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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of interview respondents in four prison facilitiesa

From: Health and healthcare access among Zambia’s female prisoners: a health systems analysis

Inmates

Facility 1

Facility 2

Facility 3

Facility 4

Total

Female

5

6

6

6

23 (100 %)

Convicted (%)

4 (80 %)

5 (83 %)

5 (83 %)

3 (50 %)

17 (74 %)

Mean Time Served (Months)

13

63

42

5

33

Mean Age (Years)

29

35

28

36

33

Ever Married (%)

3 (60 %)

5 (83 %)

5 (83 %)

6 (100 %)

19 (83 %)

Looking after child in prison

3 (60 %)

0

2 (33 %)

2 (33 %)

7 (30 %)

HIV-positive

3 (60 %)

3 (50 %)

3 (50 %)

2 (33 %)

18 (78 %)

Officers / Other Staff

Facility 1

Facility 2

Facility 3

Facility 4

 

Female officers

3

2

5

6

16

Healthcare workers

1

1

2

1

5

Total Interviews /Facility

4

3

7

7

44

  1. aTotal female inmate population in Zambia at time of study ~238