Table 4.
COVID-19-related experiences and sociodemographic and relationship characteristics associated with changes in relationship quality, among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 in three Kenyan counties, 2020
| Worsening versus no change |
Mixed versus no change |
Improvement versus no change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRR | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | ||||
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Site | |||||||||
| Nairobi | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Kilifi | .66 | .35 | 1.24 | .57 | .31 | 1.03 | .25 | .13 | .50 |
| Kisumu | 1.22 | .73 | 2.06 | 1.33 | .80 | 2.19 | .86 | .51 | 1.44 |
| Age | |||||||||
| 15–19 | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| 20–24 | 1.21 | .40 | 3.61 | .82 | .25 | 3.08 | 1.54 | .60 | 3.97 |
| Attending school before COVID-19 | |||||||||
| No | Reference | ||||||||
| Yes | .69 | .41 | 1.17 | .87 | .53 | 1.42 | .95 | .56 | 1.60 |
| Household wealth | |||||||||
| Low | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Medium | 1.24 | .77 | 1.99 | 1.32 | .83 | 2.11 | .93 | .56 | 1.53 |
| High | .46 | .23 | .93 | .71 | .38 | 1.31 | .97 | .54 | 1.75 |
| COVID-19-related experiences | |||||||||
| Household income loss | |||||||||
| None | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Partial | 2.02 | 1.13 | 3.61 | 1.59 | .91 | 2.73 | 1.22 | .711 | 2.13 |
| Complete | 2.43 | 1.30 | 4.54 | 2.22 | 1.24 | 3.98 | 1.46 | .80 | 2.68 |
| Food insecurity during COVID-19 | |||||||||
| None | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Chronic stable | 1.95 | .68 | 5.58 | 1.93 | .70 | 5.34 | 1.45 | .53 | 3.99 |
| Increased since COVID-19 | 1.01 | .60 | 1.70 | .80 | .49 | 1.31 | .58 | .35 | .95 |
| Relationship characteristics | |||||||||
| Change in time spent with partner | |||||||||
| No change | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| More time | 2.32 | .61 | 8.87 | 8.63 | 2.54 | 29.40 | 2.85 | .86 | 9.49 |
| Less time | 4.94 | 1.96 | 12.44 | 8.43 | 3.22 | 22.10 | 3.88 | 1.73 | 8.71 |
| Relationship type | |||||||||
| Married | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Serious | .40 | .19 | .84 | .92 | .42 | 2.03 | 1.16 | .54 | 2.47 |
| Casual/other | .50 | .22 | 1.13 | .87 | .37 | 2.04 | .69 | .29 | 1.66 |
| Recency of last interaction with partner | |||||||||
| Within past 2 weeksa | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
| Three or more weeks past | 1.20 | .72 | 1.99 | 1.37 | .85 | 2.21 | .88 | .53 | 1.46 |
| Test of interaction | |||||||||
| Interaction: age × change in time spent with partner | |||||||||
| Aged 20–24 × more time | .72 | .14 | 3.71 | .33 | .06 | 1.81 | .69 | .15 | 3.11 |
| Aged 20–24 × less time | .77 | .23 | 2.54 | 1.04 | .27 | 4.00 | .29 | .09 | .87 |
Worsening includes less emotions and more tensions. Mixed changes include less emotions and less tensions or more emotions and more tensions. Improvement includes more emotions and less tensions.
Bolded values indicate statistical significance at p < .05.
CI = confidence interval; RRR = relative risk ratio.
a
Within past two weeks includes participants cohabitating with their partners.