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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics (education level, marital status and religion) of respondents in Nairobi and Coast regions

From: Rapid situational assessment of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and coastal regions of Kenya: a respondent driven sampling survey

Province

Nairobi County

Mombasa County

All

 

Unadjusted

Women [Adjusted]

Men [Adjusted]

Unadjusted

Women [Adjusted]

Men [Adjusted]

Unadjusted

All Women [Adjusted]

All Men [Adjusted]

Education Level

 Never Attended

14 (4.1)

75.9 [75.7–76.0]

3.4 [3.3–3.5]

9 [3.0]

3.4 [3.3–3.5]

 

23 (3.6)

3.7 [3.7–3.8]

3.7 [3.7–3.8]

 Primary

239 (69.1)

24.1 [23.8–24.4]

75.9 [75.9–76.0]

226 [75.6]

75.9 [75.7–76.0]

75.9 [75.7–76.0]

465 (72.1)

73.8 [74.0–74.0]

68.4 [68.4–68.5]

 Secondary

87 (25.1)

 

19.1

60 [20.1]

24.1 [23.8–24.4]

24.1 [23.8–24.4]

147 (22.8)

71.8 [71.7–71.8]

24.8 [24.7–24.9]

 College

3.0 (0.9)

 

1.5 [1.4–1.6]

4.0 [1.3]

1.5 [1.4–1.6]

 

7.0 (1.1)

1.4 [1.4–1.5]

1.5 [1.4–1.6]

 Post secondary

3 (0.9)

  

.

  

3 (0.5)

.

 

Marital Status

 Never Married/ Single

182 (52.7)

39.6 [39.4–39.9]

47.3 [47.2–47.4]

137 [46.1]

27.1 [26.8–27.4]

53.1 [53.1–53,2]

319 (49.7)

25.6 [25.3–25.8]

30.6 [30.6–30.7]

 Divorced/ Separated

103 (29.9)

27.1 [26.8–27.4]

30.4.0 [30.3–30.5]

91 [30.6]

23.1 [22.7–23.5]

30.8 [30.7–30.9]

194 (30.2)

25.6 [25.6–25.3]

30.6 [30.6–30.7]

 Monogamous

34 (9.9)

15.1 [14.8–15.4]

8.12 [8.0–8.2]

26 [8.8]

0

9.6 [9.5–9.7]

60 (9.3)

 

50.5 [50.5–50.6]

 Married

24 (7.0)

15.2 [14.8–15.4]

11.5 [11.4–11.6]

35 [11.8]

5.2 [5.1–5.3]

5.2 [5.1–5.3]

59 (9.2)

9.3 [9.1–9.6]

0.5 [0.4—0.6]

 Widowed

2 (0.6)

2.9[]

1.5 []

5 [1.7]

1.2 [1.1–1,3]

1.2 [1.1–1.3]

7 (1.1)

[1.8]

[1..4]

 Total

344 (53.6)

  

302 [46.4]

  

646 (100.0)

  

Religion

 Muslim

55 (15.9)

50.8 [50.5–51.1]

23.1 [22.9–24.1]

216 [72.5]

19.3 [19.2–19.4]

74.4 [74.3–74.4]

271 (42.2)

[15.2]

41.7 [41.6–41.7

 Roman Catholic

144 (41.7)

24.4 [24.0–24.8]

11.6 [11.8–12.3]

45 [15.1]

18.1 [17.8–18.4]

13.8 [13.6–13.9]

189 (29.4)

[39.4]

28.0 [27.9–28.1]

 Protestant

135 (39.1)

24.8 [24.4–25.2

42.7–42.6]

33 [11.1]

14.7 [14,4–15.0]

10.3 [10.2–10.2]

168 (26.1)

[24.2]]

28.2 [28.1–28.3]

 Other

11 (3.2)

 

45.0 [46.0–46.1]

4 [1.3]

18.1 [17.8–18.4]

 

15 (2.3)

[2.7]

2.1 [2.0–2.2]