Table 3.
Socioeconomic factors associated with adolescent pregnancy
| Adolescent mothers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| x̅ ± SD | x̅ ± SD | pa | OR (95%CI)a | pb | OR (95%CI)b | |
| Age at the first sexual intercourse (years) | 15 ± 1.7 | 17 ± 3.4 | < 0.001* | – | 0.018* | 0.9 (0.83–0.98) |
| Age at the first pregnancy (years) | 16 ± 1.8 | 22 ± 5.2 | < 0.001* | – | < 0.001* | 0.65 (0.6–0.69) |
| Age at the birth of the first child (years) | 17 ± 1.8 | 22 ± 5.3 | < 0.001* | – | c | |
| How many people live in the household? | 4 ± 1.5 | 4 ± 1.3 | < 0.001* | – | < 0.001* | 0.77 (0.68–0.87) |
| Family income (Reais) | 962 ± 845.2 | 1134 ± 1047.3 | 0.001* | 0.038* | 1 (1–1) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | pa | OR (95%CI)a | pb | OR (95%CI)b | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 55 (12,6) | 359 (18,9) | 0,005* | 0,75 (0,48-1,18) | 0,521 | 0,96 (0,49-1,86) |
| Brown | 349 (80.4) | 1385 (73.2) | 1.24 (0.83–1.85) | 1.17 (0.63–2.19) | ||
| Black | 30 (6.9) | 148 (7.8) | Ref. | |||
| Can read and write? | ||||||
| Yes | 432 (99) | 1831 (96.4) | 0.014* | 2.59 (0.85–7.91) | c | |
| No | 1 (0.2) | 34 (1.7) | 0.32 (0.03–3.28) | |||
| Can only sign their name | 3 (0.6) | 33 (1.7) | Ref. | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| No partner | 179 (41) | 449 (23.6) | < 0.001* | 2.24 (1.8–2.8) | < 0.001* | 2.26 (1.67–3.07) |
| With partner | 257 (58.9) | 1450 (76.3) | Ref. | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Yes | 386 (88.9) | 1798 (94.6) | < 0.001* | 0.45 (0.32–0.64) | 0.011* | 0.48 (0.28–0.84) |
| None | 48 (11) | 102 (5.3) | Ref. | |||
| Region where you live | ||||||
| Capital/MRF | 190 (43.6) | 762 (40) | 0.173 | 1.15 (0.92–1.44) | – | |
| Countryside | 246 (56.4) | 1142 (60) | Ref. | |||
| Has private health insurance? | ||||||
| Yes, paid by the company | 22 (5) | 129 (6.7) | 0.001* | 0.69 (0.43–1.09) | 1 | 1.01 (0.43–2.33) |
| Yes, paid by the family | 18 (4.1) | 167 (8.7) | 0.43 (0.27–0.7) | 1 (0.55–1.8) | ||
| No | 395 (90.8) | 1602 (84.4) | Ref. | |||
| Food insecurity | ||||||
| No | 168 (42.6) | 726 (42.4) | 0.954 | 1 (0.81–1.23) | – | – |
| Yes | 226 (57.3) | 983 (57.5) | Ref. | |||
| Social class | ||||||
| E | 372 (87.1) | 1407 (75.2) | < 0.001* | 2.23 (1.66–2.99) | 0.348 | 1.22 (0.8–1.86) |
| D, C, B and A | 55 (12.8) | 464 (24.7) | Ref. | |||
a – Unadjusted results. / b - Results adjusted for ethnicity, religion, marital status, social class, level of schooling, private health insurance, region where you live, number of people in the household, age at the first sexual intercourse, age at the first pregnancy, income and interviewer. / c - Not included in the final model due to multicollinearity.
MRF Metropolitan region of Fortaleza.