Table 3 Profile of respondents who took part in the study, Lusaka district, Zambia, 2019
Factor | Gender | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Count | Percent | ||
Age | 15–20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3% |
21–29 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 30% | |
30–39 | 39 | 9 | 48 | 32% | |
40–49 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 20% | |
50–59 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 9% | |
60+ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6% | |
Highest level of education attended | Never been to school | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2% |
Primary | 38 | 3 | 41 | 28% | |
Secondary | 49 | 16 | 65 | 44% | |
Tertiary (College & University) | 28 | 12 | 40 | 27% | |
Residential area | Urban High Income | 14 | 1 | 15 | 10% |
Urban Middle Income | 25 | 4 | 29 | 19% | |
Peri-urban | 54 | 16 | 70 | 47% | |
Urban- Mixed income | 25 | 10 | 35 | 23% | |
Relationship status | Engaged | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7% |
Married (Civil, religious, customary) | 90 | 24 | 114 | 77% | |
Previously married (divorced/widowed | 22 | 2 | 24 | 16% | |
Tribe | Bemba | 21 | 6 | 27 | 18% |
Chewa | 12 | 4 | 16 | 11% | |
Kaonde | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2% | |
Lozi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3% | |
Lunda | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4% | |
Luvale | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3% | |
Ngoni | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8% | |
Tonga | 10 | 6 | 16 | 11% | |
Other tribes | 50 | 10 | 60 | 40% | |
Church denomination | Pentecost | 43 | 8 | 51 | 34% |
Catholic | 21 | 7 | 28 | 19% | |
Seventh day Adventist | 13 | 7 | 20 | 13% | |
United Church of Zambia (UCZ) | 12 | 3 | 15 | 10% | |
Jehovah’s Witness | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6% | |
New Apostolic | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5% | |
Other (e.g. Anglican, Baptist) | 14 | 4 | 18 | 12% | |
Type of pre-MC undertaken | Religious | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7% |
Traditional | 61 | 12 | 73 | 49% | |
Both | 13 | 10 | 56 | 38% | |
Other (e.g. Commercial) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
None | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6% | |