Weighted background characteristics for military and non-military women, Kinshasa 2016
| Non-military | Military | |
| Age groups (years) | ||
| 15–20 | 21.60% | 24.48% |
| 21–25 | 20.94% | 20.02% |
| 26–30 | 16.69% | 18.42% |
| 31–35 | 14.42% | 15.85% |
| 36–40 | 11.54% | 10.51% |
| 41–45 | 8.53% | 5.87% |
| 46–49 | 6.28% | 4.85% |
| Level of education | ||
| No education | 2.16% | 4.31% |
| Primary | 18.55% | 13.53% |
| Middle secondary school | 63.56% | 66.76% |
| Advanced secondary or higher | 15.72% | 15.40% |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/partnered | 47.03% | 48.16% |
| Separated/divorced/ widowed | 5.32% | 4.75% |
| Never married | 47.65% | 47.09% |
| Wealth index | ||
| Quintile 1 (lowest) | 15.09% | 26.43% |
| Quintile 2 | 19.33% | 27.02% |
| Quintile 3 | 21.28% | 20.65% |
| Quintile 4 | 21.33% | 15.05% |
| Quintile 5 (highest) | 22.97% | 10.85% |
| Fertility and children | ||
| Number lifetime births | 1.82 | 1.71 |
| Experienced child mortality | 19.65% | 12.44%* |
| Do not want another child | 18.03% | 46.72%** |
| Last birth unintended | 7.36% | 26.29%** |
| Family planning use | ||
| Contraceptive use | 42.28% | 17.43%** |
| Traditional contraceptive use | 21.39% | 6.56%* |
| Modern contraceptive use | 20.89% | 10.87%** |
| Obtained the desired family planning method | 92.41% | 68.25%** |
| Family planning knowledge | ||
| Heard of implants | 83.27% | 55.82%** |
| Heard of injectables | 87.83% | 60.91%** |
| Heard of condoms | 94.73% | 81.91%** |
| Heard of withdrawal | 80.83% | 46.94%** |
| Heard of rhythm | 91.50% | 44.57%** |
| Family planning exposure | ||
| Visited health facility in past 12 months | 55.18% | 28.84%** |
| Heard about family planning on the radio | 34.65% | 58.58%* |
| Read about family planning in a magazine/newspaper | 13.12% | 50.76%** |
| Saw family planning billboard advertisement | 46.12% | 89.34%** |
| N | 2607 | 514 |
Difference between military and non-military significant at *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01.