Quality of services offered to women with female genital mutilation across health facilities in a Kenyan County

Table 5 Demographic characteristics of respondents for exit interviews

Characteristics	Facility Level
	Primary N = 220		Secondary N = 98		Tertiary N = 42		Total N = 360
	n	%	N	%	n	%	n	%
Age
< 15 years	3	1.4	1	1	0	0	4	1.1
15–19 years	95	43.2	33	33.7	12	28.6	140	38.9
20–24 years	37	16.8	21	21.4	10	23.8	68	18.9
25–30 years	35	15.9	18	18.4	13	31	66	18.3
30 years or older	50	22.7	25	25.5	7	16.7	82	22.8
Marital status
Married/monogamous	100	45.5	61	62.2	31	73.8	192	53.3
Married/polygamous	83	37.7	29	29.6	9	21.4	121	33.6
Single, never married	30	13.6	5	5.1	2	4.8	37	10.3
Divorced/separated/widowed	2	0.9	0	0	0	0	2	0.6
Missing	5	2.3	3	3.1	0	0	8	2.2
Number of living children
None	30	13.6	8	8.2	3	7.1	41	11.4
1–3 children	108	49.1	50	51	29	69	187	51.9
4–7 children	52	23.6	23	23.5	6	14.3	81	22.5
7 or more children	26	11.8	11	11.2	3	7.1	40	11.1
Missing	4	1.8	6	6.1	1	2.4	11	3.1
Education level
Did not attend formal school	73	33.2	35	35.7	11	26.2	119	33.1
Primary	109	49.5	48	49	14	33.3	171	47.5
Secondary	33	15	8	8.2	12	28.6	53	14.7
Tertiary	3	1.4	6	6.1	5	11.9	14	3.9
Missing	2	0.9	1	1	0	0	3	0.8
Monthly income (Kenyan Shillings)
None	31	28.4	9	17	10	35.7	50	26.3
< 3000	25	22.9	5	9.4	2	7.1	32	16.8
3000 to < 5000	20	18.3	9	17	1	3.6	30	15.8
5000 to < 10,000	22	20.2	13	24.5	5	17.9	40	21.1
10,000 to < 20,000	8	7.3	9	17	7	25	24	12.6
20,000 or more	3	2.8	8	15.1	3	10.7	14	7.4
Total	109	100	53	100	28	100	190	100
Missing/Don’t Know	111	50.5	45	45.9	14	33.3	170	47.2
Age of undergoing FGM
8–10 years	9	4	8	9	3	7	20	5.6
11–15 years	169	77	75	77	30	71	274	76.1
16–19 years	38	17	15	15	8	19	61	16.9
20 years and above	4	2	0	0	1	2	5	1.4

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