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. 2020 Dec;20(4):1898–1907. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v20i4.48

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of factors associated with current teenage pregnancy, Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, 2006 and 2011

2006 2011
Odds ratio of
being pregnant
Odds ratio of being
pregnant
Characteristic % (95% CI) P-Value % (95% CI) P-Value
Residence
Urban 3.7 Reference 5.4 Reference
Rural 8.2 2.41 (1.32, 4.39) 0.004 9.2 1.73 (1.15, 2.61) 0.008
Education <0.001 0.007
No 17.6 Reference 12.5 Reference
Primary 7.7 0.41 (0.22, 0.75) <0.001 8.9 0.67 (0.38, 1.17) 0.163
Secondary 5.2 0.26 (0.13, 0.52) 0.004 5.8 0.41 (0.22, 0.77) 0.006
Wealth Index 0.001 0.001
Rich 4.7 Referent 4.9 Referent
Middle 7.2 1.59 (0.98, 2.59) 0.063 9.5 2.09 (1.32, 3.31) 0.002
Poor 11.1 2.54 (1.72, 3.76) <0.001 12.1 2.64 (1.84, 3.80) <0.001
Marriage <0.001 0.001
Never 2.3 Reference 2.0 Reference
Married 25.6 13.76 (8.69, 21.77) <0.001 31.1 20.60 (12.73, 33.45) <0.001
Living with
partner
28.1 15.68 (9.52, 25.83) <0.001 31.8 21.20 (13.40, 33.52) <0.001
Separated 13.2 6.00 (2.55, 14.14) <0.001 11.1 5.30 (2.30, 12.36) <0.001
Religion 0.031 0.124
Catholic 8.7 Reference 8.6 Reference
Protestant 6.5 0.72 (0.49, 1.07) 0.108 6.3 0.71 (0.46, 1.12) 0.142
Muslim 6.8 0.76 (0.45, 1.30) 0.316 9.9 1.15 (0.74, 1.79) 0.531
Pentecostal 4.8 0.50 (0.24, 1.07) 0.076 6.6 0.75 (0.44. 1.28) 0.296
Others 7.2 0.81 (0.33, 1.98) 0.644 15.7 2.00 (0.84, 4.74) 0.118
Region 0.035 0.088
Kampala 6.9 Reference 7.2 Reference
Central 1 3.9 0.52 (0.21, 1.30) 0.160 5.8 0.81 (0.37, 1.79) 0.888
Central 2 6.1 0.86 (0.34, 2.23) 0.759 6.9 0.94 (0.40, 2.02) 0.600
East Central 10.4 1.54 (0.75, 3.15) 0.237 14.0 2.10 (1.10, 4.17) 0.033
Eastern 8.9 1.29 (0.59, 2.84) 0.523 7.8 1.10 (0.51, 2.40) 0.811
North 9.6 1.39 (0.70, 2.75) 0.347 8.2 1.13 (0.53, 2.41) 0.743
South West 3.6 0.50 (0.20, 1.27) 0.146 6.7 0.94 (0.41, 2.17) 0.881
West Nile 5.2 0.76 (0.35, 1.63) 0.473 8.9 1.27 (0.52, 3.13) 0.599
Western 9.6 1.44 (0.68, 3.08) 0.344 9.7 1.41 (0.69, 2.87) 0.347