Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of female and male respondents (chi-square tests for independence) [\({\chi}_c^2\left]\right)\)

Age (%)

0.126

0.645

0.034*

0.541

 18-24

24.0

21.8

24.3

25.8

5.5

2.4

0.6

3.6

 25-34

50.8

47.4

46.7

47.6

34.5

36.6

2.1

1.7

 35+

25.2

30.8

29.1

26.6

60.0

61.0

97.2

94.7

Education (%)

0.134

0.009**

<0.001***

<0.001***

 None

62.8

66.9

65.0

72.5

24.3

27.5

28.9

58.7

 Primary

25.6

25.1

27.7

19.7

35.4

43.4

42.2

28.7

 Secondary+

11.6

8.1

7.3

7.8

22.3

29.1

28.9

12.6

Religion (%)

<0.001***

<0.001***

0.115

<0.001***

 Christian

67.9

89.6

77.8

90.8

50.7

57.9

59.4

52.4

 Traditional

25.2

5.8

17.0

6.1

38.2

34.5

34.1

32.8

 Muslim

1.9

4.1

0.6

1.7

3.5

2.7

2.5

12.4

 None

5.0

0.6

4.6

1.3

7.7

4.8

4.1

2.4

Ethnicity (%)

<0.001***

<0.001***

0.003**

<0.001***

 Fon or Fon-related

91.5

96.5

93.7

98.3

94.7

97.2

93.5

96.9

 Adja

6.5

0.8

5.8

0.4

3.7

0.6

5.7

0.8

 Yoruba

1.9

2.7

0.6

1.3

1.7

2.2

0.8

2.3

Number living children (%)

0.164

0.32

0.002**

0.090

 None

6.5

3.9

6.9

3.6

6.3

2.4

6.9

3.6

 1

14.3

11.6

14.9

15.1

14.3

9.5

12.7

10.9

 2

21.6

19.9

17.4

18.7

15.2

15.3

15.4

15.9

 3

16.8

19.9

20.5

20.3

14.9

15.5

17.7

16.3

 4

17.0

19.5

17.8

17.9

13.7

13.5

14.2

13.6

 5+

23.9

25.4

22.6

24.3

35.6

44.0

33.2

39.8

Cowives (%)

<0.001***

0.020*

<0.001***

<0.001***

 No

70.8

60.5

81.3

75.3

75.1

61.0

86.0

75.3

 Yes

29.2

39.5

24.7

18.7

25.0

39.0

13.9

24.7