Table 1 Characteristics of the study population of 300 residents of two communities in rural western Kenya, 2018–2019
| Microfinance group membershipa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total N = 300 |
Yes N = 100 |
No N = 200 | P* | |
| Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender | < 0.0001 | |||
| Male | 112 (37.3) | 19 (19.0) | 93 (46.5) | |
| Female | 188 (62.7) | 81 (81.0) | 107 (46.5) | |
| Age | 0.0006 | |||
| < 20 | 24 (8.0) | 1 (1.0) | 23 (11.5) | |
| 20–29 | 51 (17.0) | 11 (11.0) | 40 (20.0) | |
| 30–39 | 68 (22.7) | 32 (32.0) | 36 (18.0) | |
| 40–49 | 76 (25.3) | 30 (30.0) | 46 (23.0) | |
| 50+ | 81 (27.0) | 26 (26.0) | 55 (27.5) | |
| Marital status | < 0.0001 | |||
| Never married | 45 (15.1) | 1 (1.0) | 44 (22.1) | |
| Currently married | 219 (73.2) | 84 (84.0) | 135 (67.8) | |
| Divorced/separated | 35 (11.7) | 15 (15.0) | 20 (10.1) | |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Education | 0.2 | |||
| None/ Some primary | 92 (30.7) | 31 (31.0) | 61 (30.5) | |
| Primary | 116 (38.7) | 45 (45.0) | 71 (35.5) | |
| Secondary | 69 (23.0) | 20 (20.0) | 49 (24.5) | |
| Post-secondary | 23 (7.7) | 4 (4.0) | 19 (9.5) | |
| Work outside home (last 30 days) | 0.4 | |||
| Yes | 59 (19.7) | 17 (17.0) | 42 (21.1) | |
| No | 240 (80.3) | 83 (83.0) | 157 (78.9) | |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Household asset quartileb | 0.7 | |||
| Q1 | 70 (25.6) | 21 (23.6) | 49 (26.5) | |
| Q2 | 70 (25.6) | 27 (30.3) | 43 (23.2) | |
| Q3 | 61 (22.3) | 19 (21.4) | 32 (22.7) | |
| Q4 | 73 (26.6) | 22 (24.7) | 51 (27.6) | |
| Missing | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| Current NHIF coverage | 0.2 | |||
| Yes | 33 (11.0) | 14 (14.1) | 19 (9.5) | |
| No | 266 (89.0) | 85 (85.9) | 181 (90.5) | |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Household size [Mean (SD)] | 5.0 (2.27) | 5.2 (2.37) | 4.8 (2.21) | 0.2 |
| Health screening characteristics | ||||
| HIV screening | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 252 (84.0) | 96 (96.0) | 156 (78.0) | |
| No | 48 (16.0) | 4 (4.0) | 44 (22.0) | |
| Diabetes screening | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 124 (41.3) | 77 (77.0) | 47 (23.5) | |
| No | 176 (58.7) | 23 (23.0) | 153 (76.5) | |
| Hypertension screening | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 191 (63.7) | 96 (96.0) | 95 (47.5) | |
| No | 109 (36.3) | 4 (4.0) | 105 (52.5) | |
| Tuberculosis screening | 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 31 (10.3) | 20 (20.0) | 11 (5.5) | |
| No | 269 (89.7) | 80 (80.0) | 189 (94.5) | |
| Cervical cancer screening | 0.005 | |||
| Yes | 36 (19.2) | 23 (28.4) | 13 (12.2) | |
| No | 152 (80.9) | 58 (71.6) | 94 (87.9) | |
| Disease management outcomes, among those who report HIV, diabetes, or hypertension diagnoses (n = 32) | ||||
| Medical visit in last 6 months | 0.1 | |||
| Yes | 23 (71.9) | 10 (90.9) | 13 (61.9) | |
| No | 9 (28.1) | 1 (9.1) | 8 (38.1) | |
| Currently taking medication | 0.1 | |||
| Yes | 17 (53.1) | 8 (72.7) | 9 (42.9) | |
| No | 15 (46.9) | 3 (27.3) | 12 (57.1) | |
