Table 2 Individual characteristics of respondents in high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa (n = 14,575)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of respondents | 15–24 | 2,342 | 16.07 |
25–34 | 6,578 | 45.13 | |
35–49 | 5,655 | 38.80 | |
Educational status of respondents | No formal education | 5,320 | 36.50 |
Primary education | 3,362 | 23.07 | |
Secondary and above | 5,893 | 40.43 | |
Husband education | No formal education | 4,881 | 33.52 |
Primary education | 2,775 | 19.06 | |
Secondary and higher | 6,907 | 47.42 | |
Occupation of respondents | Working | 112,712 | 80.96 |
Not working | 2,651 | 19.04 | |
Husband occupation | Employed | 13,985 | 96.25 |
Not employed | 545 | 3.75 | |
Wealth index | Poor | 3,457 | 23.71 |
Middle | 2,506 | 17.20 | |
Rich | 8,613 | 59.09 | |
Media exposure | Yes | 11,182 | 76.87 |
No | 3,365 | 23.13 | |
Number of alive children | No | 117 | 0.80 |
1–2 | 4,217 | 28.93 | |
3–4 | 5,016 | 34.41 | |
\(\ge\)5 | 5,226 | 35.85 |