Table 1.

Young Women’s Reports Regarding the First Month of Premarital Relationships, by Timing of Relationship Start: Descriptive Statistics

Variables	Last 10 Years (N= 551)		Last 5 Years (N= 362)
Variables	M or %	SD	M or %	SD
Material transfers in relationship
Received money-gifts-assistance	0.69		0.70
Amount received (Ksh)	774.68	3257.40	966.45	3958.59
Gave money-gifts-assistance to partner	0.20		0.23
Amount given (Ksh)	72.32	414.48	80.51	398.34
Net amount received (Ksh)	702.37	3235.24	885.93	3916.93
In relationship for money-gifts-assistance	0.19		0.20
Individual economic resources
Earned income	0.21		0.26
Amount of income (Ksh)	565.28	3276.91	804.99	4006.03
Had another partner	0.18		0.21
Net amount received from other partners (Ksh)	139.34	1060.60	200.31	1293.09
Respondent other characteristics
Age	17.29	2.59	18.40	2.22
Level of education
None/primary	0.38		0.26
Secondary or higher	0.62		0.74
Household economic status index^a	−0.03	0.07	−0.03	0.08
Partner characteristics
Age	21.83	4.78	22.77	4.72
Level of education
None/primary	0.19		0.14
Secondary	0.62		0.63
Post-secondary	0.18		0.23
High economic status	0.21		0.22
Partner had another partner(s)	0.16		0.15
Commitment within relationship
Relationship type
Fiancé/serious	0.21		0.22
Dating	0.58		0.57
Casual/other	0.21		0.20
In relationship for love	0.30		0.29
Aspires to marry partner	0.28		0.29
Sexual behavior outcomes
Had sexual intercourse	0.35		0.33
Frequency of intercourse^b
1–4 times	0.61		0.59
5–14 times	0.31		0.30
15 + times	0.08		0.11
Condom use^b
Always	0.39		0.50
Most of the time	0.03		0.04
Sometimes	0.12		0.14
Rarely	0.02		0.03
Never	0.44		0.30

Note. Standard deviations are not reported for binary or categorical variables. Ksh denotes Kenyan shillings. At the time of survey, 70 Ksh corresponded to 1 U.S. dollar.

Standardized index of 14 household items (range = −0.2–0.13).

Analysis carried out among those who had sex.