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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participant

From: Prevalence and associated factors of early sexual initiation among female youth in East Africa: further analysis of recent demographic and health survey

Variables

Weighted frequency

Percent

Age

  

 15–19

9606

19.32

 20–24

40,110

80.68

Age at cohabitation

  

 < 15

11,623

23.38

 15–19

31,619

63.60

 20–24

6474

13.02

Reading newspaper

  

 No

40,489

81.44

 Yes

9227

18.56

Listing radio

  

 No

19,891

40.01

 Yes

29,825

59.99

Watching TV

  

 No

35,503

71.41

 Yes

14,213

28.59

Place of residence

  

 Urban

11,443

23.02

 Rural

38,273

76.98

Educational level

  

 No-education

7676

15.44

 Primary

28,764

57.86

 Secondary and above

13,276

26.70

Marital status

  

 Single

19,269

38.76

 Married

30,447

61.24

Wealth index

  

 Poor

23,646

47.56

 Middle

9668

19.45

 Rich

16,402

32.99

Working status

  

 No

23,875

48.02

 Yes

25,841

51.98

Contraceptive use

  

 No

29,330

59.00

 Yes

20,386

41.00

Country

  

 Burundi

5429

10.92

 Ethiopia

2425

4.88

 Kenya

11,142

22.41

 Comoros

1460

2.94

 Madagascar

4091

8.23

 Malawi

6280

12.63

 Mozambique

3841

7.73

 Rwanda

1552

3.12

 Tanzania

3114

6.26

 Uganda

5092

10.24

 Zambia

3375

6.79

 Zimbabwe

1916

3.85