Table 1 Baseline background characteristics of women of children born between September 2006 and October 2010
From: Childbearing desires and behaviour: a prospective assessment in Nairobi slums
| Â | Percent | Number of mother-child dyads |
|---|---|---|
Site | ||
 Korogocho | 52.7 | 2413 |
 Viwandani | 47.3 | 2164 |
Age | ||
 15–19 | 15.2 | 696 |
 20–24 | 38.5 | 1761 |
 25–29 | 27.1 | 1240 |
 30–49 | 19.2 | 880 |
Marital status | ||
 Married/Living together | 85.2 | 3900 |
 Previously married | 5.6 | 257 |
 Never married | 8.9 | 408 |
 Don’t know/refusal/missing | 0.3 | 12 |
Education | ||
 Incomplete primary/no education | 28.7 | 1312 |
 Completed primary | 47.5 | 2172 |
 Secondary+ | 23.3 | 1068 |
 Missing | 0.5 | 25 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Kikuyu | 25.3 | 1159 |
 Luhya | 17.4 | 797 |
 Luo | 19.8 | 905 |
 Kamba | 21.0 | 962 |
 Other | 16.5 | 754 |
Living children | ||
 1 | 33.2 | 1521 |
 2 | 26.7 | 1220 |
 3+ | 34.7 | 1590 |
 Missing | 5.4 | 246 |
Age of index child | ||
 < 6 months | 68.8 | 3148 |
 6–11 months | 26.8 | 1226 |
 12+ months | 4.4 | 203 |
Total | 100 | 4577 |