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Table 4 Wantedness of and marital status at first adolesecent birth among Uganda women age 20–24 years, 1995–2016 UDHS

From: Trends and determinants of adolescent childbirth in Uganda- analysis of rural and urban women using six demographic and health surveys, 1988–2016

 

Survey year

Total Sample with adol. Birth (< 20 years)

1995

2000/01

2006

2011

2016

N = 1033

N = 1504

N = 1065

N = 933

N = 2068

In Union/marriage before first birth in adolescence (column %; 95% CI)

All women

64.9

67.3

64.5

56.8

55.8

(61.3–68.4)

(63.6–70.7)

(60.8–68.1)

(52.8–60.8)

(53.1–58.5)

Rural women

901

903

908

771

1622

66.4

69.2

66.0

58.7

56.4

(62.3–70.2)

(65.2–73.0)

(62.0–69.8)

(53.9–63.2)

(53.5–59.3)

Urban women

132

152

156

162

446

54.9

55.5

55.7

48.2

53.7

(49.3–60.5)

(48.8–61.9)

(45.5–65.4)

(41.4–55.0)

(47.1–60.1)

N analyzed for wantedness (all with birth < 20 years), % and 95 CI

All women with record

354

545

570

490

1111

Then

79.7

76.6

65.7

64.4

60.2

(74.0–84.4)

(71.7–80.9)

(61.0–70.0)

(59.3–69.2)

(56.6–63.8)

Later

19.8

14.5

29.3

33.7

37.7

(15.2–25.5)

(11.0–18.8)

(25.0–34.0)

(28.8–39.0)

(34.2–41.3)

No more

0.5

8.9

5.0

1.9

2.1

(0.1–2.3)

(6.3–12.4)

(3.3–7.5)

(0.9–3.8)

(1.1–3.9)

Rural women

298

466

485

407

872

Then

80.7

79.4

65.6

64.9

63.0

(74.0–85.9)

(73.9–84.0)

(60.4–70.5)

(59.0–70.3)

(59.0–66.8)

Later

18.9

14.0

30.2

33.8

36.2

(13.8–25.4)

(10.2–19.0)

(25.4–35.4)

(28.4–39.7)

(32.5–40.2)

No more

0.4

6.6

4.2

1.3

0.8

(0.1–3.1)

(4.0–10.7)

(2.5–6.9)

(0.5–3.1)

(0.4–1.8)

Urban women

056

079

085

083

239

Then

74.6

60.1

66.1

62.1

50.2

(62.6–83.7)

(49.5–69.9)

(55.4–75.3)

(52.2–71.1)

(41.3–59.1)

Later

24.9

17.2

24.2

33.2

43.0

(15.8–36.8)

(10.9–26.2)

(15.7–35.4)

(22.4–46.1)

(34.3–52.0)

No more

0.5

22.7

9.8

4.7

6.8

(0.1–4.0)

(15.7–31.5)

(5.0–18.2)

(1.5–14.0)

(3.1–14.4)