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. 2024 Aug 13;19(8):e0302077. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302077

Table 1. Characteristics of study participants at enrollment (N = 994).

N n (%) or median (IQR)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Study site 994
 Nairobi 460 (46)
 Western Kenya 534 (54)
Age (years) 994 24 (21–27)
Gestational age at enrollment (week) 994 28.0 (22.0–32.0)
Gestational age ≥24 weeks at enrollment 994 724 (73)
Completed secondary education 994 510 (51)
Employed 994 335 (34)
Household income ≥10,000 (KSH) per month 876 318 (36)
Ever diagnosed with STI 988 27 (3)
Depressiona 994 547 (55)
Number of living children 994 1 (0–2)
Current pregnancy intended 994 582 (59)
Partner characteristics
Marital status 994  
 Married or cohabitating   832 (84)
 Not married, with partner   67 (7)
 No partner   95 (10)
Current relationship polygamous (vs. monogamous)b 925 54 (6)
Current relationship duration (years) b 926  
 <1   123 (13)
 1–5   473 (51)
 >5   330 (36)
Low partnership powerc 895 226 (25)
Partner age difference (years) 889 5 (3–7)
Partner HIV status 927  
 Positive   8 (1)
 Negative   675 (73)
 Unknown   244 (26)
Clinic experiences
Travel time to clinic ≥1 hourd 993 208 (21)
Used transportation to clinicd 992 696 (70)
Clinic wait time ≥1 hourd 993 334 (34)
Ever left clinic because of long wait 993 125 (13)
Clinic hours inconvenient 994 123 (12)

Interquartile range (IQR); Kenyan Shilling (KSH), sexually transmitted infection (STI); home-based HIV self-test (HB-HIVST); clinic-based rapid diagnostic test (CB-RDT). KSH ~ $1 USD. a. score >10 on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS); b. among women who reported having a partner; c. score in lowest quantile (<2.15) on Sexual Relationship Power Scale (SRPS); d. last clinic visit before enrollment