Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of women
From: Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among married women in Zambia
Characteristics | ZDHS 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
% | n | |
Mean age (in years) | 29.3 | |
Age group | ||
15–19 | 5.3 | 238 |
20–24 | 23.1 | 1,031 |
25–29 | 24.6 | 1,098 |
30–34 | 20.5 | 915 |
35–39 | 16.1 | 720 |
40–44 | 7.7 | 345 |
45–49 | 2.7 | 118 |
Type of residence | ||
Urban | 36.6 | 1,633 |
Rural | 63.4 | 2,833 |
Educational level | ||
No education | 10.4 | 466 |
Primary | 51.3 | 2,292 |
Secondary | 33.8 | 1,510 |
Higher | 4.4 | 197 |
Wealth status | ||
Poor | 45.4 | 2,027 |
Middle | 19.1 | 853 |
Rich | 35.5 | 1,586 |
Employment status | ||
Unemployed | 49.7 | 2,221 |
Employed | 50.3 | 2,245 |
Age at first marriage | ||
< 18 | 46.2 | 2,064 |
18 + | 53.8 | 2,401 |
Ever used any contraceptive method | ||
No | 18.9 | 842 |
Yes | 81.1 | 3,623 |
Children ever born | ||
1–2 | 36.6 | 1,635 |
3–4 | 29.9 | 1,337 |
5 + | 33.4 | 1,493 |
Ideal number of children | ||
0 | 0.9 | 38 |
1–2 | 5.5 | 241 |
3–4 | 40.3 | 1,765 |
5 + | 53.3 | 2,333 |
Reproductive health decision-making capacity | ||
No | 49.7 | 2,217 |
Yes | 50.3 | 2,248 |
Knows fertile period | ||
No | 80.2 | 3,582 |
Yes | 19.8 | 884 |
Ever experienced any sexual violence | ||
No | 85.1 | 3,802 |
Yes | 14.9 | 663 |
Unintended pregnancy | ||
Intended | 35.5 | 2.880 |
Unintended | 64.5 | 1,586 |
Total | 100 | 4,465 |