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Table 4 Background characteristics of parents participating in the study

From: Parent-child sexual and reproductive health communication among very young adolescents in Korogocho informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Characteristic

Number

Age

 22–34

15

 35–44

8

 45–50

5

 Not indicated

4

Relationship to adolescent

 Mother

29

 Father

3

Education level

 Primary incomplete

11

 Primary complete

13

 Secondary incomplete

1

 Secondary complete

5

 Unknown

2

Marital status

 Married

24

 Single

5

 Divorced/widowed/separated

3

Ethnicity

 Kikuyu

7

 Luo

14

 Luhya

8

 Congolese

1

 Undisclosed

2