Table 1.

Sociodemographic, Relationship, and Sexual History Characteristics of 403 Pregnant Adolescent Girls Presenting for Antenatal Care in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Characteristic	Value* Number (%) or Median (IQR)
Demographic Characteristics
Age (years)	19 (17–20)
14	2 (0.5%)
15	15 (3.7%)
16	35 (8.7%)
17	66 (16.4%)
18	68 (16.9%)
19	86 (21.3%)
20	131 (32.5%)
Current educational status
Never attended school	33 (8.2)
Completed primary school	240 (59.6)
Dropped out of school	101 (25.1)
Completed secondary school	4 (1.0)
Still in school	23 (5.7)
Highest educational level initiated
None	33 (8.2)
Primary	258 (64.0)
Secondary and above	112 (25.8)
Religion
Catholic	180 (44.7)
Protestant	151 (37.5)
Muslim	45 (11.2)
Other/none	27 (6.7)
Current Relationship
Marital status
No current partner	43 (10.7)
Married	46 (11.4)
Co-habiting	234 (58.1)
Divorced	2 (0.5)
In relationship but not living together	78 (19.4)
Number of months of current relationship	12 (8–24)
Characterizes relationship as “long-term”	296 (73.5)
Partner has other women outside of the relationship	87 (22.7)
Number of years by which sexual partner is older	7 (4–9)
Sexual Behavior and History
Age at first sexual encounter	16 (15–17)
14 years and below	68 (16.9)
15–17 years	285 (70.7)
18 years and above	48 (11.9)
Number of lifetime sexual partners
1	103 (25.6)
2	150 (37.2)
3 or more	147 (36.5)
First sexual encounter was forced	45 (11.2)
Number of previous pregnancies
0	239 (59.3)
1	106 (26.3)
2	42 (10.4)
3 and above	16 (4.0)
Planned pregnancy	227 (56.3)
Considered terminating this pregnancy	350 (86.9)
Ever used contraception	66 (16.4)
Ever exchanged sex for money or goods	284 (70.5)
Presence of symptoms suggesting current Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI)	230 (57.1)