Table 1 Characteristics of the participants: absolute and relative for both sample and (weighted) population
Variable | Group | N | Proportion (Sample) | Proportion (Weighted, 95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 15–19 | 29 | 7.71% | 5.48% (2.48-10.00) |
20–24 | 54 | 14.36% | 16.40%(12.80–21.00) | |
25–29 | 60 | 15.96% | 14.90% (9.60–22.00) | |
30–34 | 77 | 20.48% | 19.30% (14.10–25.00) | |
35–40 | 65 | 17.29% | 17.70% (13.60–22.00) | |
40–44 | 42 | 11.17% | 12.39% (8.58-17.00) | |
40–49 | 49 | 13.03% | 13.80% (10.30–18.00) | |
Civil Status | Single | 311 | 82.71% | 85.30% (79.20–90.00) |
Married | 63 | 16.75% | 14.53% (9.58-21.00) | |
Other | 2 | 0.53% | 0.20% (0.03-1.00) | |
Nationality | São-Tomense | 361 | 96.01% | 96.40% (92.40–99.00) |
Cape Verdean (double) | 13 | 3.46% | 3.00% (1.12-7.00) | |
Gabonese (double) | 2 | 0.53% | 0.44% (0.04-2.00) | |
Education | Knows how to read and write | 352 | 93.62% | 94.10% (90.00–97.00) |
Only knows how to read | 13 | 3.46% | 2.99% (1.11-6.00) | |
Doesn’t know how to read or write | 11 | 2.92% | 2.88% (1.19-6.00) | |
Local dialect | None | 101 | 26.86% | 24.60% (19.20–31.00) |
Only Forro | 158 | 42.02% | 47.90% (36.80–59.00) | |
Only Angolar | 23 | 6.11% | 4.08% (1.90-7.00) | |
Only Cape Verdean | 41 | 10.90% | 8.26% (4.00–15.00) | |
Other | 53 | 14.10% | 15.13% (9.96-22.00) | |
Past childbirths | Nulliparous (0) | 55 | 14.63% | 14.00% (11.0–17.00) |
Primiparous (1) | 58 | 15.42% | 18.10% (12.00–26.00) | |
Multiparous (2–4) | 205 | 54.52% | 53.20% (45.90–60.00) | |
Grand multipara (> 4) | 58 | 15.42% | 14.70% (10.90–19.00) |