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Table 2 Determinants for ‘ever giving birth’ among adolescents 15 to 19

From: Association between socioeconomic status and fertility among adolescents aged 15 to 19: an analysis of the 2013/2014 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS)

 

% out of n* (number)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

Age

   

 15

19.9 (731)

1

 

 16

20.6 (756)

2.3 (1.3, 4.2)

0.007

 17

18.1 (667)

6.4 (3.6, 11.5)

 < 0.001

 18

21.0 (771)

15.6 (8.9, 27.1)

 < 0.001

 19

20.2 (741)

29.1 (16.9, 50.1)

 < 0.001

Per year increase

 

2.3 (2.1, 2.5)

 < 0.001

Wealth (Rich vs Poor)

   

 Rich (4th &5th)

48.0 (1,760)

1

 

 Poor (1st,2nd & 3rd)

52.0 (1,906)

1.7 (1.3, 2.4)

 < 0.001

Educational attainment

   

 No education

2.1 (75)

1

 

 Lower primary

7.1 (259)

0.5 (0.2, 1.2)

0.123

 Upper primary

35.3 (1,294)

0.6 (0.3, 1.3)

0.228

 Junior secondary

36.7 (1,347)

0.4 (0.2, 0.7)

0.006

 Senior secondary

18.6 (682)

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

 < 0.001

 Tertiary

0.3 (9)

0.1 (0.0, 0.8)

0.035

Knowledge of contraception

   

 Does not know

4.4 (162)

1

 

 Knows

95.6 (3,504)

5.4 (1.9, 15.6)

0.002

Marital status

   

 Single

84.5 (3,098)

1

 < 0.001

 Married

15.5 (568)

6.7 (4.9, 9.2)

 

Contraception use

   

 None

89.4 (3,278)

1

 

 At least one method

10.6 (388)

14.4 (9.2, 22.4)

 < 0.001

Abortion

   

 No

98.4 (3,606)

1

 

 Yes

1.6 (60)

0.5 (0.2, 1.3)

0.174

  1. *n = 3666