Table 1 Characteristics of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in the intervention and control groups during the pre and post-intervention periods
From: Kenya’s 2010 abortion law impacts contraceptive use and fertility rates
Intervention country (Kenya) | Control countries (Tanzania & Uganda) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Pre-Intervention: weighted frequency (percent) | Post-Intervention: weighted frequency (percent) | Pre-Intervention: weighted frequency (percent) | Post-Intervention: weighted frequency (percent) |
Overall | 16,639 (100) | 31,079 (100) | 37,673 (100) | 31,772 (100) |
Dependent variables | ||||
Currently using modern contraception | ||||
4,223 (25.4) | 12,162 (39.1) | 7,320 (19.4) | 8,648 (27.2) | |
Births per woman in the past five years, mean (SD) | 0.71 (0.87) | 0.63 (0.77) | 0.88 (0.92) | 0.80 (0.86) |
Control variables | ||||
Number of living children, mean (SD) | 2.4 (2.4) | 2.3 (2.2) | 2.7 (2.5) | 2.6 (2.5) |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 28.3 (9.4) | 28.9 (9.2) | 28.2 (9.4) | 28.2 (9.5) |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 4,204 (25.3) | 12,690 (40.8) | 8,986 (23.9) | 9,755 (30.7) |
Rural | 12,435 (74.7) | 18,389 (59.2) | 28,687 (76.1) | 22,017 (69.3) |
Educational level | ||||
No education | 1,791 (10.8) | 2,176 (7.0) | 7,212 (19.1) | 3,728 (11.7) |
Primary education | 9,552 (57.4) | 15,626 (50.3) | 23,708 (62.9) | 18,841 (57.3) |
Secondary education | 4,196 (25.2) | 9,802 (31.5) | 5,729 (15.2) | 7,564 (23.8) |
Higher education | 1,100 (6.6) | 3,475 (11.2) | 1,023 (2.8) | 1,639 (5.2) |
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest | 2,757 (16.6) | 4,838 (15.6) | 6,581 (17.5) | 5,493 (17.3) |
Poorer | 2,958 (17.8) | 5,457 (17.6) | 7,106 (18.9) | 5,670 (17.8) |
Middle | 3,116 (18.7) | 6,032 (19.4) | 7,163 (19.0) | 5,788 (18.2) |
Richer | 3,447 (20.7) | 6,550 (21.1) | 7,463 (19.8) | 6,505 (20.5) |
Richest | 4,361 (26.2) | 8,203 (26.4) | 9,360 (24.8) | 8,316 (26.2) |
Marital Status | ||||
Married/living with partner | 9,848 (59.2) | 18,549 (59.7) | 24,116 (64.0) | 19,433 (61.4) |
Never in union | 5,077 (30.5) | 8,997 (28.9) | 9,056 (24.0) | 8,136 (26.8) |
Widowed/divorced/separated | 1,714 (10.3) | 3,533 (11.4) | 4,495 (12.0) | 4,203 (11.8) |
Religion | ||||
Christianity | 14,988 (90.2) | 28,405 (91.5) | 20799 (75.6) | 15,950 (86.2) |
Islamic | 1,245 (7.5) | 2,107 (6.8) | 5175 (18.8) | 2,388 (12.9) |
Others | 393 (2.4) | 531 (1.7) | 1554 (5.6) | 168 (0.9) |
Visited by FP worker in the past 12 months | ||||
Yes | 8,22 (5) | 990 (6.8) | 1,908 (5.1) | 1,669 (5.3) |
No | 15,761 (95) | 13,624 (93.2) | 35,745 (94.9) | 30,103 (94.7) |
Heard of FP in media in the past few months | ||||
Yes | 5,982 (70.9) | 11,652 (79.7) | 22,785 (60.5) | 21,685 (68.3) |
No | 2,460 (29.1) | 2,971 (20.3) | 14,874 (39.5) | 10,087 (31.7) |
Covered by health insurance | ||||
Yes | 587 (7) | 2,650 (18.1) | 762 (4.1) | 1,456 (4.6) |
No | 7,849 (93) | 11,970 (81.9) | 18,039 (95.9) | 30,316 (95.4) |