Table 5.
Implications of change in relationship quality during COVID-19 on relationship satisfaction, IPV, and contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 in three Kenyan counties, 2020
| Satisfied with relationshipa |
Experienced IPV in the last month |
Using contraceptionb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | p-value | % | p-value | % | p-value | |
| Total | ||||||
| Change in relationship quality | ||||||
| No change | 82.3 | <.001 | 3.5 | <.001 | 59.1 | .014 |
| Worsening | 64.2 | 20.8 | 75.0 | |||
| Mixed | 74.3 | 15.2 | 62.4 | |||
| Improvement | 88.6 | 4.8 | 66.4 | |||
Row percentages presented, by outcome. 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. p-values from chi-square test.
IPV = intimate partner violence
Relationship satisfaction assessed among 96% of respondents (n = 727) with complete satisfaction data.
Contraceptive use analysis restricted to the 91% of respondents (n = 689) who were not pregnant and did not want to become pregnant at the time of survey.