Table 1 Summarized characteristics of the women aged 15–49 years (N = 7080)
Variable | Freq. | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 15–19 | 813 | 11.48 |
 20–24 | 1771 | 25.01 |
 25–29 | 1697 | 23.97 |
 30–34 | 1319 | 18.63 |
 35–39 | 935 | 13.21 |
 40–44 | 394 | 5.56 |
 45–49 | 151 | 2.13 |
Residency | ||
 Urban | 2608 | 36.84 |
 Rural | 4472 | 63.16 |
Education | ||
 No Education | 2139 | 30.21 |
 Primary | 3646 | 51.50 |
 Secondary | 1,22 | 17.23 |
 Higher | 75 | 1.06 |
Husband’s education | ||
 No Education | 1731 | 26.36 |
 Primary | 3272 | 49.82 |
 Secondary | 1422 | 21.65 |
 Higher | 143 | 2.18 |
Occupation | ||
 Not Working | 3794 | 53.59 |
 Professional/Technical/Managerial | 1269 | 17.92 |
 Agricultural - Self Employed | 2017 | 28.49 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 1067 | 15.07 |
 Poorer | 1194 | 16.86 |
 Middle | 1328 | 18.76 |
 Richer | 1656 | 23.39 |
 Richest | 1835 | 25.92 |
Electronic Media access | ||
 No | 2004 | 28.31 |
 Yes | 5076 | 71.69 |
Religion | ||
 Islam | 5035 | 71.12 |
 Other | 2045 | 28.88 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Emakhuwa | 1241 | 17.53 |
 Portugais | 607 | 8.57 |
 Xichangana | 1392 | 19.66 |
 Cisena | 676 | 9.55 |
 Elomwe | 266 | 3.76 |
 Cindau | 426 | 6.02 |
 Xitswa | 368 | 5.20 |
 Other | 2104 | 29.72 |
Parity | ||
 1–5 | 5790 | 81.78 |
  > 5 | 1290 | 18.22 |
Sex of household head | ||
 Male | 4595 | 64.90 |
 Female | 2485 | 35.00 |
Last child wanted | ||
 Wanted Then | 5654 | 79.86 |
 Wanted No More | 1426 | 20.14 |
Timing of ANC visit | ||
 Early | 5997 | 84.7 |
 Late | 1083 | 15.3 |
Frequency of ANC visit | ||
  < 4 | 2825 | 39.9 |
 4 or more | 4255 | 60.1 |
HIV testing during ANC | ||
 Yes | 1742 | 24.6 |
 No | 5338 | 75.4 |