Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and referral status of study participants
From: Outcome of deliveries among adolescent girls at the Yaoundé central hospital
Variable | Adolescent parturients (10–19 years) | Non-adolescent parturients (≥20 years) | Sig. (p-value) | OR (95% CI) | Entire study sample | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | ||||
Study sample | 560 (9.3) | 5437 (90.7) | 5997 (100.0) | |||
Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 17.78 ± 1.31 | 28.32 ± 5.44 | <0.001 | 27.34 ± 6.03 | |
Range | 13-19 | 20-49 | 13-49 | |||
Marital status | Single | 432 (79.4) | 2654 (50.1) | <0.001 | 3.85 (3.10-4.77) | 2759 (47.2) |
Married | 112 (20.6) | 2647 (49.9) | 3086 (52.8) | |||
Occupation | Student | 290 (52.6) | 1097 (20.5) | <0.001 | 4.36 (3.63-5.24) | 1387 (23.5) |
Unemployed | 15 (2.7) | 197 (3.7) | 1.26 (0.73-2.16) | 212 (3.6) | ||
Employed | 246 (44.6) | 4059 (75.8) | 1.00 | 4305 (72.9) | ||
Referral status | Referred | 36 (6.4) | 233 (4.3) | 0.020 | 1.53 (1.07-2.20) | 269 (4.5) |
Non-referred | 524 (93.6) | 5204 (95.7) | 5728 (95.5) | |||