Table 1 Women’s baseline characteristics
Characteristic | Distribution of participants | |
|---|---|---|
Total population N = 1820 | Percentage | |
Age categories (years) | ||
15–24 | 763 | 41.95 |
25–34 | 792 | 43.49 |
>35 | 265 | 14.56 |
Highest education attaineda | ||
No education | 294 | 16.25 |
Primary | 1091 | 60.26 |
Secondary | 363 | 20.06 |
Higher | 62 | 3.43 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 313 | 17.20 |
Rural | 1507 | 82.80 |
Region | ||
Central 1 | 235 | 12.92 |
Central 2 | 174 | 9.54 |
East central | 215 | 11.80 |
Kampala | 84 | 4.64 |
Mid-North | 193 | 10.61 |
Mid-Western | 212 | 11.65 |
Mid-Eastern | 189 | 10.36 |
North-East | 178 | 9.78 |
South-Western | 194 | 10.66 |
West-Nile | 146 | 8.04 |
Wealth | ||
Poorest | 413 | 22.69 |
Poorer | 404 | 22.24 |
Middle | 350 | 19.22 |
Richer | 323 | 17.72 |
Richest | 330 | 18.13 |