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

Table 8 Trends in % women reporting first adolescent birth disaggregated by age group and wealth quintile*

Uganda	1995				2011				Average annual %rate of change
	<16	16/17	18/19	<20	<16	16/17	18/19	<20	<16	16/17	18/19	<20
Lowest	17.1	26.6	30.8	74.4	19.5	28.5	27.8	75.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.1
Second	20.2	24.3	22.2	66.6	15.9	26.6	28.3	70.8	-1.3	0.6	1.7	0.4
Middle	14.4	27.0	27.3	68.5	8.9	23.2	29.1	61.2	-2.4	-0.9	0.4	-0.7
Fourth	12.0	28.8	30.2	70.8	13.1	17.9	27.7	58.7	0.6	-2.4	-0.5	-1.1
Highest	8.4	18.8	26.3	53.5	8.3	12.8	15.2	36.3	-0.1	-2.0	-2.6	-2.0
Ratio richest/poorest	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Kenya	1993				2008/ 9				Average annual % rate of change
	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20
Lowest	14.6	24.1	26.3	65.0	20.2	24.9	28.1	73.1	2.4	0.2	0.4	0.8
Second	13.7	21.2	29.4	64.3	8.6	21.7	25.1	55.4	-2.3	0.1	-0.9	-0.9
Middle	6.5	19.4	27.9	53.8	9.5	20.7	23.4	53.6	2.9	0.4	-1.0	0.0
Fourth	7.8	17.9	23.0	48.7	6.2	13.9	22.4	42.5	-1.3	-1.4	-0.2	-0.8
Highest	5.6	13.9	18.1	37.6	3.5	12.6	13.4	29.5	-2.3	-0.6	-1.6	-1.3
Ratio richest/poorest	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.4
Tanzania	1996				2010				Average annual % rate of change
	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20	<16	16/ 17	18/ 19	<20
Lowest	10.7	27.2	24.5	62.5	11.2	24.5	30.6	66.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.4
Second	6.9	17.0	30.0	53.9	6.3	28.1	33.6	68.0	-0.5	8.1	7.0	1.9
Middle	7.1	18.4	30.3	55.8	7.4	22.9	32.8	63.2	0.3	15.9	5.6	0.9
Fourth	7.7	17.2	29.8	54.6	10.0	18.7	27.4	56.2	1.9	10.2	4.2	0.2
Highest	4.5	14.5	22.3	41.3	2.9	14.3	17.2	34.5	-2.2	15.6	1.3	-1.2
Ratio richest/poorest	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.5

*Please note baseline year is for a later year than for overall/urban/rural trends as data on wealth quintiles not available for earlier surveys.

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