locations that were deemed to offer privacy and confidentiality of the interview process.
Quantitative data was collected on key sociodemographic indicators, as well as sexual behavior, asset ownership, contraceptive use, causes of adolescent pregnancy, community practices that encourage adolescent pregnancy, Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of adolescent pregnancy and strategies that can be employed to reduce adolescent pregnancy using a structured paper questionnaire.
Data collection was conducted using paperbased questionnaires. Data validation checks and skip logics that decreased human error in data entry were incorporated. Secondly, survey supervisors conducted spot check verifications of the enumerators’ data collection. The Data Analyst checked for duplicate entries in the data entered as well as outliers. Field supervisors were responsible for quality assurance measures, data management and frequent coordination with Akili dada project staff during fieldwork.
This report will analyze data from 377 girls from the ten targeted counties and carry out bivariate and multivariate analysis to understand the association between various background factors and adolescent pregnancy. interviews with adolescent girls, informed consent was obtained from their parents/guardians and from assent obtained from the girls.
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative data was collected with purposively selected key stakeholders to provide a more in-depth understanding of the causes, consequences, knowledge, attitudes, perceptions of adolescent pregnancy and contextual strategies of reducing adolescent pregnancy. Interview guides were developed and touched on a set of cross-cutting domains. Following the identification of participants, the trained enumerators obtained informed consent and conducted the KIIs and FGDs in the household or other public spaces that still allowed for adequate visual and auditory privacy, such as community halls, churches, and schools. For
Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with adolescent girls aged 13-19 years. Each FGD consisted of 8-12 participants. Key informant interviews were conducted targeting gender officers, education officers, school heads, sub county and ward administrators and chiefs. Table 1 provides thematic domains of the interviews including the number of participants interviewed.
Table 1. Number of In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) Conducted by Site and Respondent Type Respondent Type Gender Officers
KIIs Bomet
Bungoma
1
1
Busia
1
Homa Bay
1
Kisii
1
Kisumu
1
Kwale
Meru
Narok
Siaya
1
1
1
1
