Table 1.

Respondent characteristics compared by sex

Characteristic	Men		Women
	Number	Valid percent	Number	Valid percent
Sex (n = 483)	127		356
Age (n = 463)†
25 and under	14	11.2	75	22.2
26–35	41	32.8	146	43.2
36–45	45	36.0	81	24.0
46 and over	25	20.0	36	10.7
Marital status
Ever married (n = 478)	116	91.3	334	95.2
Current marital status (n = 475)†
Single	12	9.6	27	7.7
Married/partnered	99	79.2	217	62.0
Separated	6	4.8	24	6.9
Widowed	8	6.4	82	23.4
Polygamy: men with multiple wives, women whose husbands have multiple wives (n = 478)†	11	8.6	100	28.5
Have children with current partner (n = 479)	104	81.9	263	74.7
Ethnic group (n = 480)
Luo	85	67.5	242	68.4
Kikuyu	0	0.0	1	0.3
Kisii	40	31.8	108	30.5
Luhya	1	0.8	3	0.9
District (n = 483)
Kisumu	87	68.5	245	68.8
Kisii	40	31.5	111	31.2
Education status (n = 481)†
Never attended school	0	0.0	22	6.2
Primary school	82	65.1	250	70.4
Secondary school	29	23.0	68	19.2
Post-primary/Vocational	12	9.5	9	2.5
College/University	3	2.4	6	1.7
Local language reading (n = 458)*
Not at all	6	4.9	24	7.1
Can read with difficulty	22	18.0	94	28.0
Can read easily	94	77.0	218	64.9
Religion (n = 245)a
African independent churches	28	45.9	71	38.6
Protestant	11	18.0	49	26.6
Roman catholic	15	24.6	39	21.2
Other	7	11.5	25	13.6
Type of employment (n = 467)b
Housework†	1	0.8	52	15.3
Selling things†	16	12.7	111	32.6
Farming or horticulture	44	34.9	149	43.7
Manual labor†	32	25.4	24	7.0
Fishing†	4	3.2	1	0.3
Teacher or health worker	1	0.8	6	1.8
Driver†	8	6.4	0	0.0
Other†	33	26.2	25	7.3

^*P < 0.05 for test of hypothesis that male and female subgroups are from the same population (χ² tests)

^†P < 0.01 for test of hypothesis that male and female subgroups are from the same population (χ² tests)

^aResponse rates to this question were low because original list of possible religions was not accurate

^bEmployment percentages do not add to 100% across categories because multiple responses permitted