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Table 1 Background characteristics for migrant and non-migrant women, PMA2020 Project, Kinshasa 2013

From: The fertility of internal migrants to Kinshasa

 

Non-migrants

Migrants

Mean age (SD)

26.8 (0.2)

30.6** (0.5)

Level of education

 No education

5.4%

8.5%*

 Primary school

47.1%

47.1%

 Middle secondary

39.7%

37.7%

 Advanced secondary +

7.8%

6.7%

Marital status

 Married/in union

47.3%

64.1%**

 Separated/divorced/widowed

3.3%

5.0%

 Never married

49.4%

30.9%**

Household wealth

 Quintile 1 (lowest)

19.7%

17.9%

 Quintile 2

20.1%

21.8%

 Quintile 3

20.3%

20.9%

 Quintile 4

20.2%

20.0%

 Quintile 5 (highest)

19.7%

19.4%

Fertility-related characteristics

 Total fertility rate (TFR)

4.00

4.76**

 Contraceptive use (any method)

32.3%

35.0%

 Traditional contraceptive use

15.9%

22.1%**

 Modern contraceptive use

16.1%

12.9%

 Unmet need for contraception

16.5%

24.1%**

 Do not want another child

26.7%

39.2%**

 Most recent birth unintended

54.2%

54.3%

N=

1,857

340

  1. Difference between migrants and non-migrants significant at *p ≤ 0.10; **p ≤0.05; ***p ≤ 0.01. Unmet need was calculated only for ever-married women (n = 1175), and recent birth unintended was available only for women ever giving birth (n = 1296)