Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics showing socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

Characteristics

Overall, N (%)

N = 1299

YCS N (%)

N = 714

YTS N (%)

N = 177

YSW N (%)

N = 408

P value

Median age, years (IQR)

19 (17–21)

19 (17–21)

19 (18–21)

20 (18–22)

 

Can read and write

1262 (97.2%)

693 (97.1%)

172 (97.2%)

397 (97.3%)

0.97

Ever married

62 (4.8%)

25 (3.5%)

10 (5.7%)

27 (6.6%)

0.05

Currently a student

266 (20.5%)

203 (28.4%)

30 (16.9%)

33 (8.1%)

< 0.001

Regular source of income

164 (12.6%)

80 (11.2%)

17 (9.6%)

67 (16.5%)

0.02

Consumed alcohol almost every day or every day in last month

134 (10.3%)

2 (0.3%)

11 (6.2%)

121 (29.7%)

< 0.001

Ever pregnant

493 (38.0%)

189 (26.5%)

70 (39.5%)

234 (57.4%)

< 0.001

Recruited from venue-based hotspot type

1069 (82.3%)

585 (81.9%)

136 (76.8%)

348 (85.3%)

0.04