Is a woman’s first pregnancy outcome related to her years of schooling? An assessment of women’s adolescent pregnancy outcomes and subsequent educational attainment in Ghana

Table 2 Demographic, socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics of women who have ever been pregnant

	All ages		20–29 years		30–39 years		40–49 years
Ever been pregnant women	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Adolescent First Pregnancy Outcomes
Live birth	3255	45.2	1124	44.8	1220	43.6	910	47.9
Spontaneous abortion	241	3.3	98	3.9	77	2.7	66	3.5
Induced abortion	532	7.4	232	9.3	189	6.8	111	5.8
No pregnancy	3180	44.1	1052	42.0	1313	46.9	816	42.9
Ethnicity
Akan	3492	48.4	1206	48.1	1361	48.6	925	48.6
Ga/Dangme	525	7.3	189	7.5	188	6.7	148	7.8
Ewe	960	13.3	314	12.5	363	13.0	283	14.9
Mole-Dagbani	740	10.3	230	9.2	320	11.4	190	10.0
Other	1492	20.7	567	22.6	568	20.3	357	18.8
Religion
Catholic	997	13.8	364	14.5	336	12.0	297	15.6
Protestant	1249	17.3	412	16.4	477	17.0	360	18.9
Pentecostal/Charismatic	2000	27.7	725	28.9	803	28.7	472	24.8
Muslim	1174	16.3	415	16.6	475	17.0	284	14.9
Other	1789	24.8	591	23.6	708	25.3	489	25.7
Place of residence
Rural	4402	61.1	1568	62.6	1660	59.3	1174	61.7
Urban	2806	38.9	939	37.5	1139	40.7	729	38.3
Wealth quintile
Poorest	1641	22.8	531	21.2	644	23.0	466	24.5
Poor	1640	22.8	608	24.3	601	21.5	431	22.7
Middle	1543	21.4	548	21.9	587	21.0	408	21.4
Rich	1301	18.0	487	19.4	500	17.9	313	16.5
Richest	1083	15.0	332	13.3	467	16.7	284	14.9
Frequency of abortions ever experienced
0	5787	80.3	2013	80.3	2262	80.8	1513	79.5
1	928	12.9	354	14.1	329	11.8	244	12.8
2	373	5.2	117	4.7	156	5.6	100	5.3
3+	120	1.7	22	0.9	52	1.9	45	2.4
Age Group
20–29	2506	34.8
30–39	2799	38.8
40–49	1903	26.4
Total	7208	100.0	2506	100.0	2799	100.0	1903	100.0

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