Sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

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Table 1. Demographic characteristics across AGYW engaged in casual sex, transactional sex and SW in Mombasa, Kenya

Variable	Total (N = 1299)	Casual sex n = 714 (55%)	Transactional Sex n = 177 (14%)	Formal sex Work n = 408 (31%)	P
Age in years M (SD)	19.30 (2.56)	18.94 (2.61)	19.21 (2.38)	19.96 (2.43)	< .01
Literate	1262 (97.07%)	693 (97.06%)	171 (96.61%)	397 (97.03%)	.17
Married	45 (3.46%)	31 (4.34%)	6 (3.39%)	8 (1.96%)	.11
Religion
Roman Catholic	378 (29.01%)
Protestant/Other	601 (46.27%)	178 (24.93%)	63 (35.59%)	137 (33.58%)
Christian	306 (23.56%)	341 (47.76%)	83 (46.89%)	177 (43.38%)	< .01
Muslim	14 (1.08%)	192 (26.89%)	30 (16.95%)	84 (20.59%)
Other religion/		3 (0.42%)	1 (0.56%)	10 (2.45%)
Unanswered

Table 2. SRH indicators among AGYW engaged in casual and transactional sex or SW in Mombasa, Kenya

	Total (N = 1299)	Casual/transactional sex n = 891	Formal sex work n = 408	P
Age at first sex M (SD) (n = 1216)	16.04 (2.42)	16.27 (2.32)	15.54 (2.54)	< .01
Ever pregnant (n = 1299)	493 (37.95%)	259 (29.07%)	234 (57.35%)	< .01
Age at first pregnancy M (SD) (n = 486)	17.79 (2.25)	17.98 (2.25)	17.57 (2.23)	0.03
Number of live births (n = 493)
None	115 (23.33%)	69 (26.64%)	46 (19.66%)
1	348 (70.59%)	180 (69.50%)	168 (71.79%)	0.03
> 1	30 (6.09%)	10 (3.86%)	20 (8.55%)
Most recent birth attended by a skilled health personnel^a (n = 378)	319 (84.39%)	164 (86.32%)	155 (82.45%)	0.3
Ever had abortion (n = 490)	105 (21.43%)	49 (19.07%)	56 (24.03%)	0.19
Age at first abortion M (SD) (n = 106)	18.30 (2.36)	18.02 (2.07)	18.55 (2.59)	0.23
Total number of abortions (n = 490)
None	385 (78.57%)	208 (80.93%)	177 (75.97%)
1	86 (17.52%)	46 (17.90%)	40 (17.17%)	< .01
>1	19 (3.87%)	3 (1.17%)	16 (6.87%)
Unsafe abortion^b (n = 105)
Participant’s home	27 (25.71%)	11 (22.45%)	16 (28.57%)
In someone else’s home	1 (0.95%)	0	1 (1.79%)	0.5
Unlicensed clinic	34 (32.38%)	15 (30.61%)	19 (33.93%)
Current contraception use^c (n = 1299)
Not using any methods to avoid pregnancy	354 (27.25%)	282 (31.65%)	72 (17.65%)	< .01
Modern method	814 (62.66%)	487 (54.66%)	327 (80.15%)	< .01
Birth control pills/IUD/injectables/implants	356 (27.41%)	179 (20.09%)	177 (43.38%)	< .01
Condoms	479 (36.87%)	305 (34.23%)	174 (42.65%)	< .01
Emergency contraception	113 (8.70%)	74 (8.31%)	39 (9.56%)	0.46
Rhythm/withdrawal	173 (13.32%)	147 (13.60%)	26 (6.37%)	< .01

^aPublic/government facility or private/NGO/CBO/FBO facility.

^bParticipant’s home, someone else’s home or unlicensed clinic.

^cAmong participants not intending to get pregnant; multiple answers possible.

Table 3. SRH indicators among AGYW engaged in SW in Mombasa, Kenya

	Total	Aware of local programming (n = 105)	Not aware of local programming (n = 302)	Crude OR	95% CI	P
Tested for an STI in the last year (n = 407)	85 (20.88%)	30 (28.57%)	55 (18.21%)	1.80	1.74, 3.00	.03
Ever tested for HIV (n = 406)	382 (94.09%)	103 (99.04%)	279 (92.38%)	8.49	1.13, 63.61	.04
Dual contraception use^a (n = 407)	36 (8.85%)	7 (6.67%)	29 (9.60%)	0.67	0.63, 3.50	.36
Safe abortion^b (n = 56)	19 (33.93%)	7 (50.00%)	12 (28.57%)	2.50	0.72, 8.67	.15
Most recent birth attended by a skilled health professional^c (n = 188)	155 (82.45%)	43 (87.76%)	112 (80.58%)	1.73	0.22, 1.50	.26
Tested for HIV during most recent pregnancy (n = 234)	180 (76.92%)	48 (80.00%)	132 (75.86%)	1.27	0.62, 2.62	.51

^aFemale sterilisation or birth control pills or IUD or Injectables or Implants and Condoms.

^bPublic/government facility or private/NGO/CBO/FBO facility.

^cPublic/government facility or private/NGO/CBO/FBO facility.