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. 2010 Sep 9;15(6):1111–1120. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9798-5

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of MAMAS study participants included in the analysis (N = 1525)

Age, n (%)
 ≤20 579 (38.0)
 21–30 767 (50.3)
 ≥31 179 (11.7)
Education, n (%)
 Only primary school (elementary) or less 1277 (83.7)
 Secondary school (high school) or more 248 (16.3)
Reading literacy, n (%)
 Easily 664 (43.5)
 With difficulty 616 (40.4)
 Not at all 245 (16.1)
Religion, n (%)
 Roman Catholic 287 (18.8)
 Seventh Day Adventist 509 (33.4)
 Other 728 (47.8)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Luo 1407 (92.3)
 Other 118 (7.7)
Household goods, n (%)
 Refrigerator 16 (1.0)
 Electricity 56 (3.7)
 Television 159 (10.4)
 Mobile phone 723 (47.4)
 Radio 1149 (75.3)
Occupation, n (%)
 Housework 323 (21.2)
 Selling things/fish monger 329 (21.6)
 Farming/agricultural work/manual labor 772 (47.5)
 Other 147 (9.7)
Marital status, n (%)
 Not currently married 188 (12.3)
 Currently married 1336 (87.7)
Currently living with male partner, n (%)
 Yes 1331 (87.3)
 No 193 (12.7)
Male partner has other wives (n = 1331 women currently living with a male partner), n (%)
 Yes 394 (29.6)
 No 937 (70.4)
Male partner’s occupation (n = 1330), n (%)
 Selling things 142 (10.7)
 Farming/agricultural work 508 (38.2)
 Fishing 161 (12.1)
 Manual labor 205 (15.4)
 Other type of job 314 (23.6)
Mean months of pregnancy at time of first ANC visit (woman’s report) (median, range) 5.1 (5, 0.4–9.0)
Mean number of pregnancies (median, range) 3.2 (3, 1–16)
Mean number of live births (median, range) 2.2 (2, 0–15)
Mean number of living children (median, range) 1.8 (2, 0–10)