Table 1. Demographic characteristics and baseline contraceptive method use of women aged 15 to 49 in urban Kenya included in models assessing the relationship between the Method Information Index (MII) and discontinuation-while-in-need.
Of the 2,189 users of modern, reversible contraceptive methods at baseline, 1,033 were included in the MII to discontinuation model and 1,156 current f ere excluded. (Note: an additional 95 women were excluded from the facility quality to discontinuation model because they reported receiving their method from a pharmacy or chemist).
| Women included in
analysis (N = 1,033) |
Current FP users excluded
from analysis (N = 1,156) 1 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Characteristics | N | % | N | % |
| Age | ||||
| 15 to 24 | 263 | 25.5% | 342 | 29.6% |
| 25 to 34 | 535 | 51.8% | 508 | 43.9% |
| 35 to 49 | 235 | 22.8% | 306 | 26.5% |
| Education | ||||
| No Education | 13 | 1.3% | 25 | 2.2% |
| Incomplete Primary | 155 | 15.0% | 184 | 15.9% |
| Complete Primary | 327 | 31.7% | 350 | 30.3% |
| Secondary plus | 538 | 52.1% | 597 | 51.6% |
| Wealth 2 | ||||
| Quintile 1 | 255 | 24.7% | 275 | 23.8% |
| Quintile 2 | 221 | 21.4% | 254 | 22.0% |
| Quintile 3 | 184 | 17.8% | 229 | 19.8% |
| Quintile 4 | 222 | 21.5% | 251 | 21.7% |
| Quintile 5 | 151 | 14.6% | 147 | 12.7% |
| City | ||||
| Nairobi | 256 | 24.8% | 342 | 29.6% |
| Mombasa | 109 | 10.6% | 168 | 14.5% |
| Kisumu | 154 | 14.9% | 235 | 20.3% |
| Machakos | 313 | 30.3% | 227 | 19.6% |
| Kakamega | 201 | 19.5% | 184 | 15.9% |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Never married | 60 | 5.8% | 187 | 16.2% |
| Married or living together | 902 | 87.3% | 856 | 74.1% |
| Other | 71 | 6.9% | 113 | 9.8% |
| Parity | ||||
| No births | 7 | 0.7% | 47 | 4.1% |
| One birth | 135 | 13.1% | 174 | 15.1% |
| Two births | 358 | 34.7% | 306 | 26.5% |
| Three births | 268 | 25.9% | 291 | 25.2% |
| Four or more births | 265 | 25.7% | 338 | 29.2% |
1 Current users of family planning (FP) who were excluded from analysis if they matched any of the following criteria: 1) start date of baseline method could not be determined; 2) woman could not be linked to facility type as the source of her method at baseline; 3) complete reproductive calendar information was not available for the woman at end line; or 4) the woman’s baseline episode of contraceptive use could not be identified in her reproductive calendar within 6 months of the start date she reported at baseline.
2 Wealth quintiles are calculated across the 5 cities.