Table 3 Adolescent fertility - 'ever-married' and 'all women' (married and unmarried)
From: Adolescent fertility and family planning in East Asia and the Pacific: a review of DHS reports
Country and survey year | Proportion females aged 15-19 who have commenced childbearing (%) | Median age first birth females aged 25-49 (years) | Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1000 women aged 15-19) | Adolescent fertility rate in the 10 to 14 years preceding the survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
'Ever-married women' | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Indonesia, 2007 | 8.5 | 21.5 | 51.0 | 67.0 |
   Timor-Leste, 2003 | 14.5 | 23.0†| 78.3 | 105.0‡ |
   Vietnam, 2002 | 3.4 | 22.7 | 25.0 | 20.0* |
'All women' | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cambodia, 2005 | 7.8 | 22.0 | 47.0 | 85.0 |
   Marshall Islands, 2007 | 26.3 | 20.2 | 138.0 | 105.0 |
   Nauru, 2007 | 15.0 | 21.9 | 69.0 | 101.0 |
   Papua New Guinea, 1996 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 77.0 | 104.0 |
   Philippines, 2003 | 8.0 | 23.2 | 53.0 | 66.0 |
   Samoa, 2009 | 9.4 | 23.4 | 44.0 | 50.0 |
   Solomon Islands, 2007 | 11.9 | 21.1 | 67.0 | 95.0 |
   Tuvalu, 2007 | 8.0 | 23.1 | 42.0 | 34.0 |