Table 3 Percent distribution of women by background characteristics, survey year and study site
Characteristics | 2010-2011 survey | 2012 survey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Voucher sites (%) | Non-voucher sites (%) | P-value | Voucher sites (%) | Non-voucher sites (%) | P-value | |
Current age (years) | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||
15-24 | 34.4 | 28.4 | 37.7 | 27.7 | ||
25-34 | 44.8 | 45.8 | 43.9 | 47.7 | ||
35 and above | 20.4 | 25.9 | 18.0 | 24.6 | ||
Don’t know | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||
Highest education level | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||
No schooling/pre-unit | 10.2 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 1.9 | ||
Primary | 67.3 | 67.9 | 67.0 | 65.4 | ||
Secondary and above | 22.5 | 29.0 | 23.2 | 32.7 | ||
Current marital status | p = 0.16 | p = 0.09 | ||||
Never/formerly married | 10.6 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 11.3 | ||
Married/living together | 80.3 | 82.5 | 78.6 | 81.5 | ||
Formerly married | 9.1 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | ||
Place of residence | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||
Urban | 19.4 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 12.7 | ||
Rural | 80.7 | 87.0 | 82.5 | 87.3 | ||
Duration of residence | p < 0.05 | p = 0.20 | ||||
Less than 5 years/visitor | 34.7 | 39.1 | 34.9 | 37.2 | ||
5 years or more/always | 65.3 | 60.9 | 65.1 | 62.8 | ||
Religious affiliation | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||
Catholic | 24.7 | 28.6 | 24.9 | 27.1 | ||
Protestant/other Christian | 61.7 | 70.3 | 62.9 | 70.2 | ||
Muslim | 6.9 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 0.7 | ||
Traditional/no religion | 6.8 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 1.9 | ||
Poverty status | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | ||||
Non-poor (17–24 points) | 18.7 | 29.1 | 23.3 | 33.0 | ||
Poor (8–16 points) | 81.3 | 71.0 | 76.7 | 67.0 | ||
Parity | p = 0.69 | p = 0.42 | ||||
0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
1-2 | 40.2 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 41.0 | ||
3-4 | 31.9 | 31.6 | 32.4 | 32.5 | ||
5 and above | 23.3 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 22.1 | ||
Missing | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
Number of women | 1,742 | 1,191 | 1,808 | 1,286 | ||