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Table 3 Percentage of women aged 20–24 years who experienced pregnancy during adolescence (ages 15–19 years)

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

 

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)