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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Health. 2015 Mar;12(1):59–66. doi: 10.1071/SH14089

TABLE 2.

Socio-Economic Outcomes of Pregnant Adolescent Girls

Characteristics Pregnant Girls Not pregnant Girls

N (%) or Mean (Standard Deviation N (%) or Mean (Standard Deviation
Residential Environment (n=446)
 Urban 36 (39.6%) 169 (47.5%)
 Rural 55 (60.4%) 187 (52.5%)
Province (n=445)
 KwaZulu-Natal 37 (41.1%) 53 (14.9%)
 Western Cape 26 (28.9%) 207 (58%)
 Mpumalanga 27 (30%) 96 (27%)
Type of Housing (n=434)
 Informal (Shack) 23 (25.3%) 131 (36.8%)
 Formal 68 (74.7%) 225 (63.2%)
Household Employment (n=446)
 No one employed 33 (36.7%) 100 (28.1%)
Household Poverty (n=421)
 Deprivation of 2 or more items 59 (64.8%) 221 (67%)