Table 2.
Distribution of adolescent girls by background characteristics and survey year, ZDHS 1996–2013/14
| Variable | ZDHS 96 | ZDHS 2001/2 | ZDHS 2007 | ZDHS 2013/14 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1982 | N = 1806 | N = 1598 | N = 2686 | N = 9072 | |
| Current Contraceptive Use | |||||
| No | 1831 (92.4%) | 1630 (90.3%) | 1424 (89.1%) | 3296 (89.4%) | 8181 (90.2%) |
| Yes | 151 (7.6%) | 176 (9.8%) | 174 (10.6%) | 390 (10.9%) | 891 (9.8%) |
| Knowledge of Any Modern Method | |||||
| Knows no method | 247 (12.5%) | 127 (7.0%) | 150 (9.4%) | 162 (4.4%) | 686 (7.6%) |
| Knows modern method | 1728 (87.5%) | 1677 (93.0%) | 1447 (90.6%) | 3519 (95.6%) | 8371 (92.4%) |
| Age | |||||
| 15 Years | 395 (19.9%) | 372 (20.6%) | 370 (23.2%) | 735 (19.9%) | 1872 (20.6%) |
| 16 Years | 419 (21.1%) | 326 (18.1%) | 330 (20.7%) | 759 (20.6%) | 1834 (20.2%) |
| 17 Years | 369 (18.6%) | 325 (18.0%) | 303 (19.0%) | 674 (18.3%) | 1671 (18.8%) |
| 18 Years | 404 (20.4%) | 406 (22.5%) | 299 (18.7%) | 774 (21.0%) | 1883 (20.8%) |
| 19 Years | 395 (19.9%) | 377 (20.9%) | 296 (18.5%) | 744 (20.2%) | 1812 (20.0%) |
| Current Marital Status | |||||
| Never Married | 1435 (74.2%) | 1307 (72.4%) | 1302 (81.5%) | 3058 (83.0%) | 7102 (78.3%) |
| Married/Living with Partner | 501 (25.3%) | 449 (24.9%) | 270 (16.9%) | 572 (15.5%) | 1792 (19.8%) |
| Widowed/Separated/Divorced | 46 (2.3%) | 50 (2.8%) | 26 (1.6%) | 56 (1.5%) | 178 (2.0%) |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 799 (40.3%) | 639 (35.4%) | 809 (50.6%) | 1850 (50.2%) | 4097 (45.2%) |
| Rural | 1183 (59.7%) | 1167 (64.6%) | 789 (49.4%) | 1836 (49.8%) | 4975 (454.8%) |
| Province | |||||
| Central | 170 (8.6%) | 223 (12.4%) | 152 (9.5%) | 327 (8.9%) | 872 (9.6%) |
| Copperbelt | 309 (15.6%) | 235 (13.0%) | 190 (11.9%) | 417 (11.3%) | 1151 (12.7%) |
| Eastern | 244 (12.3%) | 192 (10.6%) | 196 (12.3%) | 472 (12.8%) | 1104 (12.2%) |
| Luapula | 242 (12.2%) | 159 (8.8%) | 152 (9.5%) | 279 (7.6%) | 832 (9.2%) |
| Lusaka | 274 (13.8%) | 204 (11.3%) | 224 (14.0%) | 434 (11.8%) | 1136 (12.5%) |
| Muchingaa | – | – | – | 340 (9.2%) | 1001 (11.0%) |
| Northern | 204 (10.3%) | 288 (16.0%) | 169 (10.6%) | 352 (9.6%) | 821 (9.1%) |
| North western | 114 (5.8%) | 198 (11.0%) | 157 (9.8%) | 381 (10.3%) | 943 (10.4%) |
| Southern | 205 (10.3%) | 166 (9.2%) | 191 (12.0%) | 377 (10.2%) | 905 (10.0%) |
| Western | 220 (11.1%) | 141 (7.8%) | 167 (10.5%) | 307 (8.3%) | 307 (3.4%) |
| Highest Educational Level | |||||
| No education | 174 (8.8%) | 158 (8.8%) | 69 (4.3%) | 69 (1.9%) | 470 (5.2%) |
| Primary | 1254 (63.3%) | 1073 (59.5%) | 756 (47.5%) | 1418 (38.6%) | 4501 (49.8%) |
| Secondary | 553 (27.9%) | 574 (31.8%) | 767 (48.2%) | 2183 (59.5%) | 4077 (45.0%) |
| Literacyb | |||||
| Cannot Read at All | – | 765 (42.8%) | 386 (24.6%) | 750 (20.5%) | 1901 (27.1%) |
| Able to Read Only Parts of Sentence | – | 188 (10.5%) | 151 (9.6%) | 283 (7.7%) | 622 (8.9%) |
| Able to Read Whole Sentence | – | 834 (46.7%) | 1032 (64.8%) | 2621 (71.7%) | 4487 64.0%) |
a - Data on Muchinga province not available for 1996, 2001/2 and 2007 surveys. Muchinga only became a province in 2011
b - Data on literacy was not collected in the 1996 ZDHS