Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents in two urban and two rural sites
| Â | Percent (number) of respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Urban 1 | Urban 2 | Rural 1 | Rural 2 | |
n = 307 | n = 64 | n = 47 | n = 103 | n = 93 | |
Mean age (sd) [years] | 22.7 (3.6) | 22.5 (3.6) | 22.4 (3.3) | 23.4 (3.7) | 22.2 (3.3) |
Marital status | |||||
 Single | 75.6 (232) | 82.8 (53) | 72.3 (34) | 74.8 (77) | 73.1 (68) |
 Cohabiting, not married | 22.8 (70) | 17.2 (11) | 27.7 (13) | 22.3 (23) | 24.7 (23) |
 Married | 0.7 (2) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 1.0 (1) | 1.1 (1) |
 Separated from partner | 1.0 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 1.9 (2) | 1.1 (1) |
Have a regular partner | 59.0 (181) | 54.7 (35) | 51.1 (24) | 60.2 (62) | 64.5 (60) |
Partner > 5 years older n = 181 | 41.4 (106) | 25.7 (26) | 50.0 (12) | 46.8 (33) | 41.7 (35) |
Number of children | |||||
 0 | 37.1 (114) | 51.6 (33) | 36.2 (17) | 31.1 (32) | 34.4 (32) |
 1 | 32.9 (101) | 28.1 (18) | 36.2 (17) | 35.0 (36) | 32.3 (30) |
 2 | 22.8 (70) | 17.2 (11) | 19.1 (9) | 26.2 (27) | 24.7 (23) |
 3 or more | 7.1 (22) | 3.2 (2) | 8.5 (4) | 7.8 (8) | 8.7 (8) |
Low education (incomplete secondary or less) | 65.1 (223) | 62.2 (40) | 53.2 (25) | 64.1 (66) | 74.2 (69) |
Very poor (not enough food in last week) | 15.7 (48) | 18.8 (12) | 19.1 (9) | 12.6 (13) | 15.2 (14) |