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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents

From: “Taking care of your pregnancy”: a mixed-methods study of group antenatal care in Kakamega County, Kenya

GANC Facility Registry

Age

N = 1650 (%)

 

10–14

1 (0.06%)

 

15–19

287 (17.4%)

 

20–24

593 (35.9%)

 

25–34

656 (39.8%)

 

35+

113 (6.8%)

 

Facility

N = 1652 (%)

GANC cohorts completed (103)

 

Level 3

388 (23.5%)

19

 

Level 3

218 (13.2%)

13

 

Level 3

254 (15.4%)

19

 

Level 3

230 (13.9%)

16

 

Level 4

350 (21.2%)

23

 

Level 5

212 (12.8%)

13

 

Survey Respondents

 

Baseline (N = 112)

Endline (N = 360)

Age

 15–19

13 (11.6%)

39 (10.8%)

 20–24

49 (43.6%)

97 (26.9%)

 25–34

45 (40.2%)

201 (55.8%)

 35+

5 (4.5%)

23 (6.4%)

Number of lifetime births

 1 birth

44 (39.3%)

93 (25.8%)

 2 births

30 (26.8%)

106 (29.4%)

 3 births

20 (17.9%)

79 (21.9%)

 4 births

11 (9.8%)

43 (11.9%)

 5 births

2 (1.8%)

22 (6.1%)

 6+ births

5 (4.5%)

17 (4.8%)

Marital status

 Never married

18 (16.1%)

60 (16.7%)

 Currently married

81 (72.3%)

286 (79.4%)

 Separated

4 (3.5%)

3 (0.8%)

 Divorced

0 (0.0%)

4 (1.1%)

 Widowed

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.6%)

 Partnered— living together

6 (5.4%)

1 (0.3%)

 Partnered— not living together

3 (2.7%)

3 (0.8%)

 N/A

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

Highest level of education

 None

3 (2.7%)

8 (2.2%)

 Before Primary

9 (8.0%)

3 (0.8%)

 Primary

38 (33.9%)

139 (38.6%)

 Vocational

4 (3.6%)

3 (0.8%)

 Secondary

40 (35.7%)

160 (44.4%)

 Training Post-Secondary

7 (6.3%)

28 (7.8%)

 University

11 (9.8%)

19 (5.3%)

Years of living in village or town

  < 1 year

1 (.9%)

25 (6.9%)

 1–2 years

47 (42.0%)

90 (25.0%)

 3–5 years

25 (22.3%)

111 (30.8%)

 6–10 years

16 (14.3%)

72 (20.0%)

 11–20 years

17 (15.2%)

45 (12.5%)

 21–30 years

5 (4.5%)

15 (4.2%)

  > 30 years

1 (0.9%)

2 (0.6%)

Religion

 Muslim

2 (1.8%)

5 (1.4%)

 Christian

97 (86.6%)

353 (98.1%)

 Traditional

12 (10.7%)

2 (0.6%)

 None

1 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

Number of household members

  < 3

4 (3.6%)

10 (2.8%)

 3–4

54 (48.2%)

147 (40.8%)

 5–6

30 (26.8%)

131 (36.4%)

 7–8

18 (16.1%)

49 (13.6%)

  > 8

6 (5.4%)

23 (6.4%)

Head of household by gender

 Man

98 (87.5%)

323 (89.7%)

 Woman

10 (8.9%)

35 (9.7%)

 Do not know

4 (3.6%)

2 (0.6%)

Qualitative Respondents

In-depth interviews (N = 29)

Age

Women who have delivered and competed at least 4 group ANC visits

(N = 20)

Women who have delivered but did not complete 4 visits (N = 6)

Women who are currently in group ANC and have completed 4 group visits (N = 3)

  < 20

8

2

1

 20–24

8

2

2

 25+

4

2

Facility level

 Level 3

10

6

2

 Level 4

5

 Level 5

5

1

Focus Group Discussion (N = 19)

Group

Number of Participants

 

Young women (age 20–25)

8

 

Adolescents (15–19)

6

 

Older women (26+)

5

 

Stakeholder IDI (N = 15)

Position

 Health facility manager

4 (male = 1; female = 3)

 

 Health care provider

4 (male = 1; female = 3)

 

 CHVs

4 (male = 1; female = 3)

 

 County health official

3 (male = 1; female = 2)