Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
Variables | Weighted N | Weighted % | Obstetric fistula awareness | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%)87.2% | Yes (%)12.8% | χ2 P-value | |||
Age (years) | |||||
 15–19 | 2,630 | 22.2 | 93.7 | 6.3 |  < 0.001 |
 20–24 | 2,172 | 18.4 | 89.2 | 10.8 | |
 25–29 | 2,238 | 18.9 | 86.1 | 13.9 | |
 30–34 | 1,606 | 13.6 | 83.5 | 16.5 | |
 35–39 | 1,433 | 12.1 | 83.8 | 16.2 | |
 40–44 | 1,028 | 8.7 | 83.7 | 16.3 | |
 45–49 | 716 | 6.1 | 78.9 | 21.1 | |
Marital status | |||||
 Never married | 3,686 | 31.2 | 91.7 | 8.3 |  < 0.001 |
 Married | 7,480 | 63.3 | 85.4 | 14.6 | |
 Cohabitation | 25 | 0.2 | 87.5 | 12.5 | |
 Widowed | 182 | 1.5 | 85.5 | 14.5 | |
 Divorced | 450 | 3.8 | 84.3 | 15.7 | |
Educational status | |||||
 No education | 4,119 | 34.8 | 88.0 | 12.0 |  < 0.001 |
 Primary | 1,854 | 15.7 | 87.0 | 13.0 | |
 Secondary | 5,003 | 42.3 | 88.5 | 11.5 | |
 Higher | 847 | 7.2 | 69.5 | 30.5 | |
Occupation | |||||
 Not working | 4,753 | 40.2 | 91.2 | 8.8 |  < 0.001 |
 Managerial | 579 | 4.9 | 66.9 | 33.1 | |
 Clerical/sales | 3,700 | 31.3 | 84.5 | 15.5 | |
 Agricultural | 1,962 | 16.6 | 87.0 | 13.0 | |
 Services | 320 | 2.7 | 90.0 | 10.0 | |
 Manual | 509 | 4.3 | 83.9 | 16.1 | |
Religion | |||||
 Christianity | 415 | 3.5 | 87.2 | 12.8 |  < 0.001 |
 Islam | 11,408 | 96.5 | 87.1 | 12.9 | |
Health insurance | |||||
 No | 11,499 | 97.3 | 87.2 | 12.7 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 324 | 2.7 | 78.4 | 21.6 | |
Parity | |||||
 Null | 4,296 | 36.0 | 90.8 | 9.2 |  < 0.001 |
 1–3 | 3,888 | 33.0 | 87.1 | 12.9 | |
 4 and above | 3,639 | 31.0 | 83.4 | 16.6 | |
Sexual experience | |||||
 Not had sex | 3,386 | 29.0 | 91.8 | 8.2 |  < 0.001 |
 Had sex | 8,437 | 71.0 | 85.4 | 14.6 | |
Pregnancy status | |||||
 No or unsure | 10,944 | 93.0 | 87.1 | 12.9 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 879 | 7.0 | 87.0 | 13.0 | |
Ever terminated pregnancy | |||||
 No | 9,843 | 83.0 | 88.0 | 12.0 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 1,980 | 17.0 | 82.4 | 17.6 | |
Frequency of listening to radio | |||||
 Not at all | 2,685 | 22.7 | 89.4 | 10.6 |  < 0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 4,674 | 39.5 | 87.1 | 12.9 | |
 At least once a week | 4,464 | 37.8 | 85.6 | 14.4 | |
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | |||||
 Not at all | 10,109 | 85.5 | 87.9 | 12.2 |  < 0.001 |
 Less than once a week | 1,293 | 11.0 | 81.4 | 18.6 | |
 At least once a week | 421 | 3.5 | 77.9 | 22.1 | |
Frequency of watching television | |||||
 Not at all | 2,110 | 17.8 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 0.046 |
 Less than once a week | 3,130 | 26.5 | 88.2 | 11.80 | |
 At least once a week | 6,583 | 55.7 | 86.4 | 13.6 | |
Owns a mobile telephone | |||||
 No | 2,801 | 24.0 | 90.8 | 9.2 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 9,022 | 76.0 | 85.6 | 14.4 | |
Use of internet | |||||
 Never | 4,083 | 34.5 | 89.0 | 11.0 |  < 0.001 |
 Yes, last 12 months | 7,291 | 61.7 | 85.6 | 14.4 | |
 Yes, before last 12 months | 449 | 3.8 | 87.0 | 13.0 | |
Sex of household head | |||||
 Male | 9,198 | 78.0 | 86.9 | 13.1 | 0.212 |
 Female | 2,625 | 22.0 | 87.9 | 12.1 | |
Wealth index | |||||
 Poorest | 1,998 | 17.0 | 87.4 | 12.6 |  < 0.001 |
 poorer | 2,132 | 18.0 | 89.1 | 10.9 | |
 Middle | 2,283 | 19.3 | 87.5 | 12.5 | |
 Richer | 2,579 | 21.8 | 87.9 | 12.1 | |
 Richest | 2,831 | 23.9 | 82.8 | 17.2 | |
Type of place of residence | |||||
 Urban | 8,710 | 74.0 | 87.1 | 12.9 | 0.870 |
 Rural | 3,113 | 26.0 | 87.1 | 12.8 | |
Region | |||||
 Banjul | 161 | 1.4 | 84.9 | 15.1 |  < 0.001 |
 Kanifing | 2,574 | 21.8 | 86.0 | 14.0 | |
 Brikama | 5,278 | 44.7 | 87.0 | 13.0 | |
 Mansakonko | 428 | 3.6 | 83.5 | 16.5 | |
 Kerewan | 1,127 | 9.5 | 89.6 | 10.4 | |
 Kuntaur | 522 | 4.4 | 83.4 | 16.6 | |
 Janjanbureh | 594 | 5.0 | 91.0 | 9.0 | |
 Basse | 1,136 | 9.6 | 89.0 | 10.9 | |