Table 1 Characteristics of Women – North and South
Variable | North (n = 5610) | South (n = 13,055) |
|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |
Survival status | ||
 Alive | 5396 (96.2) | 12,698 (97.3) |
 Dead | 214 (3.8) | 357 (2.73) |
| Â | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
Community level | ||
 Community education (range: 0–1) | 0.07 (0.26) | 0.47 (0.5) |
 Community wealth (range: 0–1) | 0.16 (0.36) | 0.49 (0.5) |
Individual level | ||
 Age (range: 15–49) | 30.0 (8.7) | 31.2 (8.8) |
 Parity (range: 0–20) | 4.4 (2.9) | 3.5 (2.4) |
 Social autonomy (range: 0–4) | 1.42 (SE 0.05) | 2.35 (SE 0.02) |
 Domestic violence (range: 0–4) | 1.38 (1.57) | 1.13 (1.31) |
Categorical variables | N (%) | N (%) |
Distance to facility | ||
 No Problem | 1055 (18.81) | 3452 (26.44) |
  small problem | 929 (16.56) | 2276 (17.43) |
 Big problem | 1, 864 (33.2) | 3325 (25.5) |
 unknown | 1762 (31.4) | 4002 (30.7) |
Media exposure | ||
 No exposure | 3133 (55.9) | 2498 (19.1) |
 Low exposure | 1707 (30.4) | 4934 (37.8) |
 Medium exposure | 627 (11.2) | 4196 (32.2) |
 High exposure | 140 (2.5) | 1423 (10.9) |
Contraception type | ||
 No method | 5252 (93.7) | 8624 (66.1) |
 Folk/traditional | 90 (1.6) | 2001 (15.3) |
 Modern | 266 (4.7) | 2430 (18.6) |
Education | ||
 No education | 3609 (64.3) | 733 (5.6) |
 Primary | 1606 (28.6) | 6188 (47.4) |
 Secondary/higher | 395 (7.0) | 6134 (46.9) |
Religion | ||
 Catholics | 1018 (18.2) | 5782 (44.4) |
 Other Christians | 1236 (22.1) | 5583 (42.8) |
 Muslims | 2662 (47.6) | 1009 (7.7) |
 Animist/None/Other | 673 (12.0) | 657 (5.0) |
Ethnicity | ||
 Arab-Choa/Peulh/Haoussa/Kanuri | 1477 (26.4) | 263 (2.0) |
 Biu-Mandara | 1892 (33.8) | 69 (0.5) |
 Adamaoua-Oubangui | 1803 (32.2) | 335 (2.6) |
 Bantoid south-west/Grassfields | 47 (0.8) | 2556 (19.6) |
 Bamilike/Bamoun/Côtier/Ngoe/Oroko | 80 (1.4) | 4511 (34.8) |
  Beti/Bassa/Mbam/Kako/Meka/Pygmé | 72 (1.3) | 4900 (37.7) |
 Stranger/other | 224 (4.0) | 377 (2.9) |
Type of residence | ||
 Urban | 1601 (28.5) | 6825 (52.3) |
 Rural | 4009 (71.5) | 6230 (47.7) |
Wealth index | ||
 Poor | 3769 (67.2) | 3516 (26.9) |
 Middle | 972 (17.3) | 3127 (23.9) |
 Rich | 869 (15.49) | 6412 (49.1) |
Water quality | ||
 Improved | 2524 (46.2) | 8283 (67.2) |
 Unimproved | 2939 (53.8) | 4035 (32.8) |