Table 1.
Characteristics of female participants in Gem, Kenya, 2011–2012 (Round 1) and 2013–2014 (Round 2)*
| Round 1 (N = 5298) |
Round 2 (N = 4172) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Total |
≤18 y old (n = 393) |
>18 y old (n = 4905) |
Total |
≤18 y old (n = 223) |
>18 y old (n = 3949) |
|
|
Median age in years (IQR) |
31 (23, 42) |
17 (16, 18) |
32 (25, 43) |
31 (24, 43) |
17 (16, 18) |
32 (25, 44) |
|
Highest level of education (n, %): |
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| None |
394 (7.4) |
1 (0.3) |
393 (8.0) |
275 (6.6) |
1 (0.5) |
274 (6.9) |
| Primary incomplete and complete |
3999 (75.5) |
307 (78.1) |
3692 (75.3) |
3167 (75.9) |
180 (80.7) |
2987 (75.6) |
| Secondary incomplete and complete |
826 (15.6) |
83 (21.2) |
743 (15.2) |
663 (15.9) |
42 (18.8) |
621 (15.7) |
| Tertiary |
79 (1.5) |
2 (0.5) |
77 (1.6) |
67 (1.6) |
0 (0.0) |
67 (1.7) |
|
Sources of income (cash) (n, %): |
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| None |
669 (12.6) |
98 (25.0) |
571 (11.6) |
783 (18.8) |
77 (35.3) |
706 (17.9) |
| Work/Business |
3728 (70.4) |
105 (26.7) |
3623 (73.9) |
2714 (65.2) |
48 (22.0) |
2666 (67.6) |
| Partner/Family |
770 (14.5) |
185 (47.1) |
585 (11.9) |
655 (15.7) |
92 (42.2) |
563 (14.3) |
| Other |
130 (2.5) |
5 (1.3) |
125 (2.6) |
11 (0.3) |
1 (0.5) |
10 (0.3) |
|
Marital status (n, %): |
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| Single |
478 (9.0) |
198 (50.4) |
280 (5.7) |
395 (9.5) |
123 (55.2) |
272 (6.9) |
| Married |
4391 (82.9) |
192 (48.9) |
4199 (85.6) |
3474 (83.3) |
98 (44.0) |
3376 (85.5) |
| Divorced/Widowed/Separated |
429 (8.1) |
3 (0.8) |
426 (8.7) |
303 (7.3) |
2 (0.9) |
301 (7.6) |
|
Number of pregnancies (n, %): |
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| 0 |
324 (6.1) |
143 (37.1) |
181 (3.7) |
322 (7.7) |
89 (40.3) |
233 (5.9) |
| 1–2 |
1320 (25.0) |
225 (58.3) |
1095 (22.4) |
1013 (24.4) |
125 (56.6) |
888 (22.5) |
| 3–4 |
1291 (24.4) |
6 (1.6) |
1285 (26.3) |
1044 (25.1) |
6 (2.7) |
1038 (26.4) |
| 5 or more |
2347 (44.4) |
12 (3.1) |
2335 (47.7) |
1781 (42.8) |
1 (0.5) |
1780 (45.2) |
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Deliberately terminated a pregnancy (n, %): |
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| Yes |
317 (6.4) |
15 (6.3) |
302 (6.4) |
171 (4.4) |
8 (6.0) |
163 (4.4) |
| No |
4623 (93.6) |
223 (93.7) |
4400 (93.6) |
3678 (95.6) |
125 (94.0) |
3553 (95.6) |
|
Lifetime number of sexual partners (n, %): |
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| 1 |
762 (15.5) |
150 (38.9) |
612 (13.5) |
746 (19.8) |
86 (39.1) |
660 (18.6) |
| 2 |
1426 (29.0) |
122 (31.6) |
1304 (28.8) |
1280 (34.0) |
76 (34.6) |
1204 (34.0) |
| 3 or more |
2730 (55.5) |
114 (29.5) |
2616 (57.7) |
1739 (46.2) |
58 (26.4) |
1681 (47.4) |
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Ever used a condom (n, %): |
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| Yes |
1794 (33.9) |
247 (62.9) |
1547 (31.6) |
1414 (33.9) |
141 (63.2) |
1273 (32.3) |
| No |
3498 (66.1) |
146 (37.2) |
3352 (68.4) |
2753 (66.1) |
82 (36.8) |
2671 (67.7) |
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If you knew your partner had an STI would say no to sex (n, %): |
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| Yes |
4507 (85.8) |
323 (82.8) |
4184 (86.1) |
3152 (76.3) |
162 (75.4) |
2990 (76.4) |
| No |
745 (14.2) |
67 (17.2) |
678 (13.9) |
978 (23.7) |
53 (24.7) |
925 (23.6) |
|
Forced sex last 12 months (n, %): |
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| Yes |
1129 (21.3) |
63 (16.0) |
1066 (21.8) |
368 (8.8) |
20 (9.0) |
348 (8.8) |
| No |
4165 (78.7) |
330 (84.0) |
3835 (78.3) |
3801 (91.2) |
203 (91.0) |
3598 (91.2) |
|
Partner alcohol or drug use at last sex (last 12 months) (n, %): |
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| Yes |
887 (18.0) |
36 (10.0) |
851 (18.6) |
497 (12.0) |
8 (3.6) |
489 (12.5) |
| No |
4045 (82.0) |
325 (90.0) |
3720 (81.4) |
3648 (88.0) |
213 (96.4) |
3435 (87.5) |
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Age at first sex (n, %): |
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| ≤15 years |
2660 (50.2) |
121 (30.8) |
2539 (52.0) |
2320 (55.6) |
78 (35.0) |
2242 (56.8) |
| >15 years |
2683 (49.8) |
272 (69.2) |
2366 (48.2) |
1852 (44.4) |
145 (65.0) |
1707 (43.2) |
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Self–reported HIV status (n, %): |
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| Positive |
645 (13.5) |
11 (3.2) |
634 (14.3) |
605 (15.2) |
7 (3.6) |
598 (15.8) |
| Negative | 4127 (86.5) | 338 (96.9) | 3789 (85.7) | 3381 (84.8) | 187 (96.4) | 3194 (84.2) |
*Out of 9470 girls and women surveyed, there were 8003 unique participants; 1467 took part in both Round 1 and Round 2 data collection.