Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

Characteristic	Control (N=56)	Treatment (N=56)	Kenya Demographic and Health Survey Program 2014 Reference
			Value	Reference Group
Age in years, mean (SD)	24.9 (4.6)	24.6 (5.0)	N/Aa	N/A
Married or in union, %	55.4	60.7	59.7	All women, national, 20-24 years
Christian, %	96.4	94.6	91.4	All women, national, 15-49 years
Luhya tribe, %	75.0	78.6	15.0	All women, national, 15-49 years
Attended postsecondary schooling, %	19.6	17.9	7.2	All women, Bungoma, 15-49 years
No schooling, %	3.6	0.0	0.9	All women, Bungoma, 15-49 years
Nulligravida, %	30.4	33.9	35.3	All women, national, 20-24 years
Number of children born, mean (SD)	1.7 (1.6)	1.5 (1.6)	1.1b	All women, national, 20-24 years
Number of desired children, mean (SD)	3.7 (1.4)	3.4 (1.1)	3.6b	All women, national, 15-49 years
Unmet need for spacing, %	78.6	82.1	90.5	Currently married womenc, national, 15-49 years
Past use of family planning, %	75.0	67.9	30.5	All womend, national, 15-49 years
Number methods known, mean (SD)e	9.7 (1.9)	9.4 (2.5)	8.7b	All women, national, 15-49 years
Not exposed to family planning messages, %f	21.4	17.9	18.9	All women, Western, 15-49 years

^aN/A: not applicable.

^bStandard deviation not reported.

^cCurrently married women with an unmet need for family planning.

^dWomen who started an episode of contraceptive use within the 5 years preceding the survey and discontinued within 12 months.

^eAsked about knowledge of 12 different methods.

^fDid not hear or see a family planning message on a radio or television or read in a newspaper or magazine in the past few months.