Table 3.
Selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women 20–24 years old who experienced adolescent sexual initiation, and adolescent pregnancy, Philippines DHS 2013
| Subpopulation: Women 20–24 years old |
(A) Adolescent sexual initiation | (B) Adolescent pregnancy | (C) All women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage (column) | 95% C.I. | P-value | Percentage (column) | 95% C.I. | P-value | Wtd. count | |
| Timing of first sex | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| First sex at/after first union | 12.4% | [10.5,14.5] | 14.5% | [12.3,17.0] | 1354 | ||
| First sex before first union | 87.6% | [85.5,89.5] | 85.5% | [83.0,87.7] | 1436 | ||
| Level of education | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| Primary or lower | 15.9% | [13.8,18.3] | 18.9% | [16.3,22.0] | 285 | ||
| Secondary | 57.4% | [54.5,60.3] | 61.5% | [58.0,64.8] | 1250 | ||
| Higher | 26.7% | [24.1,29.4] | 19.6% | [17.0,22.5] | 1255 | ||
| Wealth | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||
| Lowest | 20.3% | [17.8,23.2] | 24.2% | [21.1,27.6] | 382 | ||
| Second | 23.5% | [20.9,26.2] | 24.7% | [21.7,27.9] | 485 | ||
| Middle | 21.7% | [19.2,24.4] | 21.9% | [19.0,25.0] | 590 | ||
| Fourth | 21.2% | [18.6,24.1] | 19.4% | [16.5,22.6] | 661 | ||
| Highest | 13.3% | [11.2,15.7] | 9.9% | [7.9,12.4] | 671 | ||
| Residence | 0.001 | 0.009 | |||||
| Urban | 51.9% | [48.8,54.9] | 49.5% | [45.8,53.1] | 1558 | ||
| Rural | 48.1% | [45.1,51.2] | 50.5% | [46.9,54.2] | 1231 | ||
| Region | 0.001 | 0.550 | |||||
| NCR | 16.4% | [13.9,19.2] | 16.4% | [13.6,19.7] | 567 | ||
| CAR | 1.7% | [1.3,2.3] | 1.7% | [1.2,2.4] | 48 | ||
| Ilocos Region | 4.2% | [3.2,5.5] | 4.6% | [3.4,6.2] | 110 | ||
| Cagayan Valley | 5.0% | [4.0,6.2] | 5.2% | [4.0,6.8] | 117 | ||
| Central Luzon | 9.9% | [8.0,12.1] | 9.6% | [7.3,12.6] | 263 | ||
| CALABRAZON | 12.0% | [9.9,14.4] | 11.3% | [9.1,14.1] | 376 | ||
| MIMAROPA | 2.2% | [1.6,3.0] | 2.3% | [1.6,3.4] | 54 | ||
| Bicol | 5.0% | [3.9,6.3] | 4.4% | [3.3,5.8] | 127 | ||
| Western Visayas | 5.9% | [4.7,7.5] | 5.8% | [4.4,7.6] | 159 | ||
| Central Visayas | 6.5% | [5.2,8.1] | 5.8% | [4.4,7.7] | 180 | ||
| Eastern Visayas | 3.5% | [2.6,4.8] | 3.5% | [2.4,5.0] | 77 | ||
| Zamboanga Peninsula | 4.7% | [3.8,5.9] | 5.1% | [3.9,6.6] | 133 | ||
| Northern Mindanao | 4.6% | [3.3,6.3] | 4.5% | [3.1,6.5] | 131 | ||
| Davao | 6.3% | [5.1,7.9] | 6.7% | [5.0,8.8] | 153 | ||
| SOCCSKSARGEN | 5.1% | [4.0,6.5] | 5.5% | [4.0,7.4] | 126 | ||
| Caraga | 4.3% | [3.7,5.0] | 4.2% | [3.4,5.1] | 88 | ||
| ARMM | 2.7% | [2.0,3.7] | 3.3% | [2.4,4.6] | 80 | ||
| TOTAL | 1175 (100.0%) | 865 (100.0%) | 2789 | ||||
| Percentage (row) | 72.6% | 31.0% | 100.0% | ||||
Note: P-values were derived using Pearson’s chi-square test