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Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents aged 15 to 19 in Zambia

From: Association between socioeconomic status and fertility among adolescents aged 15 to 19: an analysis of the 2013/2014 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS)

 

No

% out of n*

% at least 1 birtha

Socio-demographics

   

 Age

   

  15

731

19.9

3.1

  16

756

20.6

7.7

  17

667

18.1

17.1

  18

771

21.0

35.7

  19

741

20.2

51.1

 Age at first sex

   

  10 to 14

425

11.6

42.2

  15

458

12.5

45.3

  16 to 19

777

21.2

40.4

  Not had

1797

49

00.0

  After marriage

209

5.7

70.9

 Type of residence

   

  Rural

1827

49.8

28.7

  Urban

1839

50.2

17.7

 Educational attainment

   

  None

68

1.9

46.4

  Primary

1414

38.6

28.7

  Secondary

2170

59.2

18.9

  Tertiary

14

0.4

14.2

 Educational attainmentb

   

  No education

75

2.1

45.3

  Lower primary

259

7.1

33.6

  Upper primary

1294

35.3

26.7

  Junior secondary

1347

36.7

22.7

  Senior secondary

682

18.6

10.9

  Tertiary

9

0.3

11.1

 Wealth quintiles

   

  1st

538

14.7

37.4

  2nd

598

16.3

30.3

  3rd

770

21

27.5

  4th

825

22.5

21.6

  5th

935

25.5

8.3

 Wealth (rich vs poor)

   

  Rich (4th & 5th)

1,760

48.0

14.5

  Poor (1st,2nd & 3rd)

1,906

52.0

31.1

Underlying determinants

   

 Religion

   

  Catholic

692

18.9

18.6

  Protestant

2,954

80.6

24.2

  Muslim

9

0.3

0.0

  Other

11

0.3

36.5

 Knowledge of contraception

   

  Does not know

162

4.4

3.7

  Knows

3504

95.6

24.1

 Abstinence

   

  No

3308

90.2

14.8

  Yes

358

9.8

1

Proximate determinants

   

 Contraception use

   

  None

3278

89.4

16.4

  At least a method

388

10.6

80.0

 Marital status

   

  Single

3098

84.5

13.8

  Married

568

15.5

73.9

 Marital status

   

  Never in union

3,042

83.0

12.8

  Married

553

15.1

73.8

  Living with Partner

15

0.4

80.0

  Widowed

5

0.1

40.0

  Divorced

30

0.8

80.0

  Separated

21

0.5

71.4

 Sexual activity

   

  Never had sex

1797

49.0

0.0

  Ever had sex

1869

51.0

52.2

 Abortion

   

  No

3606

98.4

22.9

  Yes

60

1.6

41.7

  1. *n = 3,666
  2. Births (ever given birth in the last 5 years) 849 (23.1%)
  3. aThe proportion of adolescents in that group with at least one birth in the last 5 years
  4. bAdjusted number of years in school. Median years in school—8 years (IQR 6–9), Rural 7 years (IQR 6–8) Urban 9 years (IQR 7–10)