Table 1 Weighted individual, family and friend, and community characteristics of respondents
Variables | Malawi | Burkina Faso | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighted sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 275 | 38.2 | 398 | 19.1 |
Urban | 394 | 61.8 | 582 | 80.9 |
Age | ||||
13–16 | 87 | 13.3 | 71 | 6.9 |
17 | 133 | 19.9 | 127 | 12.5 |
18 | 199 | 29.8 | 313 | 32.1 |
19 | 249 | 37.1 | 469 | 48.5 |
Education level | ||||
Primary or less | 440 | 65.4 | 526 | 53.0 |
Secondary | 229 | 34.6 | 454 | 47.0 |
Ever worked for pay | ||||
Yes | 191 | 28.7 | 344 | 36.9 |
No | 478 | 71.3 | 636 | 63.1 |
Orphanhood status | ||||
Double orphan | 39 | 5.8 | 54 | 6.1 |
Single orphan | 181 | 27.1 | 208 | 20.7 |
Non-orphan | 449 | 67.1 | 718 | 73.2 |
Living with both parents | ||||
Not living with both parents | 341 | 50.9 | 832 | 84.2 |
Living with one parent | 176 | 26.3 | 63 | 6.8 |
Living with both parents | 152 | 22.8 | 85 | 9.1 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 307 | 45.8 | 761 | 75.6 |
Separated | 79 | 11.8 | 59 | 59 |
Single | 283 | 42.3 | 160 | 17.8 |
Birth status | ||||
Ever given birth/has at least one child | 144 | 21.4 | 297 | 28.8 |
Still pregnant/never gave birth | 525 | 78.6 | 686 | 71.2 |
Personal reaction to pregnancy | ||||
Scared | 183 | 27.3 | 335 | 36.5 |
Happy | 187 | 27.8 | 435 | 42.5 |
Disappointed | 299 | 44.9 | 210 | 21.0 |
Marital status at the time of pregnancy | ||||
Single | 539 | 80.7 | 537 | 56.4 |
Engaged | 15 | 2.3 | 38 | 3.5 |
Married | 115 | 17.0 | 405 | 40.2 |
Parental support | ||||
Good | 425 | 63.3 | 445 | 47.2 |
Fair | 136 | 20.5 | 371 | 37.0 |
Poor | 33 | 4.9 | 75 | 7.1 |
No support | 75 | 11.2 | 89 | 8.7 |
Friends support | ||||
Good | 155 | 22.9 | 250 | 25.0 |
Fair | 137 | 21.0 | 433 | 45.8 |
Poor | 83 | 12.4 | 61 | 6.4 |
No support | 294 | 43.7 | 236 | 22.8 |
Partner support | ||||
Good | 415 | 61.9 | 741 | 75.2 |
Fair | 108 | 16.4 | 142 | 14.1 |
Poor | 48 | 7.2 | 96 | 10.7 |
No support | 98 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.05 |
Neighborhood safety (median) | 669 | 6 | 980 | 5 |
Social assets and safety net (median) | 669 | 4 | 980 | 5 |