Table 3.
Baseline participant characteristics by follow-up status.
| Characteristic | Not found (N=62) | Found (N=50) | P valuea |
| Assigned to treatment, n (%) | 27 (44) | 29 (58) | .18 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 25.0 (5.0) | 24.4 (4.6) | .54 |
| Married or in union, n (%) | 39 (63) | 26 (52) | .33 |
| Christian, n (%) | 58 (94) | 49 (98) | .50 |
| Luhya tribe, n (%) | 47 (76) | 39 (78) | .96 |
| Attended postsecondary schooling, n (%) | 7 (11) | 14 (28) | .045 |
| No schooling, n (%) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | .57 |
| Nulligravida, n (%) | 15 (24) | 21 (42) | .07 |
| Number of children born, mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.7) | 1.2 (1.3) | .04 |
| Number of desired children, mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.4) | 3.4 (1.1) | .13 |
| Unmet need for spacing, % | 47 (76) | 43 (86) | .27 |
| Past use of family planning, n (%) | 46 (74) | 34 (68) | .61 |
| Number methods known, mean (SD)b | 9.4 (2.3) | 9.8 (2.1) | .31 |
| Not exposed to family planning messagesc, n (%) | 14 (23) | 8 (16) | .53 |
aTwo-sample t tests of mean differences and two-proportions z tests of differences in proportions.
bAsked about knowledge of 12 different methods.
cDid 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.