Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania

Table 4 Estimated effect of being an adolescent on social/economic support

	Adolescent women	Adult women^a
	n	n	OR ^b	(95% CI)	p-value
Social and economic support
Marital status
Married/Consensual Union^a	42	315
Single	19	28	5.09	(2.62-9.90)	< 0.001
Money
Yes^a	35	200
No	26	122	1.35	(0.77-2.34)	0.293
Advice received to attend ANC
Yes	46	129	5.09	(2.73-9.48)	< 0.001
No^a	15	214
Accompanied to clinic
Yes	34	162	1.42	(0.82-2.45)	0.214
No^a	27	182
Supported by husband
Yes^a	56	324
No	5	20	1.45	(0.52-4.01)	0.478

^a reference category, ^b Estimated effect of being an adolescent on social and economic support derived from logistic regression

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