Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in a household survey of potential family planning benefits cards beneficiaries showing all participants and participants by acceptability status (accepted vs. refused)
From: Acceptability and utilization of family planning benefits cards by youth in slums in Kampala, Uganda
| Characteristic |
Over all N = 280 |
Accepted N = 260 |
Refused N = 20 | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group, n (%) | ||||
| < 20 | 45 (16.07) | 42 (16.15) | 3 (15.00) | 0.668 |
| 20–24 | 100 (35.71) | 91 (35.00 | 9 (45.00) | |
| > 24 | 135 (48.21) | 127 (48.85) | 8 (40.00) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
| Married | 145 (51.79) | 140 (53.85) | 5 (25.00) | 0.023 |
| Separated/Divorced | 39 (13.93) | 37 (14.23) | 2 (10.00) | |
| Widow | 1 (0.36) | 1 (0.38) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Never Married | 95 (33.93) | 82 (31.54) | 13 (65.00) | |
| Religion, n (%) | ||||
| Christian | 244 (87.14) | 228 (87.69) | 16 (80.00) | 0.057 |
| Muslim | 35 (12.50) | 32 (12.31) | 3 (12.31) | |
| Others | 1 (0.36) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (5.00) | |
| Education level, n (%) | ||||
| No education | 22 (7.86) | 19 (7.31) | 3 (15.00) | 0.061 |
| Primary | 79 (28.21) | 76 (29.23) | 3 (15.00) | |
| Secondary | 140 (50.00) | 132 (50.77) | 8 (40.00) | |
| More than Secondary | 39 (13.93) | 33 (12.69) | 6 (30.00) | |
| Partner’s Education level, n (%) | ||||
| No education | 6 (4.14) | 6 (4.29) | 0 (0.00) | 0.112 |
| Primary | 17 (11.72) | 15 (10.71) | 2 (40.00) | |
| Secondary | 82 (56.55) | 81 (57.86) | 1 (20.00) | |
| More than Secondary | 28 (19.31) | 27 (19.29) | 1 (20.00) | |
| Don’t know | 12 (8.28) | 11 (7.86) | 1 (20.00) | |
| Occupation, n (%) | ||||
| Unemployed | 122 (43.57) | 109 (41.92) | 13 (65.00) | 0.004 |
| Farming | 1 (0.36) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (5.00) | |
| Trading | 62 (22.14) | 62 (23.85) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Professional | 73 (26.07) | 68 (26.15) | 5 (25.00) | |
| Other jobs | 22 (7.9) | 21 (8.08) | 1 (5.00) | |
| Partner’s Occupation, n (%) | ||||
| Unemployed | 6 (4.1) | 6 (4.29) | 0 (0.00) | 0.009 |
| Farming | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (20.00) | |
| Sales/Trading | 56 (38.6) | 54 (38.57) | 2 (40.00) | |
| Professional | 45 (31.0) | 45 (32.14) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Other jobs | 33 (22.8) | 32 (22.86) | 1 (20.00) | |
| Don’t know | 4 (2.8) | 3 (2.14) | 1 (20.00) | |
| Parity, n (%) | ||||
| 0 | 74 (26.4) | 64 (24.62) | 10 (50.00) | 0.114 |
| 1 | 78 (27.9) | 72 (27.69) | 6 (30.00) | |
| 2 | 57 (20.4) | 55 (21.15) | 2 (10.00) | |
| 3 | 43 (15.4) | 41 (15.77) | 2 (10.00) | |
| 4 and above | 28 (10.0) | 28 (10.77) | 0 (0.00) | |