Study participants | n = 388 | ||||
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Used ACT | 297 (76.5 %) | ||||
Did not use ACT | 91(23.5 %) | ||||
Demographic Characteristics | Number (%) | Socio-economic Characteristics | Number (%) | ||
Age | <13 years | 162 (41.8 %) | Education level | None | 40 (10.3 %) |
 | ≥13 years | 226 (58.2 %) |  | Primary | 188 (48.5 %) |
Gender | Male | 186 (47.9 %) |  | Still in school | 7 (1.8 %) |
 | Female | 202 (52.1 %) |  | Secondary | 116 (29.9 %) |
Marital status | Married | 105 (27.1 %) |  | Post-Secondary | 37 (9.5 %) |
 | Widowed | 30 (7.7 %) | Ability to read | Able to read | 265 (68.3 %) |
 | Separated | 5 (0.9 %) |  | Unable to read | 123 (31.7 %) |
 | Single | 79 (20.4 %) | HHSI | Salaried employment | 47 (11.9 %) |
 | Underage | 169 (43.9 %) |  | Self-employed | 67 (17.3 %) |
HH head | Wife | 119 (30.7 %) |  | Petty business | 80 (20.6) |
 | Husband | 269 (69.3 %) |  | Casual work | 44 (11.3 %) |
HH size | 1-2 | 33 (8.5 %) |  | Farming | 151 (38.9 %) |
 | 3-5 | 200 (52.5 %) | HHMI | <KShs.4,500 | 204 (52.6 %) |
 | ≥6 | 155 (40.0 %) |  | KShs.4,500-9,000 | 133 (34.3 %) |
 |  |  |  | Over KShs. 9,000 | 55 (13.1 %) |