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Table 1 Weighted Demographic Characteristics for 1004 Respondents

From: A mixed methods assessment of barriers to maternal, newborn and child health in Gogrial West, South Sudan

Characteristic

N/Total Respondents, Female

Females

Weighted % (95% CI)

N/Total Respondents, Male

Males

Weighted % (95% CI)

Agea, mean, y

852/860

26.0 (16.0,47.0)

142/144

40.0 (18.0,75.0)

Education

 None

833/860

93.0 (91.2,94.7)

137/144

77.7 (70.8,84.7)

 Years (formal)

833/860

0.3 (0.2,0.4)

137/144

1.1 (0.7,1.6)

 Unable to read

803/860

95.4 (94.0,96.9)

136/144

83.3 (77.0, 89.6)

Marital status

851/860

 

144/144

 

 Never

   

0.8 (0.0,2.2)

 Married

 

95.5 (94.1,96.9)

 

97.6 (95.0,100.0)

 Widowed

 

3.8 (2.5,5.1)

 

0.8 (0.0,2.2)

 Otherb

 

0.7 (0.1,1.2)

 

0.9 (0.0,2.4)

Wife number

850/860

   

 First

 

62.4 (59.2,65.7)

  

 Second

 

21.1 (18.4,23.9)

  

 Third or greater

 

16.5 (14.0,19.0)

  

Number of wives

  

137/144

 

 Mean

   

1.8 (1.7,2.0)

 None

   

0.8 (0.0,2.3)

 One

   

43.4 (35.1,51.7)

 Two

   

35.1 (27.1,43.0)

 Three or more

   

20.7 (14.1,27.7)

Bride Pricec

819/860

25.9 (25.0,26.9)

  

Age of marriage, y

819/860

17.7 (17.6,17.9)

  

Occupation

843/860

 

143/144

 

 Farmer

 

75.5 (72.6,78.4)

 

63.2 (55.3,71.1)

 Homemaker

 

15.7 (13.2,18.2)

 

4.6 (1.2,8.1)

 Small business

 

5.9 (4.3,7.5)

 

13.4 (7.8,19.0)

 Government

 

0.2 (0.0,0.5)

 

10.9 (5.8,16.1)

 Otherd

 

2.7 (1.6,3.8)

  

Monthly income, mean USD

763/860

11 (10,12)

  

Water

 Enough availablee

840/860

68.4 (65.2,71.5)

  

 Distance to source (mins)

787/860

32.7 (30.0,35.3)

  

 Time fetching/d (hrs)

765/860

2.6 (2.5,2.8)

  

 Fetched water while pregnant

844/860

97.4 (96.3,98.4)

  

Water source while pregnantf

857/860

   

 Protected source

 

83.9 (81.5,86.4)

  

 Unprotected source

 

16.1 (13.6, 18.5)

  
  1. aQualitative interviews revealed that female respondents did not know their age. Respondents stated “unless a girl or woman is in school, she may not know her age” or “you will need to ask my mother;” therefore, women’s age is likely an estimate
  2. bOther: living with partner, spouse missing/killed in conflict/divorced/separated
  3. c This estimate assumes one cow has a value of 250 USD, and was equivalent to 5 goats or 12 sacks of durah which was counted as half a cow. This price represent the price paid in cows to the wife’s family for marriage
  4. dOther: day labor, student
  5. eEnough, yes or no for drinking, washing hands, bathing for everyone in the household
  6. fProtected water source: borehole, protected well/spring; Unprotected water source: Unprotected well, Unprotected spring, River/stream, Lake/pond, Rain catchment