Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of reproductive age women in Kenya 2023

Age group

15–19

3016

435

3451

23.0

20–24

3141

265

3406

22.7

25–29

2531

222

2753

18.4

30–34

2342

230

2571

17.2

35–39

1533

206

1739

11.6

40–44

938

129

1066

7.1

Place of residence

Urban

5504

744

6247

41.7

Rural

7998

742

8740

58.3

Religion

Catholic

3306

315

3621

24.2

Protestant

5557

651

6208

41.4

Evangelical churches

3087

283

3370

22.5

African instituted churches

954

138

1092

7.3

Islam

169

8

177

1.2

Other

428

91

519

3.5

Educational status

No education

347

65

347

2.7

Primary

5613

391

5613

40.1

Secondary

4787

488

4787

35.2

Higher

2755

542

2755

22.0

Marital status

Never in union

1867

356

2223

14.8

Married

8719

848

9567

63.8

Widowed

253

20

273

1.8

Divorced

135

26

161

1.1

Other

2527

237

2764

18.4

Sex of house hold head

Male

9243

937

10,180

67.9

Female

4258

549

4807

32.1

Wealth index

Poor

10,001

966

10,967

73.2

Middle

3500

520

4020

26.8

Frequency of reading newspaper

No

10,884

1089

11,973

79.9

Yes

2617

397

3014

20.1

Frequency of listening radio

No

2488

326

2814

18.8

Yes

11,013

1160

12,173

81.2

Frequency of watching television

No

4166

400

4566

30.5

Yes

9335

1086

10,421

69.5

History of terminated pregnancy

No

11,638

1250

12,888

86.0

Yes

1863

236

2099

14.0

Currently breast feeding

No

10,074

1215

11,289

75.3

Yes

3427

271

3698

24.7

Number of children

=<2

12,890

1457

14,347

95.7

> 2

611

29

640

4.3

Contraceptive utilization

Modern method

13,501

0

13,501

90.1

Other method

0

1486

1486

9.9