Table 1 Sociodemographic and recent pregnancy history related characteristics of teenagers and non-teenagers in the study of effect of teenage pregnancy on adverse birth outcome (n = 45,790)
Variables | Category | Non-teenagers n = 41,769 n (%) | Teenagers n = 4,021 n (%) | Total n = 45,790 n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence | urban | 14,532 (34.79) | 1,136 (28.25) | 15,668 (34.22) | 0.000* |
Rural | 27,237 (65.21) | 2,885 (71.75) | 30,122 (65.78) | ||
Women’s education | No education | 16,074 (38.48) | 1,163 (28.92) | 17,237 (37.64) | 0.000* |
Primary | 11,808 (28.27) | 1,472 (36.61) | 13,280 (29.00) | ||
Secondary | 11,306 (27.07) | 1,379 (34.29) | 12,685 (27.70) | ||
Higher | 2,581 (6.18) | 7 (0.17) | 2,588 (5.65) | ||
Current marital status | Married or living with partner | 36,641 (87.72) | 2,615 (65.03) | 39,256 (85.73) | 0.001* |
Not married or not living with partner | 5,128 (12.28) | 1,406 (34.97) | 6,534 (14.27) | ||
Sex of household | Male | 32,378 (77.52) | 2,973 (73.94) | 35,351 (77.20) | 0.000* |
Female | 9,391(22.48) | 1,048 (26.06) | 10,439 (22.80) | ||
Media exposure | Exposed | 29,351 (70.27) | 2,533 (62.99) | 31,884 (69.63) | 0.000* |
Not exposed | 12,418 (29.73) | 1,488 (37.01) | 13,906 (30.37) | ||
Wealth status | Rich | 13,904 (33.29) | 948 (23.58) | 14,852 (32.44) | 0.000* |
Middle | 8,303 (19.88) | 845 (21.01) | 9,148 (19.98) | ||
Poor | 19,562 (46.83) | 2,228 (55.41) | 21,790 (47.59) | ||
Current women’s working status | Currently working | 21,447 (51.35) | 1,194 (29.69) | 22,641 (49.45) | 0.000* |
Currently not working | 20,322 (48.65) | 2,827 (70.31) | 23,149 (50.55) | ||
Place of delivery | Facility | 34,750 (83.20) | 3,339 (83.04) | 38,089 (83.18) | 0.000* |
Home | 7,019 (16.80) | 682 (16.96) | 7,701 (16.82) | ||
ANC follow-up | Yes | 39,854 (95.42) | 3,808 (94.70) | 43,662 (95.35) | 0.000* |
No | 1,915 (4.58) | 213 (5.30) | 2,128 (4.65) | ||
Country | Burkina Faso | 5,900 (14.13) | 528 (13.13) | 6,428 (14.04) | 0.000* |
Cot’ devour | 5,143 (12.31) | 527 (13.11) | 5,670 (12.38) | ||
Ghana | 4,912 (11.76) | 306 (7.61) | 5,218 (11.40) | ||
Kenya | 9,629 (23.05) | 783 (19.47) | 10,412 (22.74) | ||
Lesotho | 1,319 (3.16) | 181 (4.50) | 1,500 (3.28) | ||
Mozambique | 4,338 (10.39) | 801 (19.92) | 5,139 (11.22) | ||
Senegal | 5,137 (12.30) | 461 (11.46) | 5,598 (12.23) | ||
Tanzania | 5,391 (12.91) | 434 (10.79) | 5,825 (12.72) |