Table 1 Individual characteristics of respondents by abusive and disrespectful treatment, Muanda and Bolenge, 2014

Health zone

0.082

 Muanda

195 (37.7%)

14 (7.2%)

181 (92.8%)

 Bolenge

322 (62.3%)

12 (3.7%)

310 (96.3%)

Health catchment area

0.054*

 Kitona

98 (19.0%)

5 (5.1%)

93 (94.9%)

 Nsiamfumu

97 (18.8%)

9 (9.3%)

88 (90.7%)

 Iyonda

160 (30.9%)

3 (1.9%)

157 (98.1%)

 Wendji Secli

162 (31.3%)

9 (5.6%)

153 (94.4%)

Age

0.259

 Younger than 20 years

113 (21.9%)

8 (7.1%)

105 (92.9%)

 20 years and older

404 (78.1%)

18 (4.5%)

386 (95.5%)

Age (mean ± SD)

25.8 ± 7.3

25.4 ± 7.8

25.8 ± 7.3

0.757

Age (median, range)

24.0 (15–48)

Education level

1.000

 Below secondary school

489 (94.6%)

16 (3.3%)

462 (96.7%)

 Secondary school and above

28 (5.4%)

0 (0.0%)

28 (100.0%)

Marital status

0.384

 Live in partnership

447 (86.5%)

21 (4.7%)

426 (95.3%)

 Live out of partnership

70 (13.5%)

5 (7.1%)

65 (92.9%)

Respondent’s occupation

0.496

 Civil servant/police/army

4 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (100.0%)

 Private sector employee

8 (1.5%)

0 (0.0%)

8 (100.0%)

 Farmer/fisherman

205 (39.7%)

9 (4.4%)

196 (95.4%)

 Small trader/odd jobs

146 (28.2%)

7 (4.8%)

139 (95.2%)

 No specific job

154 (29.8%)

10 (6.5%)

144 (93.5%)

Respondent’s religion

0.768

 Catholic

191 (36.9%)

9 (4.7%)

182 (95.3%)

 Protestant

98 (19.0%)

5 (5.1%)

93 (94.9%)

 Other Christian churches

206 (39.8%)

11 (5.3%)

189 (94.7%)

 Others (Muslim, Animist, Agnostic, Atheist)

22 (4.3%)

1 (4.5%)

21 (95.5%)

Mode of transportation

0.536

 On foot

375 (72.5%)

18 (4.8%)

357 (95.2%)

 Bicycle

44 (8.5%)

1 (2.3%)

43 (97.7%)

 Motorcycles and cars

98 (19.0%)

7 (7.1%)

91 (92.9%)

Respondent ‘s category

0.503

 Pregnant

149 (28.8%)

9 (6.0%)

140 (94.0%)

 Recently delivered

368 (71.2%)

17 (4.6%)

351 (94.4%)

Number of deliveries (mean ± SD)

3.3 ± 2.4

3.4 ± 2.8

3.3 ± 2.4

0.786

Number of deliveries (median, range)

3.00 (0–12)

2.50 (0–12)

3.00 (0–11)

0.741

Childbirth

0.949

 No previous birth and first birth

142 (27.5%)

7 (4.9%)

135 (95.1%)

 2 births and more

375 (72.5%)

19 (5.1%)

356 (94.9%)

Health provision location

0.948

 Local health area centre

368 (71.2%)

19 (5.2%)

349 (94.8%)

 Other health area facility

49 (9.5%)

2 (4.1%)

47 (95.9%)

 Health facility out of health area

100 (19.3%)

5 (5.0%)

95 (95.0%)

Distance residence-health facility (Km) (mean ± SD)

3.2 ± 4.1

4.1 ± 6.2

3.1 ± 3.9

0.231

Informed about health centres activities (yes)

359 (62.9%)

10 (2.8%)

349 (97.2%)

0.000

Health centres collect users’ views (Yes)

288 (55.7%)

10 (3.5%)

278 (96.5%)

0.069

Complications (Yes)

97 (18.8%)

5 (5.2%)

92 (94.8%)

0.168

Ethnicity (Bantus)

499 (96.5%)

26 (5.2%)

473 (94.8%)

0.320

Native of the territory/indigenous (Yes)

255 (49.3%)

15 (5.9%)

240 (94.1%)

0.381

Knew or heard about a relative or a neighbour who experienced described situation (Yes)

38 (7.4%)

2 (7.7%)

36 (7.3%)

0.945