Table 2: Demographic characteristics of female respondents to DHS surveys.

 

 

Kenya

Malawi

Rwanda

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age group

15-19

5,820

18.7

5005

21.7

2945

21.5

2172

21.4

2048

23.6

3625

22.1

20-24

5,735

18.5

4555

19.8

2683

19.6

1909

18.8

1629

18.8

3006

18.3

25-29

6,099

19.6

4400

19.1

2494

18.2

1668

16.5

1569

18.1

2813

17.1

30-34

4,510

14.5

3250

14.1

1822

13.3

1422

14.0

1086

12.5

2476

15.1

35-39

3,773

12.1

2522

11.0

1447

10.6

1290

12.7

1026

11.8

2009

12.2

40-44

2,885

9.3

1730

7.5

1168

8.5

938

9.3

729

8.4

1464

8.9

45-49

2,257

7.3

1558

6.8

1112

8.1

740

7.3

587

6.8

1018

6.2

Current marital status

Never married

8,997

28.9

4538

19.7

5285

38.7

2540

25.1

2118

24.4

4572

27.9

Currently married/living with partner

16,961

54.6

13520

58.7

4799

35.1

5909

58.3

3087

35.6

9759

59.5

No longer married/living with partner

5,121

16.5

4962

21.6

3587

26.2

1690

16.7

3464

40.0

2080

12.7

Residence

Urban

12,690

40.8

4302

18.7

2057

15.0

2892

28.5

1717

19.8

7585

46.2

Rural

18,389

59.2

18718

81.3

11614

85.0

7247

71.5

6957

80.2

8826

53.8

Education status

No education

2,176

7.0

3505

15.2

2119

15.5

1940

19.1

1120

12.9

1375

8.4

Primary

15,626

50.3

14916

64.8

9337

68.3

6553

64.6

5152

59.4

7677

46.8

Secondary

9,802

31.5

4177

18.1

2008

14.7

1601

15.8

1948

22.5

6519

39.7

Higher

3,475

11.2

422

1.8

207

1.5

45

0.4

454

5.2

830

5.1

Wealth quintile

Poorest

4,838

15.6

4268

18.5

2622

19.2

1680

16.6

1519

17.5

2859

17.4

Poorer

5,457

17.6

4332

18.8

2661

19.5

1947

19.2

1579

18.2

2861

17.4

Middle

6,032

19.4

4517

19.6

2735

20.0

1997

19.7

1608

18.5

3078

18.8

Richer

6,550

21.1

4515

19.6

2677

19.6

2112

20.8

1726

19.9

3510

21.4

Richest

8,202

26.4

5388

23.4

2976

21.8

2403

23.7

2242

25.8

4103

25.0