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Table 2 Amref study - Participant characteristics

From: Reducing unmet need for contraceptive services among youth in Homabay and Narok counties, Kenya: the role of community health volunteers – a qualitative study

 

SSIs (N = 20)

FGDs (11 FGDs, N = 104)

 

Youth

CHVs

Youth

CHVs

 

Homabay

Narok

Homabay

Narok

Homabay

Narok

Homabay

Narok

 

N = 8

N = 5

N = 4

N = 3

4 FGDs, N = 43

3 FGDs, N = 22

2 FGDs, N = 23

2 FGDs, N = 16

Participant characteristics

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

 

Total

Sex

Female

 

4

2

 

3

 

1

 

22

 

8

 

18

 

9

 

Male

 

4

3

 

1

 

2

 

21

 

14

 

5

 

7

 

Age (years)

Average

 

23

 

22

 

49

 

42

 

21

 

23

 

38

 

38

Civil status

Not married/in union

1

 

4

 

2

 

1

 

12

 

6

   

1

 

Married/in union

7

 

1

 

2

 

2

 

31

 

16

 

23

 

15

 

Education

Primary incomplete

1

         

6

     

Primary

1

     

1

  

11

3

 

11

 

11

 

Secondary

5

 

4

 

3

    

26

6

 

12

 

5

 

Tertiary

1

 

1

 

1

 

2

  

6

7

     

Ethnicity

Kalenjin

  

4

       

8

   

8

 

Kikuyu

    

1

     

1

     

Kipsigis

      

1

   

6

     

Kuria

          

1

     

Luo

 

8

  

3

   

43

 

1

 

23

 

1

 

Maasai

  

1

   

1

   

5

   

7

 

Teso

      

1

         

Religion

Christian

 

8

 

5

4

   

43

 

21

 

23

 

16

 

Missing value

          

1

     

No. of children

Average number

     

5.6

 

4.3

 

1

 

1.5

 

4

 

5

No

2

 

4

             

Yes

6

 

1

             

Years of service as youth leader

Average

 

2

 

1.25

            

Range

 

1-4

 

0.1-2

            

Years of service as CHV

Average

     

9

 

11.3

        

Range

     

2-15

 

8-16