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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women aged 20–24 years

From: Trends and determinants of adolescent pregnancy: Results from Kenya demographic health surveys 2003–2014

 

2003

2008/2009

2014

Sociodemographic

n

%

N

%

n

%

Residence

      

  Urban

524

31

539

31.4

2,769

48.3

  Rural

1,168

69

1,176

68.6

2,966

51.7

Education

      

  No education

124

7.3

124

7.2

301

5.2

  Primary incomplete

468

27.7

426

24.9

1,015

17.7

  Primary complete

521

30.8

504

29.4

1,353

23.6

  Secondary+

578

34.2

661

38.5

3,066

53.5

Marital status

      

  Never married

612

36.2

651

37.9

2,225

38.8

  Married/living with partner

965

57

958

55.8

3,133

54.6

  Widowed/divorced/separated

114

6.8

106

6.2

377

6.6

Household wealth quintile

      

  Lowest

220

13

253

14.7

809

14.1

  Second

264

15.6

267

15.6

973

17

  Middle

294

17.4

296

17.3

998

17.4

  Fourth

363

21.5

353

20.6

1,290

22.5

  Highest

550

32.5

546

31.8

1,665

29

Religion

      

  Catholic

411

24.3

359

20.9

1,187

20.7

  Protestant

1,125

66.5

1,190

69.5

4,091

71.3

  Muslim

115

6.8

122

7.1

351

6.1

  No religion

33

1.9

38

2.2

89

1.6

  Other (e.g., traditional)

7

0.4

3.4

0.3

17

0.3

Total

1,691

100

1,715

100

5,735

100