Table 2 Characteristics of participants (N = 201)
From: Public preferences and priorities for end-of-life care in Kenya: a population-based street survey
Gender | Â |
Female | 100 (49.8%) |
Male | 101 (50.2%) |
Education level | Â |
Did not attend school | 2 (1.0%) |
Primary education | 18 (9.0%) |
Secondary education | 160 (79.6%) |
Completed bachelors degree | 21 (10.4%) |
Religion | Â |
Christian | 195 (97%) |
Muslim | 4 (2.0%) |
African religion | 1 (0.5%) |
Jehovah’s witness | 1 (0.5% |
Urbanisation | Â |
Urban | 143 (71.1%) |
Peri-urban | 44 (21.9%) |
Rural | 14 (7.0%) |
Province where they were born | Â |
Central | 66 (33.2%) |
Nairobi | 31 (15.6%) |
Western | 29 (14.6%) |
Rift Valley | 28 (14.1%) |
Eastern | 26 (13.1%) |
Nyanza | 16 (8.0%) |
Coast | 3 (1.5%) |
Tribe to which they belong | Â |
Kikuyu | 90 (44.8%) |
Luhya | 36 (17.9%) |
Kamba | 18 (9.0%) |
Kisii | 16 (8.0%) |
Kalenjin | 14 (7.0%) |
Meru | 11 (5.5%) |
Luo | 5 (2.5%) |
Embu | 3 (1.5%) |
Maasai | 2 (1.0%) |
Digo | 1 (0.5%) |
Giriana | 1 (0.5%) |
Mbeere | 1 (0.5%) |
Nandi | 1 (0.5%) |
Nubian | 1 (0.5%) |
Turkana | 1 (0.5%) |
Experience of death and dying | Â |
Close relative of friend died in the last five years | 153 (77.3%) |
Close relative or friend diagnosed with serious illness in last five years | 88 (44.4%) |
Supported and cared for close relative or friend in last months of life | 84 (42.6%) |
Personally diagnosed with serious illness in last five years | 8 (4.0%) |