Demographic characteristics of female and male participants in Somalia
| Female (n=2376) | Male (n=2257) | |||
| n/N | % | n/N | % | |
| Age (median, IQR) | 27 | (20–36) | 27 | (20–38) |
| Highest level of school attended | ||||
| None | 1568/2339 | 67.0 | 973/2197 | 44.3 |
| Primary | 475/2339 | 20.3 | 607/2197 | 27.4 |
| Secondary | 216/2339 | 9.2 | 468/2197 | 21.3 |
| College | 80/2339 | 3.4 | 155/2197 | 7.1 |
| Nationality | ||||
| Somali | 2333/2369 | 98.5 | 2220/2238 | 99.2 |
| Ethiopian | 27/2369 | 1.1 | 14/2238 | 0.6 |
| Djiboutian | 4/2369 | 0.2 | 2/2238 | 0.1 |
| Yemeni | 4/2369 | 0.2 | 1/2238 | 0.0 |
| Other | 1/2369 | 0.0 | 1/2238 | 0.0 |
| Duration in current town/city | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 142/2352 | 6.0 | 110/2180 | 5.0 |
| Between 1 and 3 years | 322/2352 | 13.7 | 327/2180 | 15.0 |
| Between 4 and 10 years | 604/2352 | 25.7 | 476/2180 | 21.8 |
| Between 11 or more years | 461/2352 | 19.6 | 446/2180 | 20.5 |
| All my life (born here) | 823/2352 | 35.0 | 821/2180 | 37.7 |
| Current employment status | ||||
| Unemployed | 1059/2283 | 46.4 | 12/2220 | 0.5 |
| Formally employed/business owner | 260/2283 | 11.4 | 655/2220 | 29.5 |
| Casual worker (including pastoralist, working for family business, etc.) | 763/2283 | 33.4 | 1542/2220 | 69.5 |
| Student | 201/2283 | 8.8 | 11/2220 | 0.5 |
| Each month do you have enough money to: | ||||
| Never have enough to meet the basic needs of your family during the month | 1275/2235 | 57.0 | 1210/1955 | 61.9 |
| Meet basic needs of family for less than half of the month | 166/2235 | 7.4 | 111/1955 | 5.7 |
| Meet basic needs of family for about half of the month | 217/2235 | 9.7 | 155/1955 | 7.9 |
| Meet basic needs of family for most but not all of the month | 143/2235 | 6.4 | 119/1955 | 6.1 |
| Meet basic needs of family for all of the month | 434/2235 | 19.4 | 360/1955 | 18.4 |
| Current marital status | ||||
| Never married | 481/2360 | 20.4 | 969/2221 | 43.6 |
| Married, living with someone, engaged | 1486/2360 | 63.0 | 1166/2221 | 52.5 |
| Divorced, separated, widowed | 393/2360 | 16.7 | 866/2221 | 3.9 |
| In a polygamous marriage (ref: no) | 510/1636 | 31.2 | 239/1165 | 20.5 |
| Number of other wives (median, IQR) | 2 | (2–2) | 2 | (2–3) |