Table 1 Rural-Urban background characteristics of adolescents as per ZDHS 2018
Characteristics | Total N = 3000 | % | Rural N = 1677 | % | Urban N = 1323 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household number | ||||||
Less than 6 | 982 | 32.8 | 527 | 31.4 | 455 | 34.4 |
6 and above | 2018 | 67.2 | 1150 | 68.6 | 868 | 65.6 |
Sex of household head | ||||||
Female | 834 | 27.8 | 413 | 24.6 | 421 | 31.8 |
Male | 2166 | 72.2 | 1264 | 75.4 | 902 | 68.2 |
Provinces | ||||||
Central | 297 | 9.9 | 195 | 11.6 | 102 | 7.7 |
Copper belt | 491 | 16.4 | 67 | 4.0 | 424 | 32.0 |
Eastern | 342 | 11.4 | 295 | 17.6 | 47 | 3.5 |
Luapula | 253 | 8.4 | 191 | 11.4 | 62 | 4.7 |
Lusaka | 475 | 15.8 | 60 | 3.6 | 415 | 31.4 |
Muchinga | 191 | 6.4 | 156 | 9.3 | 35 | 2.6 |
Northern | 248 | 8.3 | 196 | 11.7 | 53 | 4.0 |
North Western | 186 | 6.2 | 146 | 8.7 | 41 | 3.1 |
Southern | 327 | 10.9 | 232 | 13.8 | 95 | 7.2 |
Western | 190 | 6.3 | 139 | 8.3 | 51 | 3.8 |
Exposure to FP messages | ||||||
Yes | 506 | 16.9 | 192 | 11.5 | 314 | 23.8 |
No | 2494 | 83.1 | 1485 | 88.5 | 1009 | 76.2 |
Working status | ||||||
Not working | 2477 | 82.6 | 1299 | 77.5 | 1178 | 89.0 |
Working | 523 | 17.4 | 378 | 22.5 | 145 | 11.0 |
Marital status | ||||||
Not married | 2563 | 85.4 | 1323 | 78.9 | 1240 | 93.7 |
Married | 437 | 14.6 | 354 | 21.1 | 83 | 6.3 |
Education level | ||||||
No education | 99 | 3.3 | 88 | 5.2 | 11 | 0.8 |
Primary education | 1283 | 42.8 | 937 | 55.8 | 346 | 26.2 |
Post primary education | 1618 | 53.9 | 653 | 38.9 | 965 | 73.0 |
Wealth index | ||||||
Poorest | 510 | 17.0 | 502 | 29.9 | 8 | 0.6 |
Poorer | 541 | 18.0 | 511 | 30.5 | 30 | 2.2 |
Middle | 585 | 19.5 | 439 | 26.2 | 146 | 11.0 |
Richer | 655 | 21.8 | 154 | 9.2 | 501 | 37.9 |
Richest | 709 | 23.7 | 70 | 4.2 | 639 | 48.3 |
Age | ||||||
15 | 653 | 21.8 | 397 | 23.6 | 256 | 19.4 |
16 | 530 | 17.6 | 306 | 18.3 | 224 | 16.9 |
17 | 552 | 18.4 | 287 | 17.1 | 265 | 20.1 |
18 | 722 | 24.1 | 415 | 24.7 | 307 | 23.2 |
19 | 543 | 18.1 | 272 | 16.1 | 271 | 20.4 |
Has a child or children | ||||||
No | 2277 | 75.8 | 1175 | 70.0 | 1102 | 83.3 |
Yes | 723 | 24.2 | 502 | 30.0 | 221 | 16.7 |
Visited by field health worker | ||||||
Yes | 244 | 8.1 | 152 | 9.1 | 92 | 6.9 |
No | 2756 | 91.9 | 1525 | 90.9 | 1231 | 93.1 |
Problems seeking permission for care | ||||||
Big problem | 112 | 3.7 | 93 | 5.5 | 19 | 1.4 |
Not big problem | 2888 | 96.3 | 1584 | 94.5 | 1304 | 98.6 |
Problems with distance to care | ||||||
Big problem | 815 | 27.2 | 659 | 39.3 | 156 | 11.8 |
Not big problem | 2185 | 72.8 | 1018 | 60.7 | 1167 | 88.2 |
Contraception use | ||||||
Yes | 360 | 12.0 | 230 | 13.7 | 130 | 9.8 |
No | 2640 | 88.0 | 1447 | 86.3 55 5 66 3f 444 888 | 1193 | 90.2 |