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Table 1 Percent distribution of respondents by background characteristics and household poverty-wealth status

From: Spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa: does household poverty-wealth matter?

 

Cameroun

Kenya

Mozambique

Nigeria

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 

% (N)

% (N)

% (N)

% (N)

% (N)

% (N)

Age

      

less than 25

27.8 (1025)

22.6 (981)

30.1 (1689)

23.4 (3923)

25.3 (989)

27.3(1367)

25-34

37.7 (1392)

40.2 (1744)

35.6 (1997)

39.2 (6564)

41.8 (1634)

39.7 (1993)

35+

34.5 (1274)

37.2 (1611)

34.3 (1294)

47.4 (6276)

32.9 (1287)

33.0 (1656)

Mean

30.9

32.0

30.7

31.3

31.1

30.7

Age at marriage

      

less than 18

54.0 (1994)

38.4 (1667)

51.8 (2909)

56.8 (9526)

54.1 (2114)

37.2 (1864)

18 -24

36.8 (1359)

52.4 (2271)

39.1 (2192)

32.6 (5456)

41.6 (1628)

53.7 (2696)

25+

4.3 (338)

9.2 (398)

9.1 (509)

10.4(1781)

4.3 (168)

9.1 (456)

Mean children ever born

3.6

3.7

3.5

4.0

4.0

2.7

Education

      

None

25.1 (927)

11.8 (513)

36.2 (2032)

46.7 (7831)

12.7 (498)

3.0 (150)

Primary

37.9 (1398)

59.8 (2592)

50.8 (2851)

22.5 (3775)

60.0 (2345)

32.5 (1629)

Secondary +

37.0 (1366)

28.4 (1230)

13.0 (727)

30.8 (5157)

27.3 (1067)

64.5 (3237)

Percent Currently working

     
 

71.6 (2642)

65.6 (2846)

43.7 (2449)

67.3 (11286)

53.9 (2109)

40.3 (2023)

Household characteristics

      

Residence

      

Urban

50.4 (1858)

23.6 (1022)

30.7 (1722)

31.6 (5289)

37.1 (1449)

33.8 (1696)

Rural

49.6 (1833)

76.4 (3314)

69.3 (3888)

68.4 (11474)

62.9 (2461)

66.2 (3320)

Household poverty-wealth

     

Poor

37.2 (1372)

40.3 (2261)

40.3 (2261)

44.3 (7427)

39.1 (1528)

38.0 (1906)

Middle

19.2 (710)

21.2 (1189)

21.2 (1189)

18.6 (3111)

19.5 (765)

19.6 (981)

Rich

43.6 (1609)

38.5 (2160)

38.5 (2160)

37.1 (6225)

41.4 (1617)

42.4 (2129)

ALL

3691

4336

5610

16763

3910

5016