Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants
| Variables | Frequency (n=491) | % |
| Age | ||
| 14–17 | 113 | 23.0 |
| 18 | 191 | 38.9 |
| 19 | 187 | 38.1 |
| Education | ||
| Primary and no education | 230 | 46.8 |
| Secondary and post-secondary | 261 | 53.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married or cohabiting | 140 | 28.5 |
| Separated or divorced | 123 | 25.1 |
| Single | 228 | 46.4 |
| Marital status at the time of getting pregnant | ||
| Single | 352 | 71.9 |
| Married, engaged, cohabiting | 139 | 28.1 |
| School status at the time of pregnancy | ||
| Out of school | 237 | 48.3 |
| Still in school | 254 | 51.7 |
| Orphanhood status | ||
| Both parents dead | 50 | 10.2 |
| One parent dead | 177 | 36.1 |
| Both parents alive | 264 | 53.8 |
| Living arrangement | ||
| Not living with both parents | 293 | 59.7 |
| Lives with one parent | 145 | 29.5 |
| Lives with both parents | 53 | 10.8 |
| Ever work for pay | ||
| Never worked | 175 | 35.6 |
| Previously worked | 187 | 38.1 |
| Currently working for pay | 129 | 26.3 |
| No of births | ||
| 1 | 423 | 86.2 |
| 2 or more | 68 | 13.8 |
| Most recent birth year | ||
| 2018 | 40 | 8.2 |
| 2019 | 58 | 11.8 |
| 2020 | 92 | 18.7 |
| 2021 | 166 | 33.8 |
| 2022 | 135 | 27.5 |
| Birth outcome | ||
| Stillborn | 6 | 1.2 |
| Neonatal death | 1 | 0.2 |
| Live birth | 492 | 98.6 |
Only six girls were aged 14 and 15, and therefore, grouped as 14–17. Four girls had no formal education.