Table 5 Multivariable analysis of factors associated with teenage pregnancy in high fertility SSA countries

Individual level

 Characteristics

Educational status of participants

 No formal education

0.95 (0.86, 1.06)

1.39 (1.23, 1.56)*

 Primary education

1.49 (1.34, 1.64)

1.45 (1.30, 1.62)*

 Secondary and higher

1

1

Occupation

 Not working

1.05 (0.97, 1.14)

1.32 (1.21, 1.45)*

 Working

1

1

Marital status

 Married

52.9 (48.35, 57.89)

67.88(61.33, 75.12)*

 Unmarried

1

1

Wealth index

 Poor

1.45 (1.32, 1.59)

1.47 (1.32, 1.65)*

 Middle

1.19 (1.07, 1.32)

1.21 (1.07, 1.35)*

 Rich

1

1

Knowledge about contraceptives

 Knows modern methods

1.74 (1.57, 1.92)

2.45 (2.19, 2.74)*

 Knows traditional methods

1.58 (1.02, 2.44)

1.41 (0.90, 2.19)

 Not know any methods

1

1

Unmet need

 Yes

3.23 (2.85, 3.65)

2.42 (2.14, 2.74)*

 No

1

1

Community level variables

Community level poverty

 High

1.12 (1.01, 1.23)

0.91 (0.80, 1.03)

 Low

1

Community media exposure

 Low

0.85 (0.77, 0.94)

0.94 (0.84, 1.07)

 High

1

1

Residency

 Rural

2.33 (2.18, 2.50)

0.95 (0.85, 1.07)

 Urban

1

1

Community level education

 Low

1.44 (1.31, 1.59)

1.01 (0.89, 1.14)

 High

1

1

Country

 Angola

3.05 (2.66, 3.51)

9.59 (7.82, 11.77)*

 Burkina Faso

1.20 (1.04, 1.39)

0.88 (0.72, 1.09)

 Burundi

0.29 (0.25, 0.34)

1.22 (0.96, 1.55)

 Chad

2.19 (1.91, 2.51)

3.05 (2.49, 3.74)*

 DR Congo

1.68 (1.46, 1.93)

3.77 (3.06, 4.65)*

 Mali

2.24 (1.93, 2.60)

1.84 (1.47, 2.28)*

 Nigeria

1.04 (0.91, 1.19)

1.16 (0.95, 1.42)

 Niger

2.55(2.19, 2.98)

1.10 (0.89, 1.37)

 Gambia

1

1

Random effect

 Variance

0.35

0.25

0.21

0.19

 ICC (%)

9.5

7.1

6.1

5.8

 MOR

1.75

1.60

1.54

1.51

 PCV (%)

Ref.

28.57

40

45.71

Model fitness

 Deviance

36,775.74

202,000.52

34,189.22

18,954.18