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Table 1 Characteristics of participants stratified by rural/urban residence (weighted)

From: Socio-economic and education related inequities in use of modern contraceptive in seven sub-regions in Uganda

  

Residence

Overall

Combined rural/urban

Rural

Urban

Total

Number

1359

73.1

26.9

100.0

Sub-regions

   

Row %

 Western

283

92.6

7.3

100.0

 Central-2

171

79.5

20.4

100.0

 Central-1

318

35.8

64.2

100.0

 East-Central

189

73.5

26.4

100.0

 Eastern

211

100.0

0.0

100.0

 Karamoja

75

77.3

22.7

100.0

 West Nile

112

66.2

33.7

100.0

Characteristics

   

Column %

Wealth-quintile

  Lowest

331

29.3

11.0

24.4

  Lower

161

15.4

2.2

11.8

  Middle

310

21.4

26.5

22.8

  Higher

400

30.7

26.0

29.4

  Highest

157

3.3

34.2

11.6

Age-categories (years)

  15/19

210

16.0

13.8

15.4

  20/24

313

21.6

26.9

23.0

  25/39

494

34.5

41.3

36.3

  40/49

343

27.9

17.9

25.2

Marital status

  Never-Married

234

13.6

27.2

17.2

  Married

981

75.6

63.0

72.2

  Divorce/Separated/widowed

143

11.0

9.5

10.6

Self-reported disability

  None

921

66.3

71.8

67.8

  At least one

438

33.7

28.2

32.2

Level of education attained

  None

197

16.9

8.0

14.5

  Primary

726

59.6

36.7

53.4

  Secondary or higher

436

23.5

55.1

32.1

Current employment status

  Unemployed

260

15.7

28.5

19.1

  Student

102

6.1

11.5

7.5

  Employed

996

78.2

60.0

73.3