Table 3 % women reporting first birth before aged 20 years, disaggregated by age and highest education/literacy level
From: Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants
Highest level of education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uganda 2011 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
No education | 20.0 | 31.3 | 23.8 | 75.0 |
Primary | 16.8 | 25.8 | 28.6 | 71.2 |
Secondary | 6.3 | 15.2 | 22.2 | 43.6 |
Higher | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
Kenya 2008/ 9 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
No education | 26.6 | 27.4 | 23.4 | 77.4 |
Primary | 10.4 | 23.8 | 26.9 | 61.1 |
Secondary | 2.6 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 25.6 |
Higher | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 6.5 |
Tanzania 2010 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
No education | 13.7 | 36.2 | 25.5 | 75.4 |
Primary | 6.9 | 21.4 | 33.1 | 61.4 |
Secondary | 1.4 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.5 |
Higher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Literacy | ||||
Uganda 2011 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
Cannot read at all | 21.6 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 78.1 |
Able to read only parts of sentence | 15.0 | 26.4 | 29.0 | 70.4 |
Able to read whole sentence | 7.1 | 16.4 | 20.9 | 44.4 |
Kenya 2008/ 9 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
Cannot read at all | 28.8 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 72.8 |
Able to read only parts of sentence | 8.6 | 29.9 | 28.9 | 67.5 |
Able to read whole sentence | 5.5 | 14.9 | 19.5 | 39.9 |
Tanzania 2010 | <16 | 16/ 17 | 18/ 19 | <20 |
Cannot read at all | 13.5 | 31.8 | 26.8 | 72.1 |
Able to read only parts of sentence | 14.2 | 28.3 | 32.7 | 75.2 |
Able to read whole sentence | 3.9 | 16.3 | 28.2 | 48.4 |