Table 3. Distribution of unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women by the explanatory variables (weighted).

	Adolescent girls (15–19 years)		Young women (20–24 years)		Unintended pregnancy among Adolescent girls and young women
Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	p-values
Individual level variables
Educational Level							p<0.001
No formal Education	1,156	45.5	1,900	44.7	380	12.4
Primary	860	33.9	1,178	27.7	614	30.2
Secondary/Higher	525	20.7	1,171	27.6	529	31.2
Marital Status							p<0.001
Single	427	16.8	330	7.8	455	60.0
Cohabiting	437	17.2	882	20.8	430	32.6
Married	1,677	66.0	3,037	71.5	638	13.5
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine							p<0.001
Not at all	2,349	92.4	3,816	89.8	1,351	21.9
Less than once a week	108	4.3	242	5.7	90	25.6
At least once a weak	84	3.3	192	4.5	83	29.9
Frequency of listening to radio							p<0.01
Not at all	1,307	51.4	1,915	45.1	666	20.7
Less than once a week	405	16.0	782	18.4	245	20.6
At least once a weak	829	32.6	1,552	36.5	611	25.7
Frequency of watching television							p<0.001
Not at all	1,776	69.9	2,803	65.9	910	19.9
Less than once a week	238	9.4	452	10.6	157	23.0
At least once a weak	526	20.7	995	23.4	454	29.8
Parity							p = 0.137
Zero births	1,687	66.4	896	21.1	575	22.3
One birth	701	27.6	1,401	33.0	452	21.5
Two births	138	5.5	1,201	28.3	308	23.0
Three or more births	14	0.6	752	17.7	188	24.5
Ever used contraceptives							p<0.001
No	2,325	91.5	3,222	75.8	1,131	20.4
Yes	215	8.5	1,030	24.2	392	31.5
Contextual level variables							p<0.001
Wealth quintile
Poor	1,230	48.4	1,796	42.3	577	19.0
Middle	524	20.6	871	20.5	318	22.8
Rich	788	31.0	1,583	37.3	631	26.7
Sex of household head							p<0.001
Male	2,132	83.9	3,647	85.8	1,181	20.4
Female	409	16.1	603	14.2	342	33.8
Place of residence
Urban	619	24.3	1,247	29.3	537	28.8
Rural	1,922	75.7	3,003	70.7	986	20.0