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. 2021 Apr 21;21:763. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10729-5

Table 1.

Magnitude and trends of Adolescent Fertility Rate (AFR) across socioeconomic and area-based subpopulations in Ethiopia from 2000 to 2016

Dimension of inequalities Year
2000 2005 2011 2016
Number of births per 1000 women aged 15–19 years) (95% UI) Popn Number of births per 1000 women aged 15–19 years) (95% UI) Popn Number of births per 1000 women aged 15–19 years) (95% UI) Popn Number of births per 1000 women aged 15–19 years) (95% UI) Popn
Economic status
 Quintile 1 (poorest) 95.6 (77.4, 117.6) 2392 148.8 (114.5, 191.1) 2233 127.5 (96.9, 165.9) 2780 127.3 (86.7, 183.0) 2435
 Quintile 2 124.2 (99.0, 154.6) 2956 138.3 (110.5, 171.7) 2772 136.1 (103.3, 177.4) 3020 126.3 (89.4, 175.6) 2778
 Quintile 3 145.2 (120.0, 174.7) 3245 129.3 (96.2, 171.6) 3152 97.2 (73.8, 127.0) 2907 102.0 (75.5, 136.5) 2774
 Quintile 4 119.9 (92.3, 154.4) 3168 116.0 (91.2, 146.4) 2674 75.0 (54.4, 102.7) 3415 66.9 (48.6, 91.5) 3053
 Quintile 5 (richest) 74.0 (51.4, 105.6) 4419 54.1 (41.2, 70.7) 4574 40.4 (28.3, 57.2) 5337 30.9 (22.1, 43.0) 4415
Education
 No education 130.4 (118.9, 142.9) 10,689 155.0 (129.3, 184.7) 8149 171.4 (137.3, 211.9) 4902 166.4 (123.1, 221.0) 3193
 Primary school 88.3 (67.2, 115.2) 3332 76.3 (59.5, 97.4) 4711 67.0 (54.0, 83.0) 9312 83.7 (65.5, 106.3) 8003
 Secondary school + 39.8 (25.2, 62.1) 2160 22.8 (16.07, 32.3) 2545 17.0 (10.0, 28.9) 3246 19.6 (14.2, 27.1) 4260
Residence
 Rural 122.8 (111.9, 134.7) 12,778 127.7 (115.2, 141.3) 12,150 107.5 (96.3, 119.8) 12,540 102.7 (91.5, 115.0) 11,739
 Urban 60.2 (45.1, 79.9) 3404 39.8 (31.3, 50.5) 3256 35.0 (25.7, 47.4) 4921 21.4 (15.9, 28.8) 3718

Source: 2000, 2005, 2011, 2016 EDHS; UI: Uncertainty Interval; Popn: Population