Table 1.
Main socio-demographic, fertility and family planning variables by study cohort for the Quantitative sample (N = 240)
| Study cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | Central Province N = 204 (%) | Eastern Province N = 36 (%) | χ 2/Fisher’s p-value |
| Age | |||
| 16–25 | 15 (7) | 8 (22) | <0.001 |
| 26–35 | 114 (56) | 26 (72) | |
| 36–45 | 75 (37) | 2 (6) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 75 (37) | 4 (11) | 0.003 |
| Married | 129 (63) | 32 (89) | |
| Religion | |||
| Roman Catholic | 58 (28) | 13 (36) | 0.352 |
| Other | 146 (72) | 23 (64) | |
| Education | |||
| Up to primary | 169 (83) | 29 (81) | 0.739 |
| Above primary | 35 (17) | 7 (19) | |
| Employment | |||
| Unemployed | 50 (24) | 26 (72) | <0.001 |
| Regular | 145 (72) | 9 (25) | |
| Professional | 9 (4) | 1 (3) | |
| Breadwinner status | |||
| Herself | 76 (37) | 3 (8) | 0.001 |
| Partner | 114 (56) | 29 (81) | |
| Other | 14 (7) | 4 (11) | |
| Breadwinner occupation | |||
| Unemployed | 8 (4) | 0 (0) | 0.739 |
| Regular | 178 (87) | 33 (92) | |
| Professional | 18 (9) | 3 (8) | |
| Has health insurance | |||
| No | 171 (84) | 31 (86) | 0.729 |
| Yes | 33 (16) | 5 (14) | |
| Household income | |||
| < KSh3000 | 46 (23) | 13 (36) | 0.216 |
| 3000–9999 | 113 (55) | 16 (44) | |
| 10,000+ | 45 (22) | 7 (19) | |
| Can raise KSh1000 for emergency | |||
| Easy to | 38 (19) | 7 (19) | 0.908 |
| Difficult to | 166 (81) | 29 (81) | |
| Can access FP voucher | |||
| No | 182 (91) | 27 (90) | 0.732 |
| Yes | 17 (9) | 3 (10) | |
| Currently on ART | |||
| No | 42 (21) | 17 (47) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 162 (79) | 19 (53) | |
| On Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis | |||
| No | 22 (11) | 7 (19) | 0.164 |
| Yes | 182 (89) | 29 (81) | |
| Knowledge of partner’s HIV status | |||
| No | 55 (28) | 9 (28) | 0.112 |
| Yes | 145 (72) | 23 (72) | |
| Ever experienced stigma | |||
| No | 146 (72) | 33 (92) | 0.011 |
| Yes | 58 (28) | 3 (8) | |
| Sexually active | |||
| No | 55 (28) | 11 (37) | 0.135 |
| Yes | 144 (72) | 19 (63) | |
| Number of sex partners in last 1 month | |||
| 0 | 0 (0) | 7 (22) | <0.001 |
| 1 | 116 (97) | 25 (78) | |
| > 1 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| Number of sex partners in last 12 months | |||
| 0 | 0 (0) | 5 (16) | <0.001 |
| 1 | 131 (97) | 26 (81) | |
| > 1 | 4 (3) | 1 (3) | |
| Fertility Variables | |||
| Number of previous pregnancies | |||
| Once | 26 (13) | 1 (3) | 0.173 |
| Two times | 69 (34) | 10 (28) | |
| Three times | 47 (23) | 9 (25) | |
| More than three times | 62 (30) | 16 (44) | |
| Number of living children | |||
| 1 child | 34 (17) | 1 (3) | 0.007 |
| 2 children | 75 (38) | 11 (31) | |
| 3 children | 53 (27) | 9 (25) | |
| > 3 children | 37 (19) | 15 (42) | |
| Desired number of children | |||
| 2 children | 66 (32) | 6 (20) | 0.051 |
| 3 children | 75 (37) | 8 (27) | |
| > 3 children | 63 (31) | 16 (53) | |
| Partner desires same number children | |||
| No | 23 (12) | 4 (13) | 0.674 |
| Yes | 101 (51) | 18 (60) | |
| Has no partner | 45 (23) | 4 (13) | |
| Don’t know | 30 (15) | 4 (13) | |
| Parity balance | |||
| More children than number desired | 31 (15) | 5 (14) | 0.228 |
| Desired number of children fulfilled | 72 (35) | 18 (50) | |
| Less children than number desired | 101 (50) | 13 (36) | |
| Wants another child | |||
| No | 143 (70) | 24 (80) | 0.263 |
| Yes | 61 (30) | 6 (20) | |
| Intended the last pregnancy | |||
| No | 26 (13) | 5 (14) | 0.901 |
| Wanted to wait | 58 (28) | 9 (25) | |
| Yes | 120 (59) | 22 (61) | |
| Feeling if unexpectedly pregnant today | |||
| I would feel sad | 118 (60) | 22 (65) | 0.276 |
| I would feel happy | 17 (9) | 5 (15) | |
| Indifferent | 62 (31) | 7 (20) | |
| Family Planning variables | |||
| Uses family planning | |||
| No | 10 (5) | 8 (27) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 189 (95) | 22 (73) | |
| Type of family planning method used | |||
| Short-term | 97 (51) | 10 (45) | 0.311 |
| Long-term | 27 (14) | 6 (27) | |
| Condom | 65 (34) | 6 (27) | |
| Dual protection | |||
| No | 61 (32) | 12 (55) | 0.038 |
| Yes | 128 (68) | 10 (45) | |
| Provider explained FP methods | |||
| No | 113 (58) | 9 (69) | 0.296 |
| Yes | 82 (42) | 4 (31) | |
| Stopped family planning | |||
| Not stopped | 168 (84) | 28 (78) | 0.324 |
| Stopped | 31 (16) | 8 (22) | |
| Pregnant at baseline or over follow-up | |||
| No | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1.000 |
| Yes | 197 (99.5) | 36 (100) | |
| Got pregnant while on Family Planning | |||
| No | 150 (78) | 22 (63) | 0.060 |
| Yes | 43 (22) | 13 (37) | |
| FP method in use when she got pregnant | |||
| Short-term & condoms | 43 (100) | 13 (100) | − |
| Long-term & permanent | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Missing data in some sub-categories means N is not always equal to 240 for each variable