Skip to main content

Table 2 % women reporting first birth before aged 20 years, disaggregated by age, urban/rural residence and wealth quintile

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

Uganda 2011

<16

16/17

18/19

<20

Urban

10.8

13

15.1

38.9

Rural

12.9

23.4

27.4

63.7

Ratio urban/rural

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

Kenya 2008/ 9

    

Urban

4.4

10.2

16.3

30.8

Rural

10.2

20.9

23

54

Ratio urban/rural

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.6

Tanzania 2010

    

Urban

6.2

15.5

18.1

39.8

Rural

7.6

23.9

32.1

63.6

Ratio urban/rural

0.8

0.7

0.5

0.6

Uganda 2011 Wealth quintiles

<16

16/ 17

18/ 19

<20

Lowest

19.5

28.5

27.8

75.8

Second

15.9

26.6

28.3

70.8

Middle

8.9

23.2

29.1

61.2

Fourth

13.1

17.9

27.7

58.7

Highest

8.3

12.8

15.2

36.3

Ratio richest to poorest quintile

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.5

Kenya 2008/ 9 Wealth quintiles

<16

16/ 17

18/ 19

<20

Lowest

20.2

24.9

28.1

73.1

Second

8.6

21.7

25.1

55.4

Middle

9.5

20.7

23.4

53.6

Fourth

6.2

13.9

22.4

42.5

Highest

3.5

12.6

13.4

29.5

Ratio richest to poorest quintile

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.4

Tanzania 2010 Wealth quintiles

<16

16/ 17

18/ 19

<20

Lowest

11.2

24.5

30.6

66.3

Second

6.3

28.1

33.6

68.0

Middle

7.4

22.9

32.8

63.2

Fourth

10.0

18.7

27.4

56.2

Highest

2.9

14.3

17.2

34.5

Ratio richest to poorest quintile

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.5