Table 1 Characteristics of married women in the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS)
Percent | |
|---|---|
Individual-level Characteristics (n = 9014) | |
Heard of cervical cancer | |
No | 27.90 |
Yes | 72.10 |
Any kind of cervical cancer screening (N = 6498) | |
No | 80.60 |
Yes | 19.40 |
Type of cervical cancer screening (N = 1262) | |
Visual inspection | 41.76 |
Pap smear | 58.24 |
Socio-economic characteristics | |
Women’s Age | |
15-24 | 20.28 |
25-34 | 43.53 |
35-49 | 36.19 |
Religion | |
Roman Catholic | 18.83 |
Protestant/other Christian | 64.59 |
Muslim | 14.34 |
Others | 2.24 |
Region | |
Coast | 12.49 |
North Eastern | 5.82 |
Eastern | 16.96 |
Central | 10.12 |
Rift Valley | 28.53 |
Western | 8.85 |
Nyanza | 14.38 |
Nairobi | 2.8 |
Place of residence | |
Urban | 36.51 |
Rural | 63.49 |
Women’s education level | |
No Education | 16.56 |
Primary | 52.65 |
Secondary and higher | 30.78 |
Women’s employment | |
No | 35.24 |
Yes | 64.76 |
Number of living children | |
0 | 4.95 |
1-2 | 36.30 |
3-4 | 32.86 |
5+ | 25.89 |
Amount of media exposure | |
0 | 19.18 |
1 | 33.66 |
2 | 28.44 |
3 | 18.81 |
Wealth Index | |
Poorest | 24.67 |
Poor | 19.22 |
Middle class | 18.67 |
Rich | 18.03 |
Richest | 18.41 |
Women’s autonomy | |
Women’s decision-making power at home | |
Low | 60.94 |
High | 39.06 |
Sexual autonomy | |
No | 26.63 |
yes | 71.16 |
Attitudes toward wife beating | |
Opposing | 50.13 |
Favorable | 49.87 |
Health care access | |
Covered by health insurance | |
No | 81.73 |
Yes | 18.27 |
Visiting health facility in the last 12 | |
No | 24.57 |
Yes | 75.43 |
Community-level Characteristics (n = 1588) | |
% of women with high decision-making autonomy | |
Low | 36.37 |
Medium | 38.71 |
High | 24.92 |
% of women with high sexual autonomy | |
Low | 30.07 |
Medium | 30.86 |
High | 39.08 |
% of women with favorable attitudes toward wife beating | |
Low | 48.21 |
Medium | 22.35 |
High | 29.41 |
% women with secondary and higher education | |
Low | 42.00 |
Medium | 20.34 |
High | 37.66 |
%of women who perceived the distance to a health facility as a major problem | |
Low | 46.91 |
Medium | 23.56 |
High | 29.53 |
% of women with non-poor wealth index | |
Low | 35.78 |
Medium | 24.23 |
High | 39.99 |