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. 2020 Apr 14;15(4):e0231557. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231557

Table 5. Factors associated with repeat adolescent birth among Uganda women 20–24 years at survey with first birth <18 years, 2016 UDHS (N = 1084).

Total Repeat adolescent childbirth (row %; 95% CI) Crude PR (95% CI) P-value (crude) Adjusted PR (95% CI) Wald test P-value
Residence
Urban 208 44.4 (36.4–52.7) 1 1
Rural 875 58.3 (54.5–62.0) 1.31 (1.08–1.60) 0.007 1.07 (0.89–1.28) 0.461
Region
Central 278 45.6 (37.7–53.8) 1 1
Eastern 337 63.0 (57.0–68.6) 1.38 (1.13–1.69) 0.002 1.17 (0.97–1.40) 0.096
Northern 216 55.4 (49.3–61.4) 1.21 (0.99–1.50) 0.069 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 0.760
Western 252 56.9 (50.5–63.1) 1.25 (1.01–1.54) 0.040 1.10 (0.91–1.34) 0.328
Religion
Anglican 461 59.9 (54.6–64.9) 1 1
Catholic 416 53.0 (47.5–58.4) 0.88 (0.78–1.01) 0.071 0.97 (0.86–1.10) 0.624
Muslim 172 50.3 (41.5–59.1) 0.84 (0.69–1.02) 0.075 0.97 (0.81–1.15) 0.696
Other 036 56.2 (39.8–71.4) 0.94 (0.69–1.28) 0.687 0.98 (0.74–1.29) 0.865
Household wealth quintile
poorest 278 67.8 (61.7–73.2) 1 1
poorer 250 54.4 (47.7–61.0) 0.80 (0.69–0.93) 0.003 0.84 (0.73–0.96) 0.009
middle 188 61.9 (54.3–69.0) 0.91 (0.79–1.05) 0.216 0.91 (0.78–1.06) 0.241
richer 189 49.0 (40.2–57.9) 0.72 (0.59–0.89) 0.002 0.81 (0.67–0.98) 0.028
richest 179 38.7 (30.1–48.0) 0.57 (0.45–0.73) <0.001 0.64 (0.48–0.84) 0.001
Age at first sex
Mean age(years (SD) 14.7 (1.42) 14.3 (1.38) 0.84 (0.81–0.88) <0.001 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.968
Age at first birth
Mean age(yrs) (SD) 15.8 (1.25) 15.3 (1.30) 0.76 (0.74–0.79) <0.001 0.77 (0.74–0.80) <0.001