Table 2 Multivariate findings of timing to first sex, marriage, and pregnancy corrected for heterogeneity in Kenya

Model age

2.51 (0.11)***

3.62 (0.22)***

4.01 (0.30)***

Model age squared

−0.05 (0.00)***

−0.07 (0.01)***

−0.07 (0.01)***

 None/Nursery

0.88 (0.30)**

2.63 (0.61)***

2.84 (0.67)***

 Primary

0.64 (0.16)***

1.69 (0.36)***

2.36 (0.37)***

 Post-primary

0.53 (0.22)*

1.81 (0.47)***

2.68 (0.47)***

 Secondary

0.04 (0.12)

0.60 (0.30)*

1.14 (0.32)***

 College/Univerity

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 Catholic (ref)

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 Protestant

−0.28 (0.11)*

−0.03 (0.22)

−0.30 (0.25)

 Muslim

−0.38 (0.21)+

0.46 (0.38)

−0.03 (0.45)

 Nairobi (ref)

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 Mombasa

−0.20 (0.15)

−0.32 (0.29)

−0.47 (0.32)

 Kisumu

0.83 (0.12)***

0.79 (0.21)***

1.43 (0.28)***

 Machakos

−0.32 (0.17)+

−0.57 (0.33)+

−0.42 (0.35)

 Kakamega

0.46 (0.13)***

0.79 (0.24)***

1.01 (0.25)***

Student

−0.31 (0.74)

−4.40 (1.88)*

0.82 (2.00)

Religiosity (strongly religious)

−0.31 (0.08)***

−0.10 (0.14)

−0.24 (0.18)

Read newspapers

−0.46 (0.12)***

−0.73 (0.26)**

−0.81 (0.29)**

Read magazines

−0.18 (0.10)+

−0.70 (0.20)***

−0.61 (0.25)*

Listen to radio

−0.17 (0.17)

−0.43 (0.35)

−0.70 (0.45)

Watches TV

−0.15 (0.09)+

−0.65 (0.15)***

−0.58 (0.16)***

Visits other cities in 12 months

0.24 (0.08)**

0.24 (0.17)

0.28 (0.19)

Visits rural areas in 12 months

0.09 (0.08)

0.49 (0.16)**

0.38 (0.18)*

 Poorest (ref)

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 Poor

−0.15 (0.10)

−0.19 (0.21)

−0.11 (0.22)

 Middle

−0.09 (0.12)

0.38 (0.24)

0.29 (0.25)

 Rich

−0.76 (0.18)***

−0.80 (0.40)*

−1.19 (0.43)**

 Richest

−0.88 (0.14)***

−1.67 (0.34)***

−1.72 (0.33)***

 Formal/non-slum (ref)

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 Slum area

0.14 (0.12)

0.24 (0.23)

−0.01 (0.27)

 Peri urban area

0.10 (0.13)

−0.25 (0.23)

0.25 (0.25)

Interaction: model age*student

−0.02 (0.04)

0.08 (0.10)

−0.18 (0.10)+