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Table 4 The relationship between knowledge about sexual risk behavior on teenage pregnancy (n = 539

From: The magnitude of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors among teenagers in Dodoma Tanzania: a community-based analytical cross-sectional study

Variables

N

Ever been pregnancy

\(\chi^{2}\)

P-value

No

Yes

  

An adolescent can get pregnant even if has not started menstruation

   

2.759

0.097

 No

31

26 (83.9)

5 (16.1)

  

 Yes

508

355 (69.9)

153 (30.1)

  

A girl can get pregnant at first time sexual intercourse

   

8.002

0.005

 No

226

145 (64.2)

81 (35.8)

  

 Yes

313

236 (75.4)

77 (24.6)

  

Aware of more sexual fertile period/dangerous period

   

1.064

0.302

 No

316

218 (69.0)

98 (31.0)

  

 Yes

223

163 (73.1)

60 (26.9)

  

Awareness of contraceptives use

   

8.911

0.003

 No

79

67 (84.8)

12 (15.2)

  

 Yes

460

314 (68.3)

146 (31.7)

  

Practices masturbation

   

1.184

0.277

 Yes

115

86 (74.8)

29 (25.2)

  

 No

424

295 (69.6)

129 (30.4)

  

Decision for sexual and reproductive health

   

0.002

0.962

 Poor

284

201 (70.8)

83 (29.2)

  

 Good

255

180 (70.6)

75 (29.4)

  

Ever concerned to conceive a pregnancy

   

0.409

0.522

 No

150

103 (68.7)

47 (31.3)

  

 Yes

389

278 (71.5)

111 (28.5)

  

Perceived that contraceptive influences one to get pregnancy

   

17.128

 < 0.001

 Yes

80

41 (51.2)

39 (48.8)

  

 No

459

340 (74.1)

119 (25.9)

  

Contraceptive use

   

0.478

0.489

 No

419

294 (70.2)

125 (29.8)

  

 Yes

120

87 (72.5)

33 (27.5)

  

Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health

   

4.901

0.027

 Adequate

213

162 (76.1)

51 (23.9)

  

 Inadequate

326

219 (67.2)

107 (32.8)

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