Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic and other characteristics of married women aged 15–49 years in Burundi, 2010
Characteristics (n = 5421) | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Woman’s age | ||
15–24 | 1307 | 24.1 |
25–34 | 2161 | 39.9 |
35+ | 1954 | 36.0 |
Age at first cohabitation | ||
< 18 | 1490 | 27.5 |
> 18 | 3931 | 72.5 |
Number of unions | ||
More than once | 5523 | 88.1 |
Once | 744 | 11.9 |
Number of living children | ||
0–1 | 1045 | 19.3 |
2–3 | 1935 | 35.7 |
4–5 | 1386 | 25.6 |
6+ | 1055 | 19.4 |
Woman’s education | ||
No education | 2931 | 54.1 |
Primary | 2145 | 39.6 |
Secondary + | 344 | 6.3 |
Husband/partner’s education | ||
No education | 2345 | 43.3 |
Primary | 2571 | 47.4 |
Secondary+ | 448 | 8.3 |
Don’t know | 57 | 1.0 |
Sex of head of household | ||
Male | 4809 | 88.7 |
Female | 611 | 11.3 |
Religion | ||
Catholic | 3314 | 61.1 |
Protestant | 1696 | 31.3 |
Muslim, others | 412 | 7.6 |
Ideal number of children | ||
0–3 | 1552 | 28.6 |
4–5 | 2841 | 52.4 |
6+ | 1028 | 19.0 |
Husband’s desire for children | ||
Both same | 2334 | 43.4 |
Husband wants more | 715 | 13.3 |
Husband wants fewer | 818 | 15.2 |
Don’t know | 1510 | 28.1 |
Daughters dead | ||
0 | 4239 | 78.2 |
1+ | 1183 | 21.8 |
Sons dead | ||
0 | 4135 | 76.3 |
1+ | 1285 | 23.7 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 2189 | 40.4 |
Middle | 1129 | 20.8 |
Rich | 2102 | 38.8 |
Respondent works for | ||
Family member | 242 | 4.9 |
Someone else | 499 | 10.1 |
Self–employed | 4183 | 85.0 |
Respondent worked in last 12 months | ||
No | 497 | 9.2 |
In the past year | 493 | 9.1 |
Currently working | 3980 | 73.4 |
Have a job but on leave last 7 days | 450 | 8.3 |
Respondent currently working | ||
No | 991 | 18.3 |
Yes | 4430 | 81.7 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 460 | 8.5 |
Rural | 4961 | 91.5 |
Region | ||
Bujumbura | 294 | 5.4 |
North | 1625 | 30.0 |
Central–East | 1397 | 25.8 |
West | 993 | 18.3 |
South | 1110 | 20.5 |
Visited by an FP worker | ||
No | 5145 | 94.9 |
Yes | 277 | 5.1 |
Visited a health facility | ||
No | 1133 | 20.9 |
Yes | 4288 | 79.1 |
Knowledge of any method | ||
Knows no modern method | 43 | 0.8 |
Knows any modern method | 5377 | 99.2 |
Heard FP in newspapers/magazine | ||
No | 5309 | 98.0 |
Yes | 107 | 2.0 |
Heard FP on radio | ||
No | 2962 | 54.7 |
Yes | 2455 | 45.3 |
Heard FP on TV | ||
No | 5260 | 97.1 |
Yes | 156 | 2.9 |