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Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics stratified by current school attendance

From: School attendance and sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent girls in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis

Sociodemographics

School attendance

Yes

(n = 1110)

n (%)

No

(n = 700)

n (%)

Total

(N = 1810)

N (%)

Age

   

 15–17

833 (75.0)

141 (20.1)

974 (53.8)

 18–19

277 (25.0)

559 (79.9)

836 (46.2)

County

   

 Narok

414 (37.3)

338 (48.3)

752 (41.5)

 Homa Bay

696 (62.7)

362 (51.7)

1058 (58.5)

Highest level of school attended

   

 Primary

665 (59.9)

356 (50.9)

1021 (56.4)

 Secondary

416 (40.0)

333 (48.7)

749 (41.4)

 Vocational/college/university

28 (2.5)

8 (1.1)

36 (2.0)

 Missing

1 (0.1)

3 (0.4)

4 (0.22)

Religion

   

 Catholic

248 (22.3)

138 (19.7)

386 (21.3)

 Protestant/christian

839 (75.6)

551 (78.7)

1390 (76.8)

 Islam/tradition/no religion

23 (2.1)

11 (1.6)

34 (1.9)

Orphan status

   

 Both parents alive

799 (72.0)

401 (57.3)

1200 (66.4)

 Both parents not alive

53 (4.8)

96 (13.7)

149 (8.2)

 Maternal orphan

46 (4.1)

34 (4.9)

80 (4.5)

 Paternal orphan

212 (19.1)

169 (24.1)

381 (21.0)

Income generation past 6 months

   

 Yes

111 (10.0)

259 (37.0)

370 (20.4)

 No

999 (90.0)

441 (63.0)

1440 (79.6)

Relationship status

   

Currently married/in union

17 (1.5)

345 (49.3)

362 (20.0) 

 Has boyfriend/engaged

439 (39.6)

236 (33.7)

675 (37.3)

 Never been in a relationship

500 (45.0)

35 (5.0)

535 (29.6)

 Currently not/had past boyfriend

147 (13.2)

72 (10.3)

219 (12.1)

 Divorced/separated/widowed

6 (0.5)

12 (1.7)

18 (1.0)

 Missing

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)