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Table 10 Results of multinomial logistic regression for Kenya: outcome variables - first birth <16 years, 16/17 years and 18/19 years (comparison group no birth under the age of 20 years)

From: Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants

 

Age<16

Age 16/17

Age 18/19

  

95%Confidence interval for Exp(B)

 

95%Confidence interval for Exp(B)

 

95%Confidence interval for Exp(B)

 

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Rural

1.02

0.47

2.23

1.78*

1.06

3.00

0.86

0.54

1.38

Central (ref)

         

Nairobi

10.32

0.63

168.25

0.70

0.28

1.72

0.59

0.29

1.21

North Western

17.01

0.94

307.36

2.16

0.54

8.65

0.54

0.15

1.92

Coast

28.81**

2.00

415.00

2.28

1.03

5.02

1.60

0.84

3.06

Eastern

6.46

0.45

92.99

1.27

0.65

2.50

1.18

0.70

1.99

Nyanza

40.51*

3.03

541.70

3.65**

2.01

6.64

1.74*

1.05

2.88

Rift Central

27.19*

2.05

360.93

2.21

1.24

3.95

0.90

0.55

1.46

Western

6.02

0.40

90.21

1.47

0.74

2.91

1.19

0.69

2.06

Protestant

         

Catholic

1.77*

1.11

2.83

1.00

0.70

1.42

0.99

0.71

1.36

Muslim

0.96

0.38

2.43

0.68

0.30

1.54

1.31

0.72

2.39

No religion

2.36

0.71

7.85

4.10

1.41

11.89

1.62

0.48

5.51

Highest quintile (ref)

         

Lowest

6.24**

2.50

15.56

1.65

0.91

3.00

4.11**

2.28

7.42

Second

2.68*

1.09

6.55

1.11

0.64

1.93

2.44**

1.41

4.23

Middle

3.26*

1.37

7.77

1.15

0.67

1.96

2.33**

1.37

3.97

Fourth

2.01

0.90

4.48

0.78

0.47

1.29

1.76*

1.11

2.79

literacy - whole sentence (ref)

         

literacy - cannot read sentence

6.73**

3.78

12.00

2.39

1.40

4.08

1.59

0.96

2.65

literacy - part of sentence

2.11*

1.15

4.00

3.16

2.09

4.77

2.24**

1.49

3.35

  1. *Significant at the 5% level **Significant at the 1% level.