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. 2022 Oct 10;22:416. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01986-6

Table 3.

Percentage of women aged 20–24 years who experienced pregnancy during adolescence (ages 15–19 years)

2003 (N = 1,691) 2008/2009 (N = 1,715) 2014 (N = 5,735)
N % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) Trend 2003–2014
Prevalence of pregnancy (15–19) 710 42.0(39.6–44.3) 724 42.2(39.9–44.6) 2231 38.9(37.6–40.2) 0.88(0.76–1.02)
Residence
  Urban 163 31.2(27.4–35.3) 154 28.7(25.0-32.6) 867 31.3(29.6–33.1)
  Rural 547 46.8(43.9–49.7) 570 48.5(45.6–51.3) 1364 46.0(44.2–47.8)
Education
  No education 65 52.5(43.7–61.2) 78 63.0(54.2–71.1) 165 54.7(49.1–60.3)
  Primary incomplete 303 64.7(60.2–68.9) 273 64.0(59.3–68.4) 678 66.8(63.9–69.6)
  Primary complete 216 41.5(37.4–45.8) 240 47.7(43.4–52.1) 694 51.3(48.6–53.9)
  Secondary+ 126 21.7(18.5–25.2) 133 20.2(17.3–23.4) 694 22.6(21.2–24.1)
Household wealth quintile
  Lowest 141 63.7(57.1–69.8) 151 59.5(53.3–65.4) 467 57.8(54.3–61.1)
  Second 140 53.2(47.1–59.2) 143 53.6(47.6–59.5) 506 52.0(48.8–55.1)
  Middle 138 46.9(41.2–52.6) 139 47.1(41.5–52.8) 440 44.1(41.0-47.2)
  Fourth 130 35.9(31.1–41.0) 140 39.6(34.6–44.8) 431 33.4(30.9–36.0)
  Highest 161 29.2(25.6–33.2) 151 27.7(24.1–31.6) 387 23.2(21.3–25.3)
Religion
  Catholic 162 39.5(34.8–44.3) 152 42.3(37.3–47.5) 411 34.6(31.9–37.4)
  Protestant/Other Christian 465 41.3(38.5–44.2) 488 41.0(38.2–43.8) 1615 39.5(38.0–41.0)
  Muslim 58 50.6(41.5–59.6) 59 48.2(39.4–57.0) 138 39.5(34.5–44.7)
  No religion 22 66.0(48.2–80.2) 23 62.1(45.7–76.1) 60 67.0(56.5–76.0)
  Other 3 38.8(11.5–75.7) 2 38.5(8.6–80.6) 7 40.1(19.9–64.4)
Marital status
  Never married 82 13.3(10.8–16.3) 97 15.0(12.5–18.0) 317 14.2(12.9–15.8)
  Married/living with partner 565 58.6(55.5–61.7) 555 57.9(54.8–61.0) 1670 53.9(52.2–55.7)
  Widowed/divorced/separated 63 54.7(45.5–63.6) 72 67.5(58.0-75.8) 224 59.4(54.3–64.2)