Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Kenya

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POLYGAMY (Weighted by GPWGT) Please tell me for each of the following items whether you think it can always be justified, sometimes be justified, or never be justified: polygamy.   1) Always justified   2) Sometimes justified   3) Never justified   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always justified	40	6.1%	6.1%
Sometimes justified	222	34%	40.1%
Never justified	389	59.6%	99.7%
Don't know	2	.3%	100%
Refused	0	0%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Race/Ethnicity Gender Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 or more	TOTAL
Always justified	6.6% 11	7.4% 9	6.9% 11	1.9% 2	7.0% 7	6.2% 40
Sometimes justified	31.9% 53	33.9% 41	35.0% 56	34.0% 35	36.0% 36	34.0% 221
Never justified	60.8% 101	58.7% 71	58.1% 93	63.1% 65	57.0% 57	59.5% 387
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 121	100.0% 160	100.0% 103	100.0% 100	650

Education (I-EDUC)

	Did not complete primary (Std 7/8)	Primary completed (Std 7/8)	Secondary not comp. (Form 4)	Secondly not comp. (Form 4)	Some HS or college/poly. not comp.	College/poly. comp. (Diploma/Cert.) or more	TOTAL
Always justified	8.1% 10	9.4% 11	3.3% 3	5.6% 9	1.6% 1	6.2% 6	6.2% 40
Sometimes justified	48.0% 59	31.6% 37	29.3% 27	30.6% 49	27.9% 17	32.0% 31	33.8% 220
Never justified	43.1% 53	59.0% 69	67.4% 62	63.1% 101	70.5% 43	61.9% 60	59.7% 388
Don't know	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 117	100.0% 92	100.0% 160	100.0% 61	100.0% 97	650

Race/Ethnicity (I-ETHNIC)

	Kikuyu	Luo	Luhya	Kamba	All other groups	TOTAL
Always justified	4.8% 8	6.5% 6	5.2% 6	6.6% 5	7.0% 14	6.0% 39
Sometimes justified	31.7% 53	39.1% 36	32.8% 38	18.4% 14	40.3% 81	34.0% 222
Never justified	62.9% 105	54.3% 50	62.1% 72	75.0% 57	52.2% 105	59.7% 389
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 92	100.0% 116	100.0% 76	100.0% 201	652

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always justified	8.7% 28	3.6% 12	6.1% 40
Sometimes justified	42.2% 136	26.0% 86	34.0% 222
Never justified	48.8% 157	70.1% 232	59.6% 389
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 331	653

Household income (I-INCOME)

	LT 150,000 shillings/yr.	150,001 to 240,000 shillings/yr.	240,001 to 600,000 shillings/yr.	TOTAL
Always justified	5.8% 26	7.8% 8	2.4% 1	5.9% 35
Sometimes justified	35.6% 160	30.1% 31	29.3% 12	34.2% 203
Never justified	58.1% 261	62.1% 64	68.3% 28	59.5% 353
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 449	100.0% 103	100.0% 41	593

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important or Not at all imp.	TOTAL
Always justified	5.9% 7	5.3% 23	6.4% 5	20.8% 5	6.1% 40
Sometimes justified	30.5% 36	29.2% 126	57.7% 45	58.3% 14	33.9% 221
Never justified	63.6% 75	65.0% 281	35.9% 28	20.8% 5	59.7% 389
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 432	100.0% 78	100.0% 24	652