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Table 2 Summary of Kaplan-Meier survival tests & Adjusted hazard ratios for age at first birth

From: A survival analysis of the timing of onset of childbearing among young females in Nigeria: are predictors the same across regions?

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Event

Summary of Kaplan-Meier tests

Adjusted Hazard ratios

Began childbearing (%)

Estimated mean age (in years) at first birth (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Location

ā€ƒUrban (RC)

1395 (23.9)

21.83 (21.73ā€“21.92)

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ā€ƒRural

3928 (44.7)

19.67 (19.58ā€“19.75)

1.06 (0.98ā€“1.14)

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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991.03 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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Education

ā€ƒNo education (RC)

2539 (63.1)

18.03 (17.93ā€“18.14)

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ā€ƒPrimary

907 (48.8)

19.16 (18.98ā€“19.34)

0.96 (0.88ā€“1.05)

ā€ƒSecondary

1772 (22.4)

21.71 (21.63ā€“21.79)

0.70 (0.64ā€“0.77)***

ā€ƒHigher

105 (12.7)

23.38 (23.26ā€“23.50)

0.36 (0.29ā€“0.45)***

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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3703.39 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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Religion

ā€ƒCatholics (RC)

367 (22.9)

21.94 (21.77ā€“22.12)

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ā€ƒOther Christians

1503 (25.6)

21.63 (21.53ā€“21.72)

1.06 (0.94ā€“1.19)

ā€ƒMuslims

3383 (48.4)

19.30 (19.20ā€“19.39)

0.98 (0.86ā€“1.13)

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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1371.861 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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Wealth quintile

ā€ƒPoorest (RC)

1260 (57.5)

18.16 (18.00ā€“18.32)

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ā€ƒPoorer

1429 (49.3)

19.17 (19.02ā€“19.32)

0.89 (0.83ā€“0.96)**

ā€ƒMiddle

1169 (36.0)

20.50 (20.36ā€“20.64)

0.86 (0.79ā€“0.94)**

ā€ƒRicher

964 (28.7)

21.38 (21.26ā€“21.51)

0.72 (0.65ā€“0.81)***

ā€ƒRichest

501 (17.1)

22.53 (22.42ā€“22.64)

0.56 (0.49ā€“0.64)***

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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2199 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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Ever/never married

ā€ƒSingle never married

450 (5.5)

23.35 (23.29ā€“23.41)

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ā€ƒEver married/cohabited

4873 (75.8)

18.33 (18.25ā€“18.40)

10.60 (9.56ā€“11.75)***

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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5813.19 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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Region

ā€ƒNorth Central

768 (31.6)

21.11 (20.96ā€“21.27)

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ā€ƒNorth East

1243 (49.1)

19.26 (19.10ā€“19.42)

1.24 (1.12ā€“1.37)***

ā€ƒNorth West

1865 (52.1)

18.81 (18.68ā€“18.95)

1.21 (1.10ā€“1.33)***

ā€ƒSouth East

325 (19.7)

22.29 (22.14ā€“22.45)

1.02 (0.88ā€“1.17)

ā€ƒSouth South

675 (27.7)

21.36 (21.21ā€“21.52)

1.45 (1.29ā€“1.62)***

ā€ƒSouth West

447 (22.5)

21.96 (21.80ā€“22.11)

1.14 (1.01ā€“1.29)*

ā€ƒLog Rank (Mantel-Cox) Chi-square

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1777.26 (pĀ <ā€‰0.001)

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  1. * pā€‰<ā€‰0.05, ** pā€‰<ā€‰0.01, *** pā€‰<ā€‰0.001
  2. HRĀ Hazard ratio, RCĀ Reference Category, CIĀ Confidence Interval