Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of all women, women 0-11 and 12-23 months post-delivery
Characteristic | All women (N = 34,832) | Women 0 –11 months postpartum (N = 3803) | Women 11 –23 months postpartum (N = 3746) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | N* | % | N | N* | % | N | N* | % | |
Age group | |||||||||
15 – 19 | 6973 | 6833 | 19.6 | 455 | 453 | 11.9 | 281 | 273 | 7.3 |
20 – 24 | 6599 | 6799 | 19.5 | 1267 | 1306 | 34.4 | 1139 | 1147 | 30.6 |
25 – 29 | 6496 | 6719 | 19.3 | 1058 | 1075 | 28.3 | 1099 | 1135 | 30.3 |
30 – 34 | 5159 | 5172 | 14.9 | 629 | 608 | 16.0 | 710 | 705 | 18.8 |
35 – 39 | 4034 | 3842 | 11.0 | 288 | 268 | 7.0 | 355 | 337 | 9.0 |
40 – 45 | 3209 | 3160 | 9.1 | 88 | 76 | 2.0 | 122 | 113 | 3.0 |
45 – 49 | 2362 | 2306 | 6.6 | 18 | 16 | 0.4 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 |
Marital Status | |||||||||
Never Married | 11,093 | 11,127 | 31.9 | 540 | 571 | 15.0 | 410 | 437 | 11.7 |
Married/In a union | 21,123 | 21,104 | 60.6 | 3141 | 3119 | 82.0 | 3137 | 3105 | 82.9 |
Widowed/Divorced | 2591 | 2570 | 7.4 | 120 | 109 | 2.9 | 197 | 203 | 5.4 |
Missing/No response | 25 | 31 | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
Residence | |||||||||
Rural | 22,138 | 22,507 | 64.6 | 2545 | 2513 | 66.1 | 2513 | 2499 | 66.7 |
Urban | 12,694 | 12,325 | 35.4 | 1258 | 1290 | 33.9 | 1233 | 1247 | 33.3 |
Education | |||||||||
No Education | 1706 | 1481 | 4.3 | 290 | 233 | 6.1 | 282 | 232 | 6.2 |
Primary | 16,928 | 16,700 | 47.9 | 1979 | 1941 | 51.0 | 1998 | 1959 | 52.3 |
Technical/Vocational | 710 | 689 | 2.0 | 89 | 85 | 2.2 | 85 | 74 | 2.0 |
Secondary | 10,973 | 11,226 | 32.2 | 1000 | 1042 | 27.4 | 952 | 1008 | 26.9 |
Higher | 4509 | 4728 | 13.6 | 445 | 503 | 13.2 | 429 | 473 | 12.6 |
Missing/No response | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Wealth Quintile | |||||||||
Lowest | 7820 | 7299 | 21.0 | 1074 | 984 | 25.9 | 1050 | 954 | 25.5 |
Lower | 7549 | 7389 | 21.2 | 885 | 861 | 22.7 | 891 | 868 | 23.2 |
Middle | 6991 | 6951 | 20.0 | 741 | 727 | 19.1 | 686 | 693 | 18.5 |
Higher | 6337 | 6285 | 18.0 | 593 | 609 | 16.0 | 616 | 609 | 16.3 |
Highest | 6135 | 6908 | 19.8 | 510 | 622 | 16.4 | 503 | 622 | 16.6 |
Parity | |||||||||
None | 9758 | 9691 | 27.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
1 – 2 | 11,333 | 11,694 | 33.6 | 2104 | 2188 | 57.5 | 2005 | 2058 | 54.9 |
3 – 4 | 8009 | 7832 | 22.5 | 1021 | 992 | 26.1 | 1032 | 1030 | 27.5 |
5+ | 5732 | 5615 | 16.1 | 678 | 623 | 16.4 | 709 | 658 | 17.6 |
Sexually active | |||||||||
No | 14,346 | 14,616 | 42.0 | 1356 | 1407 | 37.0 | 800 | 834 | 22.3 |
Yes | 20,486 | 20,216 | 58.0 | 2447 | 2396 | 63.0 | 2946 | 2912 | 77.7 |
Ever given birth | |||||||||
No | 9708 | 9632 | 27.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Yes | 25,074 | 25,141 | 72.2 | 3803 | 3803 | 100.0 | 3746 | 3746 | 100.0 |
Missing/No response | 50 | 59 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Data collection round | |||||||||
Jun/Jul 2014 | 3754 | 3729 | 10.7 | 461 | 454 | 11.9 | 476 | 458 | 12.2 |
Nov/Dec 2014 | 4329 | 4324 | 12.4 | 487 | 493 | 13.0 | 472 | 462 | 12.3 |
Jun/Jul 2015 | 4396 | 4385 | 12.6 | 528 | 541 | 14.2 | 449 | 458 | 12.2 |
Nov/Dec 2015 | 4921 | 4895 | 14.1 | 492 | 525 | 13.8 | 509 | 538 | 14.4 |
Nov/Dec 2016 | 5885 | 5916 | 17.0 | 645 | 627 | 16.5 | 647 | 642 | 17.1 |
Nov/Dec 2017 | 5876 | 5895 | 16.9 | 575 | 581 | 15.3 | 602 | 590 | 15.7 |
Nov/Dec 2018 | 5671 | 5688 | 16.3 | 615 | 583 | 15.3 | 591 | 599 | 16.0 |
County | |||||||||
Bungoma | 3954 | 3039 | 8.7 | 433 | 332 | 8.7 | 461 | 361 | 361 |
Kakamega | 1513 | 3033 | 8.7 | 150 | 293 | 7.7 | 149 | 296 | 296 |
Kericho | 3691 | 3955 | 11.4 | 411 | 437 | 11.5 | 405 | 431 | 431 |
Kiambu | 3212 | 3166 | 9.1 | 267 | 295 | 7.8 | 254 | 269 | 269 |
Kilifi | 4069 | 3721 | 10.7 | 522 | 501 | 13.2 | 517 | 479 | 479 |
Kitui | 3634 | 3396 | 9.8 | 300 | 266 | 7.0 | 365 | 333 | 333 |
Nairobi | 3258 | 4930 | 14.2 | 360 | 567 | 14.9 | 322 | 518 | 518 |
Nandi | 3816 | 3283 | 9.4 | 370 | 321 | 8.5 | 348 | 292 | 292 |
Nyamira | 3317 | 2459 | 7.1 | 327 | 244 | 6.4 | 291 | 220 | 220 |
Siaya | 2959 | 2902 | 8.3 | 393 | 374 | 9.8 | 381 | 378 | 378 |
West Pokot | 1409 | 949 | 2.7 | 270 | 173 | 4.6 | 253 | 168 | 168 |
Mean (S.D.) | Median | Mean (S.D.) | Median | Mean (S.D.) | Median | ||||
Age of the participants | 28.5 (9.2) | 27.0 | 25.9 (5.8) | 25.0 | 27.1 (6.1) | 26.0 | |||
Number of live births | 2.6 (2.3) | 2.0 | 2.7 (1.9) | 2.0 | 2.8 (2.0) | 2.0 | |||
Age at first birth | 20.0 (3.7) | 19.6 | 20.1 (3.7) | 19.6 | 20.1 (3.9) | 19.6 | |||
Age at first sex | 17.5 (3.1) | 17.0 | 17.5 (2.9) | 17.0 | 17.4 (3.1) | 17.0 | |||
Age at first use of FP | 23.2 (5.6) | 22.0 | 22.2 (4.5) | 21.0 | 22.7 (4.8) | 22.0 | |||