Table 6 Trends over time in % women reporting first birth before aged 20 years, disaggregated by age (CIs in parenthesis)
From: Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants
Country | Year of first survey | Year of second survey | Average% annual rate of change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uganda | 1988 | 2011 | |||
<16 | 15.2 | (13.0-17.5) | 12.3 | (10.7 - 13.9) | -0.8 |
16/ 17 | 26.5 | (23.7-29.3) | 20.7 | (18.8-22.7) | -1.0 |
18/ 19 | 25.8 | (23–28.5) | 24.2 | (22.1-26.3) | -0.3 |
Total <20 | 67.5 | (64.6-70.4) | 57.3 | (54.9-59.7) | -0.7 |
Kenya | 1988 | 2008/ 9 | |||
<16 | 8.3 | (6.8-9.8) | 8.4 | (7.1-9.7) | 0.1 |
16/ 17 | 23.7 | (21.4-26.0) | 17.6 | (15.8-19.4) | -1.3 |
18/ 19 | 26.3 | (24–28.8) | 20.9 | (19.0-22.8) | -1.0 |
Total <20 | 58.4 | (55.7-61.1) | 46.9 | (44.5-49.2) | -1.0 |
Tanzania | 1991/ 2 | 2010 | |||
<16 | 8.5 | (7.2-9.4) | 7.2 | (6.0-8.4) | -0.8 |
16 /17 | 19.8 | (18.1-21.7) | 21.1 | (19.3-22.9) | 0.4 |
18/ 19 | 28.5 | (26.5-30.6) | 27.5 | (25.4-29.5) | -0.2 |
Total <20 | 56.8 | (54.6-59.1) | 55.8 | (53.8-58.1) | -0.1 |