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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics (N = 539)

From: The magnitude of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors among teenagers in Dodoma Tanzania: a community-based analytical cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age (years)

  

[Median; IQR]

[18; 16–19]

 

 13–14

29

5.4

 15–17

204

37.8

 18–19

306

56.8

Place of residence

  

 Urban

106

19.7

 Semi-urban

126

23.4

 Rural

307

57.0

Early marriage

  

 Single

357

66.2

 Married

182

33.8

Highest level of education

  

 Non-formal

45

8.3

 Primary level

338

62.7

 Secondary level

156

28.9

Occupation

  

 Student

83

15.4

 Peasant

73

13.5

 Entrepreneur

355

65.9

 Current employed

28

5.2

Ethnicity

  

 Gogo

170

31.5

 Rangi

130

24.1

 Others

239

44.3

Religion

  

 Christian

337

62.5

 Muslim

202

37.5

Are parents alive

  

 Yes (both father and mother)

412

76.4

 Yes, only father

19

3.5

 Yes, only mother

86

16.0

 No (orphan)

22

4.1

Mother’s education

  

 Non-formal

94

17.4

 Primary

320

59.4

 Secondary/above

125

23.2

Father’s education

  

 Non-formal

75

13.9

 Primary

298

55.3

 Secondary/above

153

28.4

 Don't know

13

2.4

Parents economic status

  

 Adequate

128

23.7

 Inadequate

411

76.3