Table 1

Characteristics of the samples from the two Egypt demographic and health surveys (percent do not add to 100 due to rounding errors)
Variables
 EDHS-1995 (n = 7122)
 EDHS-2005 (n = 5612)

Percent
 Percent
Region

     Urban Governorates
 22.8
 16.6
     Lower Egypt – Urban
 12.9
 11.9
     Lower Egypt – Rural
 29.8
 31.9
     Upper Egypt – Urban
 10.2
 12.5
     Upper Egypt – Rural
 23.4
 26.0
     Frontier Governorate
 0.9
 1.2
Age

     15–19
 4.6
 4.5
     20–24
 14.5
 14.6
     25–29
 18.3
 18.7
     30–34
 17.8
 16.9
     35–39
 18.1
 16.6
     40–44
 13.7
 14.7
     45–49
 13.0
 14.0
Education

     No education
 44.3
 34.3
     Primary
 25.2
 15.8
     Secondary
 23.8
 38.8
     Higher
 6.8
 11.1
Partner's education

     No education
 31.3
 23.4
     Primary
 27.7
 19.2
     Secondary
 29.6
 41.9
     Higher
 11.5
 15.6
Religion

     Muslim
 94.9
 94.9
     Christian
 5.2
 5.2
Current working status

     Yes
 18.5
 21.6
     No
 81.5
 78.4
Age at marriage

     <= 19
 61.9
 53.9
     20–30
 37.2
 44.6
     >= 31
 0.9
 1.5
Number of children in a household

     0–1
 21.7
 23.7
     2–5
 56.1
 63.0
     >5
 22.2
 13.4
Blood/marriage relationship to husband

     Yes
 42.3
 33.2
     No
 57.7
 66.8

Akmatov et al. BMC Women's Health 2008 8:15   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-15