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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants by site

From: Sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviors among young female hawkers in Burkina Faso: a mixed method study

Variables

Bittou

Boromo

Total

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Range of Age

 13–16

52

40

48

35.8

100

37.9

0.757

 17–20

46

35.4

49

36.6

95

36

 21–24

32

24.6

37

27.6

69

26.1

Marital Status

 Single

115

88.5

96

71.6

211

79.9

<0.001*

 Married

7

5.4

19

14.2

26

9.8

 Concubine

5

3.8

17

12.7

22

8.3

 Separated/divorced

3

2.3

1

0.7

4

1.5

 Other

0

0

1

0.7

1

0.4

Educational Level

 Not attend school

50

38.5

71

53

121

45.8

0.033*

 Primary

23

17.7

31

23.1

54

20.5

 Secondary school

40

30.8

31

23.1

71

26.9

 High school

8

6.2

1

0.7

9

3.4

 Informal education

9

6.9

0

0

9

3.4

Current status

 Studying

53

40.8

40

29.8

93

35.2

0.063

 Not Studying

77

59.2

94

70.2

171

64.8

Religion

 Muslim

104

80

102

76.1

206

78

0.203

 Catholic

12

9.2

21

15.7

33

12.5

 Protestant

13

10

8

6

21

8

 Other

1

0.8

3

2.2

4

1.5

Been sexually mutilated

 No

60

46.1

44

32.8

104

39.4

0.027*

 Yes

70

53.9

90

67.2

160

60.6

  1. * = Statistically significant at P < 0.05