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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of female youth included in analysis of timing to first sex, first marriage, and first pregnancy/birth in urban sites of Kenya and Nigeria

From: Examination of youth sexual and reproductive health transitions in Nigeria and Kenya using longitudinal data

 

Kenya

Nigeria

%

Number (unweighted)

%

Number (unweighted)

(n = 3,619)

(n = 5740)

Baseline age

 15

4.5

183

10.8

621

 16

3.4

186

9.7

591

 17

4.8

231

9.2

545

 18

8.5

336

11.5

687

 19

7.9

303

8.7

520

 20

13.7

473

14.0

814

 21

12.1

439

7.0

390

 22

16.3

488

10.7

602

 23

12.9

483

9.5

507

 24

15.8

497

8.9

463

Education level

 None/Nursery/Quranic

2.8

81

5.5

366

 Primary

36.1

1564

8.6

504

 Post-primary/Junior secondary

2.4

87

15.0

932

 Secondary/Senior secondary

44.4

1388

52.5

2937

 College/University/Higher

14.3

490

18.4

940

Religion

 Catholic

23.2

863

4.9

230

 Protestant

62.7

2418

42.4

2279

 Muslim

14.1

335

52.6

3226

City

 Nairobi (Abuja - Nigeria)

71.1

1058

11.1

660

 Mombasa (Benin City - Nigeria)

19.8

604

12.8

885

 Kisumu (Ibadan - Nigeria)

6.0

736

16.0

856

 Machakos (Ilorin - Nigeria)

1.4

699

16.6

822

 Kakamega (Kaduna - Nigeria)

1.7

522

28.8

1137

 na (Zaria - Nigeria)

na

na

14.8

1380

Student

18.5

758

na

na

Religiosity (% strongly religious)

52.8

1879

72.3

4249

Read newspapers (% yes)

41.6

1449

15.8

924

Read magazines (% yes)

32.4

1049

11.6

688

Listen to radio (% yes)

83.6

3126

70.3

4112

Watches TV (% yes)

77.3

2419

83.2

4692

Visits other cities in 12 months (% yes)

29.9

1180

24.5

1461

Visits rural areas in 12 months (% yes)

54.7

1849

14.0

888

Wealth group

 Poorest

71.1

1058

21.2

1133

 Poor

19.8

604

18.3

1115

 Middle

6.0

736

19.6

1098

 Rich

1.4

699

20.2

1169

 Richest

1.7

522

20.7

1225

Type of residence

 Slum area

20.4

1226

na

na

 Formal/non-slum area

78.5

1936

na

na

 Peri urban area

1.1

457

na

na

  1. Note, all percentages are weighted, all n’s are unweighted
  2. na is not available