Characteristics of AGYW | Nairobi, Kenya | uMkhanyakude, South Africa | Gem, Kenya | |||||||||
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15–17 | 18–22 | 13–17 | 18–22 | 15–17 | 18–22 | |||||||
Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | |||||||
n = 547 | % | n = 534 | % | n = 1148 | % | n = 1036 | % | n = 481 | % | n = 886 | % | |
DREAMS awareness | ||||||||||||
 Heard of DREAMS | 489 | 89.4 | 414 | 77.5 | 627 | 54.6 | 324 | 31.3 | 135 | 28.1 | 223 | 25.2 |
 Not heard of DREAMS | 58 | 10.6 | 120 | 22.5 | 521 | 45.4 | 710 | 68.7 | 346 | 71.9 | 661 | 74.8 |
Informal settlement site Nairobi | ||||||||||||
 Korogocho | 317 | 58.0 | 300 | 56.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Viwandani | 230 | 42.0 | 234 | 43.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Residence area | ||||||||||||
 Rural |  |  |  |  | 727 | 63.9 | 661 | 64.4 |  |  |  |  |
 Peri-urban |  |  |  |  | 351 | 30.8 | 309 | 30.1 |  |  |  |  |
 Urban |  |  |  |  | 60 | 5.3 | 57 | 5.6 |  |  |  |  |
Marital status | ||||||||||||
 Never | 534 | 97.6 | 309 | 57.9 | 1148 | 100 | 1035 | 99.9 | 454 | 94.6 | 544 | 61.6 |
 Previously married/cohabiting | 1 | 0.2 | 32 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.7 |
 Currently married/cohabiting | 12 | 2.2 | 193 | 36.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 26 | 5.4 | 324 | 36.7 |
Educationa | ||||||||||||
 None | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.6 |
 Currently in school | 459 | 83.9 | 167 | 31.3 | 1128 | 98.3 | 516 | 49.9 | 412 | 85.7 | 11 | 1.3 |
 Not in school, some primary | 57 | 10.4 | 126 | 23.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 27 | 2.6 | 57 | 11.9 | 443 | 50.3 |
 Not in school, some secondary | 29 | 5.3 | 210 | 39.3 | 15 | 1.3 | 433 | 41.9 | 11 | 2.3 | 401 | 45.6 |
 Not in school, some tertiary | 2 | 0.4 | 24 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.3 |
Recent/current employmentb | ||||||||||||
 No | 527 | 96.3 | 421 | 78.8 | 1129 | 98.6 | 990 | 96.1 | 469 | 98.5 | 646 | 74.0 |
 Yes | 20 | 3.7 | 113 | 21.2 | 16 | 1.4 | 40 | 3.8 | 7 | 1.5 | 227 | 26.0 |
Self-assessed household poverty | ||||||||||||
 Very poor | 66 | 12.1 | 73 | 13.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Moderately poor | 435 | 79.5 | 423 | 79.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Not poor | 46 | 8.4 | 38 | 7.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Received government social grant | ||||||||||||
 No |  |  |  |  | 338 | 30.4 | 775 | 75.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Yes (child-care/foster-child) |  |  |  |  | 773 | 69.6 | 259 | 25.0 |  |  |  |  |
Socio-economic status | ||||||||||||
 Low |  |  |  |  | 380 | 34.2 | 347 | 36.0 |  |  |  |  |
 Middle |  |  |  |  | 386 | 34.8 | 361 | 37.4 |  |  |  |  |
 High |  |  |  |  | 344 | 31.0 | 256 | 26.6 |  |  |  |  |
Food insecurec | ||||||||||||
 No | 351 | 65.5 | 366 | 68.9 | 898 | 78.2 | 603 | 58.3 |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 185 | 34.5 | 165 | 31.1 | 250 | 21.8 | 432 | 41.7 |  |  |  |  |
Number of household assets | ||||||||||||
 0to5 | 115 | 21 | 108 | 20.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 6to7 | 167 | 30.5 | 190 | 35.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 8to9 | 160 | 29.3 | 152 | 28.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 10to15 | 105 | 19.2 | 84 | 15.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of individual assets | ||||||||||||
 0to3 | 48 | 8.8 | 40 | 7.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 4to6 | 331 | 60.5 | 370 | 69.3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 7to10 | 168 | 30.7 | 124 | 23.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ever had sex | ||||||||||||
 No | 479 | 87.9 | 163 | 30.5 | 999 | 87.9 | 279 | 27.8 | 373 | 77.6 | 221 | 25.0 |
 Yes | 66 | 12.1 | 371 | 69.5 | 137 | 12.1 | 724 | 72.2 | 108 | 22.5 | 663 | 75.0 |
Ever pregnant | ||||||||||||
 No | 514 | 94.0 | 266 | 49.8 | 1077 | 94.5 | 499 | 50.3 | 431 | 90.2 | 413 | 47.2 |
 Yes | 31 | 5.7 | 268 | 50.2 | 63 | 5.5 | 494 | 49.7 | 47 | 9.8 | 462 | 52.8 |
Ever given birth | ||||||||||||
 No | 519 | 94.9 | 286 | 53.6 | 1099 | 96.3 | 548 | 53.9 |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 26 | 4.8 | 248 | 46.4 | 42 | 3.7 | 469 | 46.1 |  |  |  |  |
HIV status (self-reported) | ||||||||||||
 Positive | 15 | 2.7 | 7 | 1.3 | 27 | 2.4 | 108 | 10.4 | 9 | 1.9 | 28 | 3.2 |
 Negative | 422 | 77.1 | 467 | 87.5 | 183 | 15.9 | 313 | 30.2 | 331 | 68.8 | 815 | 92.2 |
 Unwilling to share | 22 | 4.0 | 22 | 4.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Never tested/unknown | 88 | 16.1 | 38 | 7.1 | 938 | 81.7 | 615 | 59.4 | 141 | 29.3 | 41 | 4.6 |