Awareness of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2 Distribution of awareness of among women in sub-Saharan Africa across the explanatory variables (n = 185,388)

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Awareness of OBF	p-value
Age				< 0.001
15–19	37,214	20.1	24.6
20–24	33,536	18.1	37.2
25–29	33,881	18.3	40.3
30–34	27,296	14.7	42.4
35–39	22,943	12.4	42.9
40–44	16,855	9.1	44.5
45–49	13,661	7.4	45.1
Marital status				< 0.001
Not married	43,807	23.6	28.4
Married	110,777	59.7	40.8
Cohabiting	16,816	9.1	40.3
Widowed	4251	2.3	43.1
Divorced	9737	5.3	42.6
Parity				< 0.001
No birth	48,537	26.2	29.1
One birth	24,321	13.1	37.2
Two births	22,795	12.3	40.6
Three births	20,639	11.1	41.1
Four or more births	69,096	37.3	42.6
Employment status				< 0.001
Not working	64,844	35.0	30.4
Working	120,544	65.0	42.0
Exposure to mass media				< 0.001
Not exposed	52,501	28.3	30.5
Exposed	132,887	71.7	40.9
Wealth index				< 0.001
Poorest	31,961	17.2	33.0
Poorer	34,413	18.6	34.6
Middle	35,984	19.4	34.5
Richer	38,806	20.9	36.8
Richest	44,224	23.9	47.9
Level of education				< 0.001
No education	77,603	41.9	34.3
Primary	48,808	26.3	40.0
Secondary	49,095	26.5	37.2
Higher	9882	5.3	59.9
Sexual activity				< 0.001
Never had sex	28,149	15.2	24.3
Ever had sex	157,239	84.8	40.4
Currently pregnant				0.137
Not pregnant	167,997	90.6	37.8
Pregnant	17,391	9.4	39.0
Ever terminated a pregnancy				< 0.001
No	158,859	85.7	37.0
Yes	26,589	14.3	43.7
Type of place of residence				< 0.001
Urban	72,915	39.3	38.8
Rural	112,473	60.7	37.4
Community literacy level				< 0.001
Low	55,954	30.2	34.4
Medium	62,121	33.5	36.3
High	67,313	36.3	42.4
Community socio-economic status				< 0.001
Low	81,982	44.2	35.1
Moderate	34,857	18.8	36.6
High	68,549	39.0	42.0

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