Table 2.
Pregnancy termination among young women aged 15–24 in Nigeria, 2003–2018 NDHS
| Variables | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted % | Weighted % | Weighted % | Weighted % | Weighted% | Unweighted cases | |
| Age group | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| 15–19 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 24,627 |
| 20–24 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 21,105 |
| Education | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| No Education | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 12,979 |
| Primary | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6080 |
| Secondary and above | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 26,673 |
| Marital status | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| Never married | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 25,626 |
| Currently married | 9.9 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 18,546 |
| Living with a partner | 11.9 | 15.5 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 853 |
| Previously married | 4.3 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 706 |
| Wealth index | ns | ns | * | ** | ** | |
| Poorest | 8.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 8165 |
| Poorer | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 9186 |
| Middle | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 9878 |
| Richer | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 9998 |
| Richest | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 8505 |
| Ever use of any method of contraceptive | ** | ** | ** | ** | * | ** |
| Never used | 4.3 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 27,254 |
| Used | 12.0 | 12.4 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 3880 |
| Age at first sex | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| Never had sex | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17,359 |
| Less than 15 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 6791 |
| 15–17 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 13,355 |
| 18+ | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 8148 |
| Forced sex | – | ns | * | ns | ** | |
| No | 0.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 19,766 |
| Yes | 0.0 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 1248 |
| Frequency of reading newspaper | ns | ns | ** | ** | ** | |
| Not at all | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 35,696 |
| Less than once a week | 4.0 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5663 |
| At least once a week or more | 5.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4160 |
|
Frequency of ** listening to radio |
ns | * | * | ns | * | |
| Not at all | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 17,607 |
| Less than once a week | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 10,209 |
| At least once a week or more | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 17,819 |
|
Frequency of *** watching TV |
ns | ns | ** | ** | ** | |
| Not at all | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 21,279 |
| Less than once a week | 3.2 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 7864 |
| At least once a week or more | 6.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 16,483 |
|
No of living *** Children |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| 0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 29,625 |
| 1 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 8693 |
| 2 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 4863 |
| 3+ | 12.1 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 2551 |
| Ethnicity | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| Hausa | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 11,058 |
| Igbo | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 6499 |
| Yoruba | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5895 |
| Others | 6.7 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 22,272 |
| Religion | * | ns | ** | ** | ** | |
| Catholic | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5179 |
| Other Christians | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 18,222 |
| Islam | 6.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 22,207 |
| Place of Residence | ns | * | ** | ** | ** | |
| Urban | 5.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 17,109 |
| Rural | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 28,623 |
| Region | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| North Central | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 8356 |
| North East | 9.2 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 8503 |
| North West | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 10,910 |
| South East | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 5401 |
| South South | 7.2 | 12.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 6515 |
| South West | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 6047 |
| Total | 45,732 | |||||
* significant at 5% level (p < 0.05); ** = p < 0.001; ns = Non-significant