Table 2 Weighted distribution of respondents who had early sexual debut by background characteristics
From: Geographical hotspots and correlates of early sexual debut among women in Ghana
% [95% CI] | n | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Background characteristics | |||
Overall | 26.7 [26.1–27.3] | 21,392 | |
Categorical covariates | |||
Demographic factors | |||
Marital status | |||
Married | 24.0 [23.2–24.8] | 10,864 | 0.000 |
Co-habiting | 32.5 [31.0–33.9] | 4180 | |
Not in union | 27.6 [26.5–28.7] | 6348 | |
Socioeconomic factors | |||
Educational attainment | |||
No formal education | 32.8 [31.7–34.0] | 6375 | 0.000 |
Middle | 38.4 [36.7–40.1] | 3269 | |
Primary | 23.1 [20.3–26.0] | 847 | |
Junior High School | 27.1 [26.0–28.2] | 6070 | |
Senior High School | 13.7 [12.5–14.9] | 3242 | |
Higher | 5.2 [4.1–6.3] | 1589 | |
Religious affiliation | |||
Catholic | 26.6 [25.0–28.3] | 2802 | 0.000 |
Protestant | 23.5 [21.7–25.3] | 2077 | |
Pentecostal/Charismatic | 27.4 [26.4–28.4] | 7667 | |
Other Christians | 29.0 [27.2–30.8] | 2533 | |
Islam | 23.7 [22.5–24.9] | 5156 | |
Traditionalist | 37.5 [33.6–41.5] | 570 | |
Other | 35.9 [32.1–39.8] | 587 | |
Household wealth status | |||
Lowest | 34.6 [33.4–35.8] | 5800 | 0.000 |
Second | 31.2 [29.9–32.5] | 4657 | |
Middle | 28.7 [27.3–30.1] | 4035 | |
Fourth | 22.7 [21.4–24.0] | 3702 | |
Highest | 17.8 [16.5–19.1] | 3198 | |
Relation to household head | |||
Head | 26.0 [24.7–27.3] | 4204 | 0.000 |
Spouse | 26.4 [25.6–27.2] | 10,669 | |
Son/daughter | 26.3 [24.8–27.8] | 3515 | |
Son/daughter-in-law | 27.8 [24.4–31.2] | 669 | |
Grand child | 37.5 [32.8–42.2] | 416 | |
Brother/sister | 26.9 [23.1–30.7] | 528 | |
Other relative | 27.8 [25.2–30.4] | 1105 | |
Not related | 27.6 [22.4–32.8] | 286 | |
Type of place of residence | |||
Urban | 21.5 [20.7–22.3] | 10,600 | 0.000 |
Rural | 31.9 [31.0–32.7] | 10,792 | |
Categorical covariates | |||
Reads newspaper | |||
At least once a week | 12.4 [10.3–14.4] | 1019 | 0.000 |
Less than once a week | 14.7 [13.1–16.4] | 1744 | |
Not at all | 20.8 [19.8–21.8] | 6498 | |
Cannot read | 32.8 [32.0–33.7] | 12,131 | |
Listens to radio | |||
At least once a week | 24.0 [23.2–24.8] | 10,145 | 0.000 |
Less than once a week | 27.1 [25.9–28.3] | 5328 | |
Not at all | 31.1 [29.9–32.2] | 5919 | |
Watches television | |||
At least once a week | 23.2 [22.4–24.0] | 11,093 | 0.000 |
Less than once a week | 26.8 [25.4–28.2] | 3949 | |
Not at all | 32.9 [31.7–34.0] | 6350 | |
Pregnancy outcome factors | |||
Ever had miscarriage | |||
Yes | 28.0 [26.6–29.5] | 3908 | 0.041 |
No | 26.4 [25.8–27.1] | 17,484 | |
Ever had abortion | |||
Yes | 32.5 [31.0–34.0] | 3700 | 0.000 |
No | 25.5 [24.9–26.2] | 17,692 | |
Ever had a stillbirth | |||
Yes | 29.6 [26.9–32.2] | 1126 | 0.029 |
No | 26.6 [26.0–27.2] | 20,266 | |
Continuous covariates | |||
Demographic factors | |||
Current age of respondent | |||
Had early sexual debut | 30.5 [30.3–30.8] | 5718 | 0.000 |
No early sexual debut | 31.8 [31.7–32.0] | 15,674 | |
All | 31.5 [31.4–31.6] | 21,392 | |
Total number of births | |||
Had early sexual debut | 3.2 [3.1–3.3] | 5718 | 0.000 |
No early sexual debut | 2.4 [2.4–2.4] | 15,674 | |
All | 2.6 [2.6–2.6] | 21,392 | |