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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Public Health. 2017 Nov 20;63(5):641–649. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1059-1

Table 1.

Sample Demographics, Kenya between 2003 and 2008–09

Married Women p-val Married Men p-val

Variable 2003 (N=4919) 2008/09 (N=4928) 2003 (N=1615) 2008/09 (N=1592)

Female partner’s decisions
 0 8.7 2.6 <.001 14.4 6.5 <.001
 1 13.7 6.8 15.2 8.9
 2 11.7 6.2 17.7 11.2
 3 15.9 9.2 13.0 12.7
 4 16.2 18.5 15.4 17.0
 5 33.7 56.7 24.3 43.7

Domestic violence towards a female partner
 0 28.9 46.6 <.001 43.2 60.6 <.001
 1 15.2 13.3 12.5 13.3
 2 15.4 12.1 13.0 10.1
 3 16.9 11.0 14.1 9.4
 4 12.8 9.4 9.8 4.3
 5 10.7 7.6 7.4 2.2

Current Age
 15–19 6.8 4.3 <.001 0.7 0.2 <.017
 20–24 19.6 19.4 7.8 6.3
 25–29 21.5 22.1 19.6 18.6
 30–34 17.7 19.5 20.9 24.1
 35–39 14.0 14.1 22.2 18.5
 40–44 12.4 11.1 17.5 17.5
 45–49 7.9 9.5 11.5 14.8

Currently Working
 No 35.0 35.9 .633 6.0 2.2 <.001
 Yes 65.0 64.1 94.0 97.8

Living Children
 0 7.2 6.0 .206 7.4 7.7 .268
 1–2 34.8 35.8 35.8 35.3
 3–4 29.9 31.7 29.9 33.7
 5+ 28.1 26.5 26.8 23.3

Education
 Higher 5.4 6.7 .015 13.1 11.9 .032
 Complete secondary 11.4 14.1 17.8 22.9
 Incomplete secondary 9.1 9.4 9.1 11.8
 Complete primary 26.7 29.1 26.5 27.6
 Incomplete primary 31.9 29.2 25.9 21.0
 No education 15.5 11.5 7.5 4.8

Residence
 Rural 77.8 76.6 .736 73.1 67.2 .232
 Urban 22.1 23.4 26.9 32.8

Province
 CENTRAL 13.3 10.8 .972 13.6 9.5 .698
 COAST 8.5 8.7 7.4 9.8
 EASTERN 15.9 17.1 13.8 13.4
 NEASTERN 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.2
 NYANZA 15.8 16.9 14.2 15.5
 R.VALLEY 24.1 25.9 26.4 30.5
 WESTERN 11.4 10.5 10.4 8.9
 NAIROBI 8.5 7.4 12.0 10.3

Wealth Index −0.15 (0.03) 0.02 (0.05) .021 −0.05 (0.04) 0.23 (0.07) .001