Table 2 Sexuality and fertility characteristics of married women aged 15–19 years
Characteristic | n (%) a | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Oromia, Ethiopia N = 1198 | Nasarawa, Nigeria N = 4816 | Mwanza, Tanzania N = 201 | |
Age at first sexual intercourse: Mean (SD) | 16.0 (1.4) | 15.1 (1.7) | 16.0 (1.6) |
Timing of last intercourse | |||
Within past 4 weeks | 1099 (90.8) | 2411 (50.1) | 138 (68.7) |
Within past year | 87 (8.1) | 1956 (40.6) | 49 (24.4) |
More than 1 year | 11 (0.98) | 350 (7.3) | 14 (7.0) |
Never had sex | 0 (0) | 15 (0.31) | 0 (0) |
Don’t know | 0 (0) | 16 (0.33) | 0 (0) |
No response | 1 (0.04) | 68 (1.4) | 0 (0) |
Ever been pregnant | |||
Yes | 805 (68.3) | 3913 (81.3) | 167 (83.1) |
No | 392 (31.7) | 893 (18.5) | 34 (16.9) |
Don’t know | 1 (0.04) | 8 (0.17) | 0 (0) |
No response | 0 (0) | 2 (0.04) | 0 (0) |
Currently pregnant | |||
Yes | 200 (17.7) | 1504 (31.2) | 51 (25.4) |
No | 983 (81.2) | 3181 (66.1) | 146 (72.6) |
Don’t know | 15 (1.2) | 125 (2.6) | 4 (2.0) |
No response | 0 (0) | 6 (0.12) | 0 (0) |
Ever given birth | |||
Yes | 610 (51.2) | 2650 (55.0) | 110 (54.7) |
No | 588 (48.8) | 2166 (45.0) | 91 (45.3) |
Age at first birth: Mean (SD) | 16.9 (1.3) | 16.3 (1.6) | 17.0 (1.2) |
Number of living children | |||
No children | 600 (49.9) | 2328 (48.3) | 97 (48.3) |
1 child | 520 (43.5) | 1665 (34.6) | 85 (42.3) |
2 children | 74 (6.3) | 681 (14.1) | 18 (9.0) |
3 or more children | 4 (0.24) | 142 (2.9) | 1 (0.50) |
Planning status of most recent birth at the time they gave birth | N = 610 | N = 2650 | N = 110 |
Wanted then | 408 (69.8) | 2264 (85.4) | 49 (44.5) |
Wanted later | 173 (26.1) | 348 (13.1) | 40 (36.4) |
Wanted no more | 29 (4.1) | 21 (0.79) | 5 (4.5) |
Don’t know | 0 (0) | 6 (0.23) | 0 (0) |
No response | 0 (0) | 11 (0.42) | 16 (14.5) |
Unmet need for modern contraception | N = 1044 | N = 4180 | N = 181 |
No unmet need | 845 (79.5) | 3264 (78.1) | 123 (68.0) |
Unmet need for spacing | 184 (19.4) | 890 (21.3) | 55 (30.4) |
Unmet need for limiting | 15 (1.2) | 26 (0.62) | 3 (1.7) |
Total unmet need | 199 (20.5) | 916 (21.9) | 58 (32.0) |