TABLE 1.
Select Characteristics Among Sexually Active Women Aged 15–49 Years by HIV Status, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2012
| All (Unweighted, N = 3583) |
Known HIV Infection*
(Unweighted, N = 137) |
HIV-Uninfected†
(Unweighted, N = 3446) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Unweighted, n | Weighted % (95% CI) |
Unweighted, n | Weighted % (95% CI) |
Unweighted, n | Weighted % (95% CI) |
| Total | 3583 | 137 | 3446 | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married/never cohabited | 358 | 10.4 (8.9 to 11.8) | 7 | 4.5 (1.2 to 7.8) | 351 | 10.6 (9.1 to 12.1) |
| Married/cohabited | 2873 | 79.9 (78.2 to 81.7) | 93 | 68.7 (60.7 to 76.6) | 2780 | 80.4 (78.6 to 82.2) |
| Separated/divorced | 186 | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.1) | 10 | 6.7 (2.5 to 10.8) | 176 | 5.2 (4.3 to 6.0) |
| Ever widowed | 166 | 4.5 (3.7 to 5.3) | 27 | 20.2 (13.5 to 26.9) | 139 | 3.8 (3.0 to 4.6) |
| Residence | ||||||
| Rural | 2204 | 61.8 (58.9 to 64.7) | 80 | 59.7 (47.9 to 71.4) | 2124 | 61.9 (59.0 to 64.8) |
| Urban | 1379 | 38.2 (35.3 to 41.1) | 57 | 40.3 (28.6 to 52.1) | 1322 | 38.1 (35.2 to 41.0) |
| Religion | ||||||
| Roman Catholic | 803 | 23.7 (21.2 to 26.2) | 28 | 20.5 (14.2 to 26.8) | 775 | 23.8 (21.3 to 26.4) |
| Protestant/other Christian | 2402 | 70.0 (67.4 to 72.7) | 101 | 76.5 (69.0 to 84.1) | 2301 | 69.8 (67.0 to 72.5) |
| Other‡ | 378 | 6.3 (4.7 to 7.8) | 8 | 3.0 (0 to 6.7) | 370 | 6.4 (4.8 to 8.0) |
| Age category, yrs | ||||||
| 15–19 | 233 | 6.6 (5.6 to 7.6) | 2 | 1.9 (0 to 4.3) | 231 | 6.8 (5.8 to 7.8) |
| 20–29 | 1695 | 47.3 (45.2 to 49.4) | 44 | 33.0 (24.4 to 41.6) | 1651 | 47.9 (45.7 to 50.1) |
| 30–39 | 1124 | 31.3 (29.4 to 33.1) | 61 | 42.6 (33.3 to 52.0) | 1063 | 30.8 (28.9 to 32.7) |
| 40–49 | 531 | 14.8 (13.5 to 16.2) | 30 | 22.5 (14.7 to 30.4) | 501 | 14.5 (13.2 to 15.9) |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Poorest | 655 | 18.1 (15.1 to 21.0) | 18 | 13.3 (6.5 to 20.1) | 637 | 18.3 (15.3 to 21.3) |
| Second | 741 | 20.8 (18.5 to 23.1) | 34 | 26.1 (16.1 to 36.2) | 707 | 20.6 (18.3 to 22.8) |
| Middle | 728 | 20.3 (18.1 to 22.5) | 29 | 24.7 (17.4 to 32.0) | 699 | 20.1 (17.9 to 22.3) |
| Fourth | 661 | 18.3 (15.9 to 20.7) | 36 | 24.0 (15.0 to 33.0) | 625 | 18.1 (15.6 to 20.5) |
| Richest | 798 | 22.5 (19.4 to 25.6) | 20 | 11.8 (6.1 to 17.6) | 778 | 23.0 (19.8 to 26.1) |
| Highest educational attainment | ||||||
| No primary | 515 | 10.3 (8.7 to 12.0) | 12 | 5.6 (1.3 to 10.0) | 503 | 10.5 (8.8 to 12.2) |
| Incomplete primary | 64 | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.6) | 3 | 2.0 (0 to 4.3) | 61 | 1.9 (1.2 to 2.6) |
| Complete primary | 1223 | 35.8 (33.6 to 38.0) | 47 | 36.0 (27.3 to 44.6) | 1176 | 35.8 (33.6 to 38.0) |
| Secondary or higher | 1781 | 51.9 (49.6 to 54.3) | 75 | 56.4 (47.5 to 65.3) | 1706 | 51.8 (49.3 to 54.2) |
| Parity | ||||||
| None | 995 | 31.0 (29.2 to 32.8) | 62 | 44.7 (34.3 to 55.0) | 933 | 30.3 (28.5 to 32.2) |
| 1 | 1495 | 45.8 (43.9 to 47.8) | 38 | 29.7 (21.0 to 38.4) | 1457 | 46.5 (44.5 to 48.5) |
| ≥2 | 760 | 23.2 (21.3 to 25.2) | 33 | 25.6 (16.9 to 34.3) | 727 | 23.1 (21.2 to 25.1) |
| Family planning | ||||||
| Yes | 2158 | 68.2 (66.1 to 70.3) | 87 | 70.8 (62.7 to 78.9) | 2071 | 68.1 (65.9 to 70.3) |
| No | 1087 | 31.8 (29.7 to 33.9) | 38 | 29.2 (21.1 to 37.3) | 1049 | 31.9 (29.7 to 34.1) |
| Modern contraceptive use | ||||||
| Yes | 1992 | 93.0 (91.8 to 94.3) | 85 | 98.4 (96.1 to 100) | 1907 | 92.8 (91.5 to 94.1) |
| No | 166 | 7.0 (5.7 to 8.2) | 2 | 1.6 (0 to 3.9) | 164 | 7.2 (5.9 to 8.5) |
| Wants children in the future | ||||||
| Yes | 1563 | 42.3 (40.1 to 44.6) | 24 | 14.4 (8.8 to 20.1) | 1539 | 43.5 (41.1 to 45.8) |
| No | 2018 | 57.7 (55.4 to 59.9) | 113 | 85.6 (79.9 to 91.2) | 1905 | 56.5 (54.2 to 58.9) |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Known HIV infection | 137 | 4.0 (3.2 to 4.7) | — | — | — | — |
| HIV uninfected | 3446 | 96.0 (95.2 to 97.0) | — | — | — | — |
*
Laboratory-confirmed HIV-positive, self-reported HIV-positive.
†
Laboratory-confirmed HIV-negative, self-reported HIV-negative.
‡
Other includes Muslim, other religions, and no religion.