 (8.3) |
Main source of income | ||
Respondents themselves | 99 (34) | 72 (24.9) |
Heads of households | 192 (65.9) | 217 (75) |
Labour status | ||
Unemployed | 103 (35.4) | 133 (46) |
Students | 100 (34.3) | 91 (31.4) |
Employed | 86 (30.2) | 65 (22.4) |
Attitudes to gender equality | ||
Low | 50 (17.1) | 58 (20) |
Medium | 121 (41.5) | 179 (61.9) |
High | 120 (41.2) | 52 (17.9) |
GEM | ||
Low | 162 (55.6) | 112 (38.7) |
Moderate | 122 (41.9) | 87 (30.1) |
High | 7 (4.2) | 90 (31.3) |