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Table 3 % of women aged 20–24 years reporting a first birth before 20 years disaggregated by age and urban/rural residence: baseline and final survey

From: Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys

 

Bolivia 1994

Bolivia 2008

% point change

Average annual % rate of change < 20

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 20

Urban

4.3

10.7

19.0

34.0

3.9

11.4

14.4

29.7

−4.3

−0.9

Rural

7.1

18.5

19.5

45.2

8.2

23.5

24.3

55.9

10.7

1.7

Ratio rural/urban

1.7

1.7

1.0

1.3

2.1

2.1

1.7

1.9

  
 

Colombia 1990

Colombia 2010

 

Annual % rate of change

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 20

Urban

3.0

8.5

15.3

26.8

4.5

12.8

15.1

32.4

5.6

1.0

Rural

5.8

14.3

22.1

42.2

10.7

19.0

23.9

53.5

11.3

1.3

Ratio rural/urban

1.9

1.7

1.4

1.6

2.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

  
 

Dominican Republic 1996

Dominican Republic 2013

 

Annual % rate of change

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 20

Urban

5.0

12.7

15.2

32.9

5.5

16.6

16.8

39.0

6.1

1.0

Rural

9.7

20.3

22.7

52.7

10.7

18.1

18.0

46.9

−5.8

−0.6

Ratio rural/urban

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.9

1.1

1.1

1.2

  
 

Haiti 1994

Haiti 2012

 

Annual % rate of change

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 20

Urban

4.9

10.2

12.5

27.6

2.5

7.6

12.2

22.4

−5.2

−1.0

Rural

4.4

10.6

20.4

35.3

3.9

11.7

16.5

32.1

−3.2

−0.5

Ratio rural/urban

0.9

1.0

1.6

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

  
 

Peru 1991

Peru 2012

 

Annual % rate of change

 

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

 

< 20

Urban

2.3

6.1

11.4

19.8

2.4

8.4

14.8

25.6

 

1.2

Rural

7.1

20.1

26.1

53.4

6.8

19.7

24.4

50.9

 

−0.2

Ratio rural/urban

3.1

3.3

2.3

2.7

2.8

2.3

1.6

2.0