Social norms, attitudes and access to modern contraception for adolescent girls in six districts in Uganda

Table 1 Distribution of respondents by socio-economic and demographic factors

Social economic and demographic variables	Number	Percent
Sex
Male	1159	33.8
Female	2268	66.2
Age of respondent
15–19	349	10.2
20–24	576	16.8
25–29	674	19.7
30–34	558	16.3
35–39	462	13.5
40–44	349	10.2
45+	459	13.4
Current marital status
Single	466	13.6
Married	2740	79.9
Widowed/ Divorced/ Separated	221	6.5
Education
No education	1005	29.3
Primary	1491	43.5
Secondary	707	20.6
Vocational/ University	224	6.5
Religion
Catholic	1735	50.6
Born again	556	16.2
Protestant	994	29
Traditional	51	1.5
Moslem	54	1.6
SDA	37	1.1
Formally employed in last 3 months
No	2904	84.7
Yes	523	15.3
Study district
Amudat	566	16.5
Kaberamaido	571	16.7
Kasese	583	17.0
Moroto	557	16.2
Pader	576	16.8
Tororo	574	16.8
Total	3427	100

Note: SDA = Seventh Day Adventist. Missing cases are not shown. Figures may not add up to 100 % due to rounding errors

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