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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents

From: Trends in repeated pregnancy among adolescents in the Philippines from 1993 to 2013

Characteristics

1993

1998

2003

2008

2013

TOTAL

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (in 3 groups)

 15–18

107

7.64

124

9.74

128

9.54

165

11.97

213

12.55

737

 19–21

460

32.86

449

35.27

429

31.97

479

34.74

580

34.18

2397

 22–24

833

59.50

700

54.99

785

58.49

735

53.30

904

53.27

3957

Age (in 5 groups)

 15–16

14

1.00

19

1.49

21

1.56

33

2.39

45

2.65

132

 17–18

93

6.64

105

8.25

107

7.97

132

9.57

168

9.90

605

 19–20

268

19.14

268

21.05

269

20.04

300

21.75

352

20.74

1457

 21–22

429

30.64

387

30.40

385

28.69

402

29.15

502

29.58

2105

 23–24

596

42.57

494

38.81

560

41.73

512

37.13

630

37.12

2792

Region

 Luzon

685

48.93

523

41.08

728

54.25

699

50.69

870

51.27

3505

 Visayas

275

19.64

244

19.17

187

13.93

229

16.61

232

13.67

1167

 Mindanao

440

31.43

506

39.75

427

31.82

451

32.70

595

35.06

2419

Type of residence

 Urban

604

43.14

481

37.78

672

50.07

554

40.00

761

44.84

3072

 Rural

796

56.86

792

62.22

670

49.93

825

59.83

936

55.16

4019

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

420

30.00

425

33.39

372

27.72

377

27.00

416

24.51

2010

 Poorer

342

24.43

355

27.89

325

24.22

344

25.00

414

24.40

1780

 Middle

292

20.86

210

16.50

272

20.27

256

18.56

389

22.92

1419

 Richer

214

15.00

173

14.00

203

15.00

233

17.00

305

17.97

1128

 Richest

132

9.43

110

8.64

170

12.67

169

12.26

173

10.19

754

With at least 1 birth a

1260

90.00

1124

88.30

1181

88.00

1163

84.34

1471

86.68

6199

With repeated pregnancy

825

58.93

680

53.42

662

49.33

571

41.41

704

41.48

3442

With repeated birth b

660

25.04

532

20.18

495

18.78

420

15.93

529

20.07

2636

TOTAL +

1400

100

1273

100

1342

100

1379

100

1697

100

7091

  1. Abbreviations: n-Number of respondents
  2. aBirth pertains to livebirth; b Adolescents with at least 1 pregnancy
  3. Data captured in bold are highly significant