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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Jun;41(2):69–79. doi: 10.1363/4106915

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of women ages 15 to 49 in urban Kenya, 2010.

Women included in the analysis Women excluded from the analysis because they link to a non-MLE facility


N=3246* % N=2399* %



Age



 15–19 184 6% 232 10%
 20–24 886 27% 814 34%
 25–29 967 30% 565 24%
 30–34 608 19% 325 14%
 35–39 352 11% 256 11%
 40–49 249 8% 207 9%
 Missing 0 0% 0 0%



Education



 No education 68 2% 72 3%
 Primary Incomplete 442 14% 261 11%
 Primary Complete 942 29% 564 24%
 Secondary plus 1795 55% 1501 63%
 Missing 0 0% 0 0%



Religion



 Catholic 764 24% 626 26%
 Protestant/other Christian 2183 67% 1581 66%
 Muslim/none/other 295 9% 190 8%
 Missing 4 0% 2 0%



Marital Status



 Currently married 2367 73% 1206 50%
 Not currently married 869 27% 1188 50%
 Missing 10 0% 5 0%



Parity



 No children 322 10% 726 30%
 1 child 996 31% 696 29%
 2 children 883 27% 455 19%
 3 children 516 16% 259 11%
 4 or more children 528 16% 264 11%
 Missing 0 0% 0 0%



Fertility Intentions



 Wants a pregnancy later 1630 50% 1441 60%
 Does not want a pregnancy 1408 43% 781 33%
 Not sure she can get pregnant 16 1% 18 1%
 Other 20 1% 18 1%
 Doesn’t know 160 5% 135 6%
 Missing 12 0% 6 0%



City



 Nairobi 2269 70% 1967 82%
 Mombasa 599 18% 320 13%
 Kisumu 236 7% 77 3%
 Machakos 61 2% 20 1%
 Kakamega 81 2% 15 1%
 Missing 0 0% 0 0%



Wealth



 Poorest 594 18% 396 16%
 Poor 702 22% 429 18%
 Middle 715 22% 505 21%
 Rich 663 20% 476 20%
 Richest 573 18% 591 25%
 Missing 0 0% 3 0%



Residence



 Slum 790 24% 406 17%
 Non-Slum 2456 76% 1993 83%
 Missing 0 0% 0 0%
*

All numbers and percentages are weighted.