Table 1 Percent distribution of background characteristics of ever married young women (20–29 years), 2007–2018 DHS, Zambia

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]