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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of sample (N;%)

From: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya: challenges to implementation

 

Variables

Pumwani (N=325)

Baba Dogo (N=178)

Total (N=503)

p

Age group

18-21

22-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40+

9 (2.8)

32 (9.8)

101 (31.1)

98 (30.2)

62 (19.1)

23 (7.1)

20 (11.2)

46 (25.8)

66 (37.1)

32 (18.0)

11 (6.2)

3 (1.7)

29 (5.8)

78 (15.5)

167 (33.2)

130 (25.8)

73 (14.5)

26 (5.2)

0.000

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Ethnicity

Kikuyu

Luo

Kamba

Luhya

Kisii/Kalenjin/Masai

Other

101 (31.1)

97 (29.8)

47 (14.5)

36 (11.1)

15 (4.6)

29 (8.9)

13 (7.3)

126 (70.8)

13 (7.3)

21 (11.8)

4 (2.2)

1 (0.6)

114 (22.7)

223 (44.3)

60 (11.9)

57 (11.3)

19 (3.8)

30 (6.0)

0.000

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Education

Primary

Secondary

Post-Secondary

154 (47.4)

121 (37.2)

50 (15.4)

113 (63.5)

55 (30.9)

10 (5.6)

267 (53.1)

176 (35.0)

60 (11.9)

0.000

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Marital status

Single

Married

Divorced/Widowed/Separated

44 (13.5)

250 (76.9)

31 (9.5)

23 (12.9)

145 (81.5)

10 (5.6)

67 (13.3)

395 (78.5)

41 (8.2)

0.286

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Husband/partner’s profession

Civil service

Self-employed

Missing

Other

20 (6.2)

149 (45.8)

68 (20.9)

88 (27.1)

7 (3.9)

27 (15.2)

33 (18.5)

111 (62.4)

27 (5.4)

176 (35.0)

101 (20.1)

199 (39.6)

0.000

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Respondent’s profession

Civil service

Self-employed

Caregiver

Other

9 (2.8)

113 (34.8)

152 (46.8)

51 (15.7)

4 (2.2)

38 (21.3)

103 (57.9)

33 (18.5)

13 (2.6)

151 (30.0)

255 (50.7)

84 (16.7)

0.016

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

Monthly income

< 5,000 KSH

5,000 - <10,000 KSH

10,000 - <15,000 KSH

15,000+ KSH

149 (45.8)

85 (26.2)

38 (11.7)

53 (16.3)

76 (42.7)

63 (35.4)

23 (12.9)

16 (9.0)

225 (44.7)

148 (29.4)

61 (12.1)

69 (13.7)

0.042

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)

 

How long lived in area

<1 Year

1 - <2 Years

2 - < Years

3+ Years

55 (16.9)

30 (9.2)

33 (10.2)

207 (63.7)

54 (30.3)

21 (11.8)

21 (11.8)

82 (46.1)

109 (21.7)

51 (10.1)

54 (10.7)

289 (57.5)

0.001

 

Total

325 (100.0)

178 (100.0)

503 (100.0)