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Table 9 Results of multinomial logistic regression for Uganda: 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%CI for Exp(B)

 

95%CI for Exp(B)

 

95%CI for Exp(B)

 

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Rural

0.71

.38

1.33

1.12

0.66

1.90

1.57

0.93

2.66

Reference: South western

         

Kampala

6.52**

2.17

19.59

2.38*

1.08

5.23

2.52**

1.25

5.07

Central 1

5.79**

2.04

16.39

3.90**

2.05

7.45

2.48**

1.42

4.32

Central 2

9.93**

3.66

27.00

5.14**

2.72

9.71

2.24*

1.24

4.04

East Central

8.34**

3.13

22.24

3.23**

1.68

6.22

1.96*

1.09

3.52

Eastern

9.96**

3.91

25.35

3.91**

2.14

7.13

3.06**

1.82

5.14

Northern

9.55**

3.42

26.65

4.31**

2.14

8.70

2.34*

1.23

4.48

Karamoja

0.68

.13

3.52

2.04

0.81

5.17

1.06

0.43

2.62

West Nile

1.26

.38

4.23

1.15

0.53

2.53

1.08

0.56

2.08

western

9.45**

3.61

24.72

3.51**

1.90

6.49

2.27**

1.34

3.85

Highest quintile (ref)

         

Lowest

4.59**

2.10

10.02

4.10**

2.17

7.75

2.88**

1.58

5.27

Second

3.46**

1.66

7.19

3.19**

1.78

5.74

2.66**

1.54

4.60

Middle

1.82

.90

3.71

2.50**

1.47

4.24

2.40**

1.47

3.92

Fourth

3.12**

1.61

6.05

1.90*

1.11

3.28

2.49**

1.54

4.03

Catholic (ref)

         

Protestant

0.74

.47

1.17

1.22

0.85

1.74

0.92

0.66

1.28

Muslim

2.23**

1.30

3.82

1.95*

1.21

3.15

1.79*

1.17

2.76

Pentecostal

1.11

.64

1.92

1.21

0.77

1.90

0.77

0.50

1.20

religion - other

2.12

.66

6.81

0.89

0.24

3.33

0.41

0.08

2.00

literacy - whole sentence (ref)

         

literacy - cannot read sentence

6.99**

4.47

10.91

2.93**

2.01

4.28

2.79**

1.95

3.98

literacy - part of sentence

4.45**

2.57

7.71

2.49**

1.58

3.90

2.38**

1.56

3.64

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