Table 4. Reproductive health characteristics assessed as determinants of teenage pregnancy among female teenagers in Degua Tembien district, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2015.
(N = 414).
| Variables | Teenage pregnancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Controls | Total | |
| n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | |
| Maternal history of teenage pregnancy | |||
| Yes | 105 (76.1) | 158 (57.2) | 263 (63.5) |
| No | 33 (23.9) | 118 (42.8) | 151 (36.5) |
| Sister has history of teenage pregnancy | |||
| Yes | 29 (21.0) | 68 (24.6) | 97 (23.4) |
| No | 109 (79.0) | 208 (75.4) | 317 (76.6) |
| Past history of contraception use | |||
| Yes | 24 (17.4) | 49 (79) | 73 (36.5) |
| No | 114 (82.4) | 13 (21) | 127 (63.5) |
| Knowledge of occurrence of teenage pregnancy | |||
| Good | 65 (47.1) | 174 (63.0) | 239 (57.7) |
| Poor | 73 (52.9) | 102 (37.0) | 175 (42.3) |
| Communication with parents on sexual issues | |||
| Yes | 51 (37.0) | 186 (67.4) | 237 (57.2) |
| No | 87 (63.0) | 90 (32.6) | 177 (42.8) |
| Menarche | |||
| Yes | 137 (99.3) | 217 (78.6) | 354 (85.5) |
| No | 1 (0.7) | 59 (21.4) | 60 (14.5) |
| Age at menarche | |||
| 10–13 years | 1 (0.7) | 14 (6.5) | 15 (4.2) |
| 14–16 years | 119 (86.9) | 187 (86.2) | 306 (86.4) |
| 17–19 years | 17 (12.4) | 16 (7.3) | 33 (9.3) |
| Received information on menstruation | |||
| Yes | 123 (89.1) | 252 (91.3) | 375 (90.6) |
| No | 15 (10.9) | 24 (8.7) | 39 (9.4) |
| Time received information on menstruation | |||
| Before menarche | 87 (70.7) | 207 (82.1) | 294 (78.4) |
| After menarche | 36 (29.3) | 45 (17.9) | 81 (21.6) |
| Age at sexual debut | |||
| 10–15 years | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) |
| 16–17 years | 34 (56.7) | 13 (21.7) | 47 (78.3) |
| 18–19 years | 2 (3.3) | 8 (13.3) | 10 (16.7) |
| Sex education at school | |||
| Received | 22 (18.5) | 183 (70.4) | 205 (54.1) |
| Not received | 97 (81.5) | 77 (29.6) | 174 (45.9) |
| Past pregnancy | |||
| Yes | 12 (8.7) | 0 (0) | 12 (2.9) |
| No | 126 (91.3) | 276 (100) | 402 (97.1) |