Table 6.
Factors associated with sexual debut, independent housing, first union, first child (hazard ratios, Cox models)
| Variables | Hazard ratios (standard errors) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual debut | Independent housing | Union | Child | |
| Slum residence (ref. Viwandani) | ||||
| Korogocho | 0.67 (0.05)*** | 0.71 (0.08)*** | 0.75 (0.11)** | 1.05 (0.13) |
| Age group (ref. 18–22) | ||||
| 12–14 | 0.56 (0.11)*** | 0.68 (0.28) | 8.99 (4.93)*** | 2.74 (1.81) |
| 15–17 | 0.72 (0.07)*** | 1.25 (0.19) | 0.93 (0.22) | 1.14 (0.25) |
| Gender (ref. female) | ||||
| Male | 0.99 (0.06) | 2.49 (0.22)*** | 0.16 (0.02)*** | 0.24 (0.03)*** |
| Socioeconomic status (ref. middle) | ||||
| Least wealthy | 0.91 (0.06) | 0.98 (0.09) | 1.22 (0.15) | 0.96 (0.11) |
| Most wealthy | 1.00 (0.07) | 0.69 (0.08)*** | 1.17 (0.16) | 1.24 (0.15)* |
| Ethnic group (ref. Kikuyu) | ||||
| Luhya | 1.09 (0.10) | 0.69 (0.09)*** | 1.05 (0.18) | 1.27 (0.20) |
| Luo | 1.14 (0.10) | 0.55 (0.08)*** | 1.35 (0.22)* | 0.98 (0.15) |
| Kamba | 0.81 (0.07)** | 0.85 (0.09) | 0.93 (0.15) | 0.78 (0.11)* |
| Somali | 0.40 (0.10)*** | 0.35 (0.11)*** | 1.24 (0.60) | 0.38 (0.14)*** |
| Other | 0.97 (0.11) | 0.68 (0.10)*** | 1.41 (0.27)* | 0.71 (0.14)* |
| Religion (ref. Catholic) | ||||
| No religion | 0.79 (0.09)** | 0.96 (0.13) | 1.10 (0.22) | 0.87 (0.16) |
| Protestant | 0.75 (0.09)** | 0.93 (0.10) | 1.01 (0.15) | 0.93 (0.12) |
| Pentecostal/other Christian | 0.75 (0.09)** | 0.76 (0.09)** | 1.30 (0.19)* | 0.83 (0.11) |
| Muslim | 0.82 (0.19) | 1.51 (0.42) | 1.05 (0.50) | 1.56 (0.53) |
| Other | 0.67 (0.11)** | 1.19 (0.22) | 1.23 (0.28) | 0.74 (0.17) |
| Educational level (ref. primary) | ||||
| No education | 1.26 (0.31) | 1.56 (0.56) | 1.69 (0.57) | 1.52 (0.37)* |
| Secondary or higher | 1.16 (0.28) | 0.82 (0.07)** | 0.50 (0.06)*** | 0.66 (0.08)*** |
| Other | 1.19 (0.70) | 2.36 (1.06)* | 0.68 (0.39) | 2.54 (1.39)* |
| Currently in school | 0.39 (0.03)*** | 0.36 (0.05)*** | 0.03 (0.01)*** | 0.05 (0.03)*** |
| Slum born | 0.92 (0.07) | 0.82 (0.08)** | 0.76 (0.10)** | 0.99 (0.12) |
| Ever used contraception | 0.82 (0.10) | |||
| Married/Lives together | 6.33 (0.79)*** | 2.41 (0.38)*** | 9.82 (1.13)*** | |
| Lives in an independent housing | 1.27 (0.13)** | 1.77 (0.26)*** | 1.41 (0.15)*** | |
| Experience first sex | 1.56 (0.15)*** | |||
| Has first child | 0.56 (0.10)*** | 1.17 (0.21) | ||
| Wald Chi-square | 656.300*** | 407.158*** | 291.274*** | 1,029.982*** |
| Subjects (events) | 3,944 (1,253) | 3,944 (656) | 3,944 (407) | 3,944 (453) |
| Time at risk (person-years) | 62,631.040 | 65,880.274 | 66,556.446 | 66,583.285 |
*p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01