Table 4.
Association between different individual determinants and level of access to SRHR services (n = 325)
| Variable | Demographic | Access to SRHR Services | Non-access to SRHR Services | Crude Odds Ratio (CORs) |
95% Confidence Intervals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability Modality | Intellectual Disability (ref a) | 12 | 22 | 1.00 | - |
| Mental Disability | 17 | 33 | 0.94 | 0.39–2.26 | |
| Sensory Disability | 105 | 22 | 8.75 *** | 3.69–20.72 | |
| Physical Disability | 86 | 28 | 5.64 *** | 2.40 -13.27 | |
| Age group | 15–21 | 17 | 17 | 2.50 * | 0.99–6.30 |
| 22–28 (ref) | 16 | 40 | 1.00 | - | |
| 29–35 | 56 | 37 | 3.78 *** | 1.90–7.52 | |
| 36–42 | 88 | 6 | 36.67 *** | 12.96–103.73 | |
| 43–49 | 43 | 5 | 21.50 *** | 7.06–65.45 | |
| Religious Practices | Catholic (ref) | 58 | 44 | 1.00 | - |
| Muslim | 24 | 16 | 1.14 | 0.55–2.35 | |
| Other | 4 | 2 | 1.52 | 0.26–8.82 | |
| Protestant | 134 | 43 | 2.36 *** | 1.44–3.87 | |
| Level of Education | Never attended school (ref) | 31 | 13 | 1.00 | - |
| Primary | 37 | 19 | 0.82 | 0.36–1.89 | |
| Secondary | 83 | 30 | 1.16 | 0.53–2.54 | |
| Technical/Vocational | 42 | 41 | 0.43 ** | 0.20–0.94 | |
| Tertiary (University/College) | 27 | 2 | 5.66 ** | 1.23–25.98 | |
| Marital Status | Single (ref) | 119 | 90 | 1.00 | - |
| Separated | 19 | 6 | 2.39 | 0.90–6.38 | |
| Married | 82 | 9 | 6.89 *** | 3.27–14.50 | |
| Income Status | < 10,000 Kes | 0 | 9 | 0.10 ** | 0.01–0.78 |
| 10,000–15,000 (ref) | 109 | 20 | 1.00 | - | |
| 15,000–20,000 | 47 | 23 | 0.37 ** | 0.20–0.70 | |
| 20,000–25,000 | 24 | 19 | 0.23 *** | 0.11–0.49 | |
| > 25,000 | 40 | 34 | 0.21 *** | 0.12–0.38 | |
| Sexual activity status | Sexually non-active (ref) | 47 | 67 | 1.00 | - |
| Sexually active | 173 | 38 | 6.49 *** | 3.98–10.58 |
*p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001
aref- Reference categories were selected based on the hypothesized lowest-access group informed by existing literature (e.g., intellectual disability as reference) or, where no clear hypothesis existed, the most populous category to maximize statistical stability