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International Journal of
Population Studies Droughts and intimate partner violence

Table 1. Sociodemographic profile of the sample a
Pre (2015 – 2016) Post (2019 – 2021)
Comparison Treatment Comparison Treatment
Individual level variables
Age of the respondent
15 – 19 b 309 (2.22) 55 (2.48) 269 (1.71) 47 (1.73)
20 – 24 1,838 (13.22) 297 (13.41) 1,761 (11.19) 278 (10.21)
25 – 29 3,067 (22.05) 502 (22.66) 3,215 (20.42) 560 (20.57)
30 – 34 2,969 (21.35) 508 (22.93) 3,364 (21.37) 595 (21.85)
35 – 39 2,684 (19.30) 407 (18.37) 3,294 (20.92) 589 (21.63)
40 – 44 1,876 (13.49) 282 (12.73) 2,254 (14.32) 388 (14.25)
45 – 49 1,165 (8.38) 164 (7.4) 1,587 (10.08) 266 (9.77)
Age of the partner
15 – 19 b 27 (0.19) 1 (0.05) 23 (0.15) 1 (0.04)
20 – 24 607 (4.36) 56 (2.53) 556 (3.53) 21 (0.77)
25 – 29 1,837 (13.21) 242 (10.93) 1,815 (11.53) 211 (7.75)
30 – 34 2,717 (19.54) 421 (19.01) 2,813 (17.87) 448 (16.45)
35 – 39 2,969 (21.35) 468 (21.13) 3,396 (21.57) 618 (22.7)
40 – 44 2,378 (17.10) 419 (18.92) 2,831 (17.98) 519 (19.06)
45 – 49 2,096 (15.07) 337 (15.21) 2,647 (16.81) 533 (19.57)
50 – 54 1,277 (9.18) 271 (12.23) 1,663 (10.56) 372 (13.66)
Education of the respondent
No education 3,528 (25.37) 655 (29.57) 3,787 (24.05) 736 (27.03)
Incomplete primary 1,293 (9.30) 177 (7.99) 2,256 (14.33) 337 (12.38)
Complete primary 727 (5.23) 162 (7.31) NA NA
Incomplete secondary 5,964 (42.88) 890 (40.18) 7,901 (50.18) 1,338 (49.14)
Complete secondary 1,110 (7.98) 156 (7.04) 321 (2.04) 55 (2.02)
Higher 1,286 (9.25) 175 (7.9) 1,479 (9.39) 257 (9.44)
Education of the partner
No education 2,085 (14.99) 508 (22.93) 2,562 (16.27) 580 (21.3)
Incomplete primary 1,489 (10.71) 226 (10.2) 2,426 (15.41) 456 (16.75)
Complete primary c 755 (5.43) 159 (7.18) NA NA
Incomplete secondary 6,486 (46.64) 857 (38.69) 8,360 (53.10) 1,287 (47.26)
Complete secondary 1,340 (9.63) 191 (8.62) 403 (2.56) 56 (2.06)
Higher 1,753 (12.6) 274 (12.37) 1,993 (12.66) 344 (12.63)
Age at first cohabitation
Mean 19.27 18.16 19.12 18.53
Median 19 18 18 18
Age at first childbirth
Mean 21.0561 20.0342 20.8840 20.3534
Median 20 20 20 20
Number of children ever born
Mean 2.44 2.10 2.38 2.10
Median 2 2 2 2

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