Table 3 Percentage distribution of teenage pregnancy by background characteristics, 2001 -2018 DHS, Zambia

Age

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 15

4.5 [2.7,7.3]

5.8 [3.7,9.1]

4.9 [3.4,7.0]

6.4 [4.6,8.8]

 16

15.0 [11.1,19.8]

16.2 [12.2,21.1]

11.9 [9.6,14.7]

15.1 [12.1,18.7]

 17

33.8 [28.9,39.2]

28.7 [23.1,35.0]

25.7 [21.7,30.1]

30.0 [25.1,35.4]

 18

44.2 [28.9,39.2]

41.0 [34.5,47.8]

41.7 [37.4,46.1]

41.9 [37.3,46.6]

 19

56.9 [51.6,62.0]

54.6 [48.4,60.7]

58.9 [54.5,63.3]

52.9 [47.6,58.0]

Residence

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 Urban

27.1 [23.1,31.6]

20.4 [16.4,25.1]

20.0 [17.4,23.0]

19.3 [15.7,23.6]

 Rural

34.9 [32.1,37.8]

35 [31.2,39.0]

36.4 [33.8,39.0]

37.0 [34.4,39.7]

Education level

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 No education

45.6 [36.8,54.7]

54.3 [42.1,66.1]

53.2 [38.6,67.3]

41.9 [32.0,52.4]

 Primary

35.7 [32.7,38.7]

32.9 [29.2,36.7]

35.8 [32.6,39.1]

36.3 [33.4,39.4]

 Secondary or higher

21.3 [17.9,25.2]

20.6 [17.1,24.7]

23.0 [20.7,25.4]

22.8 [19.7,26.3]

Literacy

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 Illiterate

41.0 [37.4,44.7]

42.8 [37.5,48.3]

44.1 [39.7,48.5]

47.7 [43.3,52.0]

 Literate

25.3 [22.3,28.6]

22.5 [19.5,25.9]

24.4. [22.5,26.5]

23.3 [20.8,26.1]

Employment status

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***

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 Unemployed

24.5 [21.9,27.4]

24.3 [21.3,27.6]

23.8 [21.7,25.9]

24.9 [22.8,27.3]

 Employed

46.3 [42.0,50.6]

43.0 [37.2,49.1]

47.5 [43.0,52.0]

49.5 [44.5,54.5]

Wealth quintile

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 Poorest

36.3 [31.4,41.5]

37.2 [30.4,44.5]

44.5 [39.8,49.3]

46.2 [41.5,50.9]

 Poorer

40.3 [34.7,46.2]

34.4 [28.2,41.1]

38.5 [34.2,43.1]

38.0 [33.7,42.6]

 Middle

34.9 [30.2,39.9]

36.7 [31.3,42.5]

34.5 [30.5,38.7]

35.0 [30.5,39.8]

 Richer

36.4 [31.8,41.3]

29.4 [24.5,34.8]

28.2 [24.4,32.3]

27.0 [22.5,32.0]

 Richest

16.3 [12.8,20.6]

14.0 [10.0,19.2]

10.3 [7.9,13.4]

7.6 [5.3,10.8]

Marital status

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 Never married

13.1 [11.4,15.1]

14.2 [12.2,16.5]

14.4. [13.0,15.9]

18.1 [16.2,20.2]

 Currently married

82.9 [78.9,86.2]

85.0 [79.3,89.3]

91.3 [88.2,93.6]

89.0 [85.3,91.9]

 Formerly married

70.4 [56.3,81.5]

81.8 [59.2,93.2]

82.0 [68.7,90.4]

91.2 [65.4,98.3]

Knows ovulation period

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ns

ns

 No

31.0 [28.5,33.7]

26.3 [23.4,29.5]

28.1 [26.0,30.2]

29.1 [26.7,31.6]

 Yes

34.6 [28.7,41.2]

36.3 [29.6,43.6]

30.9 [26.5,35.7]

30.0 [24.8,35.9]

Age at first sex

ns

*

ns

***

 10–14

51.5 [45.2,57.8]

53.5 [45.3,61.5]

51.9 [46.1,57.6]

65.2 [59.5,70.4]

 15–17

52.7 [48.4,57.1]

57.1 [51.9,62.2]

56.2 [52.5,59.8]

59.5 [55.2,63.6]

 18–19

36.6 [25.5,49.3]

35.9 [23.8,50.2]

47.2 [38.6,56.0]

41.3 [32.8,50.5]

Knowledge of FP method

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 No

6.2 [3.1,11.9]

11.1 [6.2,19.1]

9.2 [5.2,15.7]

6.7 [3.1,13.8]

 Yes

33.4 [30.8,36.1]

29.7 [26.6,32.9]

29.5 [27.5,31.6]

30.5 [28.0,33.0]

Exposure to media FP messages

*

ns

**

*

 No

34.0 [31.2,36.9]

29.2 [25.7,32.8]

30.2 [27.9,32.7]

30.4 [28.1,32.8]

 Yes

28.4 [24.7,32.3]

25.7 [21.4,30.5]

24.4. [21.4,27.8]

23.5 [18.5,29.2]

Visited health facility last 12 months

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 No

15.8 [13.4,18.6]

18.2 [15.6,21.1]

17.0 [14.9,19.3]

15.2 [12.9,18.0]

 Yes

49.4 [45.4,53.4]

55.4 [48.3,62.2]

49.2 [45.6,52.7]

45.6 [42.1,49.2]

Total

31.6 [29.2,34.1]

27.9 [25.1,31.0]

28.5 [26.6,30.6]

29.2 [26.9,31.6]