Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Married Women in Rural Nepal

Table 1

Characteristics of participants in a population-based study of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women from rural Nepal (N=1428).

Characteristics	n	%
Age (years)
15-19	27	1,9
20-29	217	15.2
30-39	370	25.9
40-49	368	25.8
≥ 50	446	31.2
Cast/Ethnicity
Advantaged high cast	159	11.1
Adhivasi/Janajati	1197	83.8
Disadvantaged low cast	72	5.0
Educational level
No formal education	1213	84.9
Formal education	215	15.1
Marital status
Married	1313	91.9
Widow	110	7.7
Divorced	5	0.4
Age when married (years)
≤15	353	24.7
16-18	485	34.0
≥19	590	41.3
How many times married?
Once	1378	96.5
More than once	50	3.5
Numbers of births
0	50	3.5
1-2	409	28.6
3-4	589	41.2
≥5	380	26.6
Husband’s residence (N=1313)
Kavre	1039	79.1
Outside Kavre in Nepal	161	12.3
Abroad	113	8.6
Educational status of husband (N=1312)
No formal education	715	54.5
Formal education	597	45.5
How many times has husband been married?
Once	1266	88.7
More than once	162	11.3

Among women whose husbands were alive and information was available.