Primary grade 6-8
22.6
29
secondary Form 1-2 Secondary form 3-4 Technical/Vocational Total Marital Status
25 29 14.8 100
32 37 19 128
Married Single Divorced Total
10.2 86.8 3 100
13 111 4 128
3.2.2 Early Marriage and Childbearing Marriage and childbearing rates were low. About 6% (21) of the respondents reported ever being married and 10% (39) had ever given birth. The rate of adolescent pregnancy was slightly higher in Kisii with 2% of the respondents reporting ever giving birth. Early marriage was slightly higher in Siaya with 2% of girls having ever been married. Majority of the respondents who have given birth are between ages 18-19. The findings further demonstrated a relationship between age at first sexual encounter debut and ever giving birth which aligns to the proximate determinants of fertility studies that have age at sexual debut as one of the determinants of early pregnancy 16. The assessment findings established there is a relationship between adolescents giving birth and living with parents. Further, the findings showed there was a relationship (1) UNICEF. Ending child marriage: Progress and prospects. New York: UNICEF, 2013
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Adult Relative Adult Nonrelative Partner Total
between adolescents education status.
10.1
13
6.2 11 100
8 14 128
giving
birth
and
3.2.3 Contraceptive Use The assessment findings demonstrate that 15% of the respondents have ever used contraceptives. Condoms (34%), oral contraceptives (22%) and injectable (20%) were the most used contraceptives by the adolescents. A significant relationship exists between contraceptive use, age, sibling teenage pregnancy, ever given birth, who the adolescent lives with and if they have a boyfriend. Unmet need and demand for family planning among young women is one of the leading contributors for adolescent and young women pregnancy which validates the proximate factors of fertility in Kenya. Adolescents find themselves with unwanted pregnancy and some opt to seek for abortion
