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Table 2 Demographic characteristic of respondents by pregnancy status

From: Socio-cultural and economic factors influencing adolescents’ resilience against the threat of teenage pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in Accra, Ghana

Variables

Never pregnant Frequency (%) n = 692

Pregnant girls/young mothers. Frequency (%) n = 128

X2 (P value)

Age (years)

  

66.04 (<0.001)

 15

166 (24.0)

5 (3.9)

 16

97 (14.0)

7 (5.5)

 17

100 (14.5)

16 (12.5)

 18

186 (26.9)

35 (27.3

 19

143 (20.7)

65 (50.8)

Relationship status

  

63.13 (<0.001)

 Single

456 (65.9)

28 (21.9)

 Married

6 (0.9)

26 (20.3)

 In relationship but not married

230 (33.2)

74 (57.8)

Education

  

63.43 (<0.001)

 Primary education

55 (7.9)

22 (17.2)

 Junior high school

302 (43.6)

56 (43.7)

 Senior high school & above

264 (38.1)

23 (18.0)

 Others (non-formal education, vocational training etc.)

71 (10.2)

27 (21.1)

Both parents staying together

  

10.41 (0.005)

Yes

352 (50.9)

47 (36.7)

No

316 (45.7)

72 (56.3)

Others (dead, don’t know father)

24 (3.5)

9 (7.0)

Father has more than one wife

  

0.23 (0.726)

 Yes

254 (36.7)

55 (43.0)

 No

438 (62.3)

73 (57.0)

 Others (dead, don’t knowa father)

9 (1.3)

2 (1.6)

Religion

  

4.77 (0.092)

 Christian

535 (77.3)

100 (78.1)

 Muslims

96 (13.9)

7 (5.5)

 Other

61 (8.8)

21 (16.4)

  1. awas excluded from the Chi-square analysis as values are too small but could neither be added to ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ responses