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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of women participating in the GBV Module by country

From: Violence against women from partners and other household members during COVID-19 in Burkina Faso and Kenya

 

Burkina Faso

Kenya

All women (n = 4065)

Married women; IPV sample (n = 3048)

All women (n = 6715)

Married women); IPV sample (n = 4355)

%a

Sociodemographic

 Residence

  Rural

76.8

80.4

68.2

69.4

  Urban

23.2

19.6

31.8

30.6

 Household wealth

  Lowest

33.6

35.1

34.6

37.0

  Middle

32.5

33.8

34.3

33.6

  Highest

33.9

31.1

31.1

29.5

 Number of HH members

  1–2

5.1

4.4

10.2

6.8

  3–4

26.6

28.1

34.6

38.5

  5–7

37.4

37.9

42.7

44.4

  8+

30.9

29.6

12.5

10.3

 Household composition: Respondent

  Lives alone

0.5

0.2

2.7

0.5

  Lives just with partner

3.0

3.7

3.3

5.1

  Lives with nuclear family

54.6

59.9

60.0

70.4

  Lives with extended family

41.8

38.0

34.1

23.9

 Marital Status

  Married

74.3

90.9

59.0

89.5

  Living with partner

7.1

9.1

5.53

10.5

  Divorced/ Separated

1.3

–

5.89

–

  Widow/ Widower

2.2

–

2.59

–

  Never married

15.1

–

27.0

–

 Age

  15–19

17.4

7.5

16.9

2.1

  20–29

38.0

42.0

35.5

38.7

  30–39

29.2

34.0

30.3

39.0

  40–49

15.5

16.4

17.3

20.3

 Education

  None

59.2

66.9

3.5

4.8

  Primary

18.5

18.5

45.3

51.4

  Secondary or Higher

22.4

14.4

51.2

43.9

 Parity

  0

17.7

4.7

23.0

3.7

  1–2

29.2

33.2

33.5

37.9

  3+

53.1

62.2

43.5

58.5

Economic

 Works outside the HH, last 7 days

32.5

33.4

49.0

52.4

 Works outside the HH, last 12 months

54.6

55.9

60.5

64.6

 Paid for work

  No

21.7

21.4

10.4

9.6

  In cash

70.8

71.0

77.7

77.6

  In cash and in kind

4.4

4.6

9.9

11.0

  In kind only

2.8

2.8

2.0

1.9

Has savings

14.7

15.3

41.8

48.0

Has mpesa mobile

25.5

24.2

69.6

76.4

 Level of financial knowledge

  Not knowledgeable at all

76.1

74.6

5.1

3.3

  Not very knowledgeable

16.7

18.2

19.8

18.5

  Somewhat knowledgeable

5.3

5.4

37.9

39.2

  Very knowledgeable

1.9

1.7

37.2

39.0

Knows where to get financial advice

20.9

21.8

48.2

51.6

Working towards financial goals

71.5

74.0

76.2

80.8

Economic dependence on partner

–

51.8

–

61.8

Relationship Dyad

 Husband’s nights away from home in last 12 months

–

 

–

 

  0

–

50.2

–

56.6

  Less than 30 nights away

–

23.1

–

24.8

  30 or more nights away

–

26.7

–

18.7

 Partner education

–

 

–

 

  None

–

62.5

–

3.9

  Primary

–

21.2

–

44.7

  Secondary or Higher

–

16.3

–

51.4

 Age at marriage

–

 

–

 

  ≦15

–

5.3

–

7.0

   > 15 & < 18

–

47.0

–

22.6

  ≧18

–

47.8

–

70.4

 Husband has other partners

–

 

–

 

  Does not know

–

0.2

–

0.3

  Yes

–

30.5

–

12.1

  No

–

69.4

–

87.6

 Financial Decision-Making Index (Scale 0–5)

–

 

–

 

  Decision-making score as mean (SD)

–

2.60 (1.54)

–

2.36 (1.49)

COVID impact

 Concerned with getting infected with COVID

  Not concerned

3.7

3.1

2.8

2.7

  A little concerned

8.2

7.2

3.6

3.6

  Concerned

16.7

16.3

20.6

20.5

  Very concerned

71.4

73.5

73.0

73.1

  I was infected with COVID

–

–

–

0.1

 Income loss in the last 12 months

    

  None

53.9

52.9

21.2

18.6

  Partial

36.7

37.2

52.8

54.9

  Complete

9.4

9.9

26.0

26.6

 Income loss in the last 12 months was from COVID restrictions (n = 2143, those who reported partial or complete income loss)

  No

84.6

84.9

93.2

93.6

  Yes

15.4

15.1

6.9

6.4

 Income partially or fully recovered in the last 4 weeks (n = 2142 [1mis], those who reported partial or complete income loss)

  Not recovered

30.0

30.9

32.3

32.1

  Yes, partially

63.5

62.9

64.9

65.0

  Yes, fully

6.5

6.1

2.8

2.91

  1. aweighted
  2. *=p<0.05; **=p<0.01; ***=p<0.001