Table 2 Socio-demographic and reproductive health characteristics of clients seeking post abortion care, Kenya 2012
From: Factors associated with delays in seeking post abortion care among women in Kenya
Socio-demographic characteristics | Reproductive health characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Median Delay in Hours | N [Un-weighted] | % | Median Delay in Hours | N [Un-weighted] | ||
Age category | Severity levelβ | ||||||
10–19 yrs | 16.6 | 72.8 | 335 | Mild | 22.8 | 28.0 | 723 |
20–24 yrs | 55.0 | 48.9 | 1480 | Moderate | 40.0 | 30.2 | 1135 |
25 + yrs | 28.4 | 49.1 | 808 | Severe | 37.2 | 74.3 | 773 |
Residence | Gravidity | ||||||
Urban | 40.9 | 50.3 | 1386 | 1 | 27.6 | 50.5 | 738 |
Rural | 58.7 | 49.6 | 1238 | 2–3 | 51.2 | 49.1 | 1428 |
Marital status | 4+ | 21.2 | 50.7 | 459 | |||
Never married | 27.9 | 58.0 | 761 | Previous abortions | |||
Married/Living together | 64.6 | 40.7 | 1700 | None | 93.2 | 49.1 | 2466 |
Formerly married | 7.6 | 73.6 | 162 | One or more | 6.8 | 98.7 | 154 |
Education | Contraceptiona | ||||||
No education | 9.3 | 73.9 | 158 | Using modern | 29.5 | 70.1 | 787 |
Primary | 40.2 | 49.9 | 963 | Not using | 70.5 | 48.0 | 1841 |
Secondary | 35.6 | 50.4 | 952 | Pregnancy wantedness | |||
Post-secondary | 14.8 | 28.2 | 543 | Wanted then | 40.1 | 27.9 | 1082 |
Occupation | Wanted later | 27.2 | 52.6 | 647 | |||
Farmer/unskilled | 24.9 | 53.3 | 589 | Did not want | 32.7 | 71.4 | 802 |
Skilled/clerical | 20.2 | 30.1 | 684 | Gestational ageb | |||
Student | 13.1 | 52.0 | 384 | First trimester | 59.3 | 50.8 | 1654 |
Unemployed/housewife | 41.8 | 49.5 | 965 | Second trimester | 40.7 | 48.1 | 974 |
Religion | Referred from | ||||||
Catholic | 24.4 | 48.3 | 606 | Not referred | 75.2 | 48.6 | 1838 |
Other Christians | 64.7 | 49.5 | 1767 | Referred | 24.8 | 71.0 | 793 |
Muslims | 8.6 | 73.5 | 216 | ||||
Others | 2.3 | 97.7 | 30 | ||||
Total | 100 | 2631 | Total | 100 | 2631 | ||