Table 1.

Percent distribution of background characteristics of ever married young women (20–29 years), 2007–2018 DHS, Zambia

Background characteristics	DHS 2007 (N = 2219)	DHS 2013–14 (N = 4376)	DHS 2018(N = 3395)
	%	%	%
Age
20–24	45.5 [43.0,48.0]	43.3 [41.6,45.0]	47.4 [45.5,49.3]
25–29	54.5 [52.0,57.0]	56.7 [55.0,58.4]	52.6 [50.7,54.5]
Residence
Urban	37.0 [31.1,43.3]	42.9 [38.9,46.9]	40.7 [35.3,46.3]
Rural	63.0 [56.7,68.9]	57.1 [53.1,61.1]	59.3 [53.7,64.7]
Province
Central	10.4 [7.4,14.4]	9.3 [7.5,11.6]	8.3 [6.4,10.6]
Copperbelt	15.9 [11.2,21.9]	15.4 [12.4,19.1]	13.1 [10.1,16.8]
Eastern	14.3 [10.5,19.2]	12.8 [10.5,15.5]	14.6 [11.6,18.2]
Luapula	7.5 [5.3,10.5]	7.8 [6.3,9.7]	7.8 [6.0,10.1]
Lusaka	14.9 [10.7,20.2]	18.6 [15.3,22.4]	18.6 [14.7,23.2]
Muchinga	-	5.7 [4.5,7.1]	5.9 [4.3,7.9]
Northern	15.1 [11.2,20.1]	8.1 [6.5,10.1]	9.1 [6.9,11.8]
North-Western	5.4[3.7,7.9]	4.3 [3.4,5.4]	4.3 [3.0,6.2]
Southern	10.6 [7.7,14.4]	12.9 [10.6,15.7]	13.8 [9.0,20.4]
Western	5.9 [4.2,8.3]	5.1 [4.0,6.4]	4.6 [3.5,6.1]
Education level
None	10.5 [8.9,12.5]	8.7 [7.6,9.9]	6.4 [5.3,7.8]
Primary	58.8 [55.6,61.9]	49.4 [47.2,51.7]	45.6 [43.2,48.1]
Secondary	27.2 [24.4,30.1]	38.0 [35.8,40.3]	44.6 [42.0,47.1]
Higher	3.5 [2.5,5.0]	3.9 [3.1,4.8]	3.4 [2.6,4.4]
Wealth status
Poor	38.9 [34.2,43.8]	41.2 [38.1,44.4]	41.9 [37.7,46.1]
Middle	20.1 [17.4,23.0]	18.4 [16.7,20.2]	18.8 [16.8,20.9]
Rich	41.0 [35.4,46.9]	40.4 [36.8,44.1]	39.4 [34.9,44.0]
Employment status
Not working	43.7 [40.6,46.9]	46.3 [43.9,48.6]	48.2 [45.5,51.0]
Working	56.3 [53.1,59.4]	53.7 [51.4,56.1]	51.8 [49.0,54.5]
Age at first birth
Less than 15 years	4.3 [3.5,5.4]	4.2 [3.6,5.0]	4.5 [3.7,5.3]
15–19 years	67.4 [65.1,69.6]	69.4 [67.7,71.0]	68.2 [66.1,70.3]
20–29 years	28.3 [26.1,30.6]	26.4 [24.8,28.0]	27.3 [25.4,29.4]
Media family planning exposure
No	81.0 [77.3,84.1]	80.1 [77.9,82.2]	88.5 [86.7,90.1]
Yes	19.0 [15.9,22.7]	19.9 [17.8,22.1]	11.5 [9.9,13.3]