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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of survey participants, by district

From: Using experience to create evidence: a mixed methods process evaluation of the new free family planning policy in Burkina FasoUne évaluation de processus de la nouvelle politique d’exemption du paiement direct pour la planification familiale au Burkina Faso

 

District

P-value

Total (n = 901)

Banfora (n = 511)

Sindou (n = 121)

Tenado (n = 70)

Leo (n = 199)

Age (years)a

    

0.116

 

 15–25

197 (38.55)

40 (33.06)

25 (35.71)

75 (37.69)

337 (37.40)

 26–35

179 (35.03)

41 (33.88)

16 (22.86)

57 (28.64)

293 (32.52)

  36–55

134 (26.22)

39 (32.23)

29 (41.43)

60 (30.15)

262 (29.08)

Education

    

 < 0.001

 

 No primary education

215 (42.07)

90 (74.38)

44 (62.86)

137 (68.84)

486 (53.94)

 Primary education or higher

296 (57.92)

31 (25.62)

26 (37.14)

62 (31.16)

415 (46.06)

Has a paid job

242 (47.36)

50 (41.32)

19 (27.14)

95 (47.74)

0.010

406 (45.06)

Relationship status

    

 < 0.001

 

 Single and not sexually active

53 (10.37)

10 (08.26)

9 (12.86)

14 (07.04)

86 (09.54)

  Single and sexually active

83 (16.24)

11 (09.09)

4 (05.71)

9 (04.52)

107 (11.88)

  Monogamous relationship

246 (48.14)

39(32.23)

28 (40.00)

110 (55.28)

423 (46.95)

 Polygamous relationship

129 (25.24)

61 (50.41)

29 (41.43)

66 (33.16)

285 (31.63)

Previously gave birth

387 (84.68)

102 (91.89)

59 (96.72)

169 (91.35)

0.005

717 (88.08)

Currently using a method of FP

204 (43.31)

42 (37.84)

16 (25.40)

69 (38.76)

0.045

331 (40.22)

Previous FP use

213 (26.17)

24 (21.62)

8 (12.70)

48 (26.97)

0.090

203 (24.70)

Recent healthcare center visit

25 (04.90)

14 (11.67)

10 (14.29)

32 (16.33)

 < 0.001

81 (09.04)

Recent home visit by health care professional

321 (62.82)

90 (74.38)

43 (61.43)

140 (70.35)

0.038

594 (65.93)

Wealth indexa

    

 < 0.001

 

 Q1 (poorest)

99 (24.57)

16 (16.67)

0

16 (11.19)

131 (18.99)

 Q2

80 (19.85)

22 (22.92)

12 (25.00)

24 (16.78)

138 (20.00)

 Q3

92 (22.83)

14 (14.58)

8 (16.67)

29 (20.28)

143 (20.72)

 Q4

64 (15.88)

30 (31.25)

14 (29.17)

35 (24.48)

143 (20.72)

 Q5 (wealthiest)

68 (16.87)

14 (14.58)

14 (29.17)

39 (27.27)

135 (19.56)

Possession of a radio

286 (69.93)

47 (48.96)

24 (50.00)

64 (44.44)

 < 0.001

421 (60.40)

Size of householdb

    

 < 0.001

 

 1–5

175 (34.25)

22 (18.18)

17 (24.29)

41 (20.60)

255 (28.30)

 6–10

248 (48.53)

59 (48.76)

31 (44.29)

103 (51.76)

441 (48.95)

  > 10

87 (17.03)

40 (33.06)

22 (31.43)

55 (27.64)

204 (22.64)

Type of setting

    

 < 0.001

 

 Urban

369 (72.21)

34 (28.10)

0

67 (33.67)

470 (52.16)

 Rural, far from a health center (> 5 km)

43 (08.41)

60 (49.59)

0

83 (41.71)

186 (20.64)

 Rural, close to a health center (< 5 km)

99 (19.37)

27 (22.31)

70 (100.00)

49 (24.62)

245 (27.19)

  1. FP family planning; km kilometer; aData is missing for 9 participants; bData is missing for 1 participant