Women shun Nairobi, Mombasa men as they go for Kisii, Kericho guys

According to a recent government survey conducted in 14 counties, Kisii men are luring the most women for marriage, suggesting that the area may also have the most successful suitors.
The 2022 Kenya demographic and health survey (2022 KDHS) which was released last week, found that more than 50% of the women interviewed in the 14 counties said they had moved there because of marriage.
The results of a study conducted between 17 September and 13 July, 2022, detail the percentage distribution of women between the ages of 15 and 49 who migrated to their current domicile in order to get married.
Employment, education, training, family reunification, forced relocation, and other factors are also motivations for migration.
Over 63% of the women who are currently living in Kisii County traveled there to get married, which attracted the most people who listed marriage formation as the reason for their relocation.
According to the 2022 KDHS report, the majority of women also favored Kericho (62.1%), Bomet (60.3%), Migori (60.1%), and Siaya (59.5%) counties for marriage.
The study reveals that among the top 10 places where women want to be married are Nyamira (59%), Tharaka Nithi (58.8%), Kakamega (57.5%), Busia (57.4%), and Kitui (56.8%).
For marriage formation, other women also picked Baringo (54.7%), Kwale (54.2%), Makueni (52.7%), and Kilifi (50.2%). For marriage, over half of the ladies (49.5%) and (492%) chose Meru and Kisumu, respectively.
Less than 25 women in the entire county claimed to have moved to the ASAL county for marriage, which is almost none of the women in Marsabit County, according to the KDHS study.(The number has been suppressed; it is based on fewer than 25 unweighted examples.)
The least number of women were attracted to Kajiado county (9.9%). Over half (50.5%) of the women who currently reside there did so for work-related reasons.
According to the poll, only a pitiful 10.8% and 16.3% of the women in Nairobi and Mombasa counties, respectively, migrated in order to start a family. Instead, they generally did so in order to find job (Nairobi 53.1% and Mombasa 50.3%).
Respondents who were guests in the homes whose members were interviewed were not included in the data collection. According to the survey, nearly half of the women between the ages of 45 and 49 moved to their current locations primarily in order to start families. Similarly, in the previous ten years, about half of the women in their current residences relocated to wed their partners.
More over, half of the women in rural areas, 52.3%, relocated there to get married, compared to 15.4% of urban women who did the same. Additionally, an increasing number of women in their current residences relocated for marriage.
The individuals who claimed to have been born outside of Kenya and to have lived there continuously were not questioned about the motivation behind their migration.
Men and women with ages ranging from 15 to 49 made up the sample of responders. 2.4% of the males in Nandi County relocated there in order to make marriages, despite the fact that men virtually ever migrate locations for such purposes.
It’s interesting to see that men tend to transfer locations for marriage formation between the ages of 30 and 34, despite the KDHS report showing that this age group led the pack at 1% of those who changed dwellings for marriage formation.
By county distribution, men who have relocated to their current domicile in order to establish marriages are most prevalent in Nyandarua (1.6), Murang’a (1.3), and Homa Bay (1.3). Currently, only 0.4% of men in rural regions changed residence for marriage, the report showed.
Tana River had the highest concentration of women who said they moved for employment (55.8%), followed by Nairobi (53.1%), Kajiado (50.5%), and Mombasa (50.3%).
Over 70% of women between the ages of 30 and 49 stated that they moved for work-related reasons. Garissa (86.1%) and Kericho (87.3%). Men had relocated in large numbers to the counties of Baringo (85.6%), West Pokot (84.3%), and Tana River (80.5%) in search of employment. According to the research, more women (55%) than males (46%) between the ages of 15 and 49 claimed that they were either married or living together. Similarly, more women (12%) than men (6%%) were divorced, separated, or widowed.
However, in the same age group, more men (48%) than women (33%) stated they had never been married. More women (13%) than men (2%), aged 20 to 24, reported having their first union by the age of 18.
Compared to less than 1% of men, 2% of women aged 20 to 24 said they had been married off as minors when they were 15 years old. Additionally, the poll revealed that 37% of married men and 30% of married women desire to put off having children. Additionally, 36% of married men and 46% of married women want to stop having kids.
The research states that the total fertility rate, which has been constant since 2020, is 3.4% children per woman. The survey shows that both married and single women use modern family planning techniques, with 57% of married women and 59% of sexually active single women in the age range of 15 to 49.
It mentions that 75% of married women’s demand for family planning is answered by contemporary methods, as opposed to 66% of sexually active unmarried women.
63% of those who used injectables and 66% of people who used IUDs got their family planning technique from the government. In contrast, 63% of people who take pills and 45% of men who use condoms got their family planning from private, non-NGO medical sources. The research also notes that 92% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 are involved in family planning decisions.