Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of DREAMS beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries at the time of cohort enrolment in Gem (2018), Nairobi and uMkhanyakude (2017), among those followed up in 2019

Characteristics at enrolment	Gem			Nairobi			uMkhanyakude
	Overall (N=1018)	Never invited (N=436)	Invited in 2018 (N=582)	Overall (N=852)	Never invited (N=224)	Invited by 2018 (N=628)	Overall (N=1712)	Never invited (N=809)	Invited by 2018 (N=903)
	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)	% (col)
Age
13/15–17	61.1	59.9	62.0	54.5	42.4	58.8	56.8	45.0	67.3
18–22	38.9	40.1	38.0	45.5	57.6	41.2	43.2	55.0	32.7
Currently in school
No				36.6	48.7	32.3	21.0	30.7	12.3
Yes				63.4	51.3	67.7	79.0	69.3	87.7
Education completed
None/primary	42.7	40.1	44.7
Secondary/tertiary	36.5	32.8	39.3
Unknown	20.7	27.1	16.0
Education completed
None/some primary				10.8	13.4	9.9	10.3	8.3	12.1
Primary/some secondary				68.1	58.0	71.7	77.3	73.1	81.1
Secondary/tertiary				21.1	28.6	18.5	12.4	18.6	6.8
Food insecure
No	77.5	82.6	73.7	66.2	74.1	63.4	68.8	65.4	71.9
Yes	22.5	17.4	26.3	33.8	25.9	36.6	31.2	34.6	28.1
Socioeconomic status
Low	41.7	36.0	45.9	35.6	34.4	36.0	35.9	32.2	39.3
Medium	19.2	19.0	19.2	32.5	35.3	31.5	35.0	36.1	34.0
High	39.2	45.0	34.9	31.9	30.4	32.5	29.1	31.8	26.7
Ever had sex
No	68.9	64.0	72.5	65.4	55.8	68.8	63.4	54.2	71.4
Yes	31.1	36.0	27.5	34.6	44.2	31.2	36.7	45.8	28.6
Ever pregnant
No	84.4	81.4	86.6	75.9	67.4	79.0	75.2	67.8	81.8
yes	15.6	18.6	13.4	24.1	32.6	21.0	24.8	32.2	18.2

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