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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of surveyed women

From: Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

Factors

Number

Frequencies (% )

Age at Interview

  

   <18

21

13.9

   18-20

25

16.6

   21-30

59

39.1

   31-40

32

21.2

   >40

14

9.3

   Total

151

100.0

Education level

  

   Illiterate

48

31.8

   Primary school

99

65.6

   Secondary school & above

4

2.6

   Total

151

100.0

Marital status

  

   Married

98

64.9

   Single

24

15.9

   Divorced

27

17.9

   Widowed

2

1.3

   Total

151

100.0

With whom do you live*

  

   Husband/partner

90

42.7

   Parents

35

16.6

   In-laws

11

5.2

   Children

33

15.6

   Relatives

35

16.6

   Alone

7

3.3

   Total

211

100.0

Age at first delivery

  

   < 18

62

41.1

   18-20

40

26.5

   21-30

44

29.1

   > 30

1

.7

   Missing data

4

2.6

   Total

151

100.0

Parity when fistula occurred

  

   First

84

55.6

   Second

18

11.9

   Third

13

8.6

   Fourth

14

9.3

   Fifth and above

22

14.6

   Total

151

100.0

Lived with fistula

  

   < 1 year

86

57.0

   1-2 years

28

18.5

   3-6 Years

17

11.3

   > 6 years

20

13.2

   Total

151

100.0

  1. *≥ 1 responses