Table 1 Socio-demographic Characteristics of adolescents age 15–19 years during the earliest and latest years of DHS data in the five east African countries
Key characteristics | Kenya | Uganda | Tanzania | Malawi | Zambia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 (N = 1496) | 2014 (N = 5820) | 1989 (N = 1199) | 2016 (N = 4263) | 1991 (N = 2183) | 2015 (N = 2904) | 1992 (N = 1105) | 2015 (N = 5263) | 1992 (N = 1984) | 2014 (N = 3675) | |
Mean years of schooling (mean, SD) | 7.1 (2.4) | 8.1 (2.6) | 4.2 (2.9) | 6.6 (2.7) | 5.5 (2.7) | 7.0 (2.7) | 3.4 (3.0) | 6.5 (2.6) | 5.4 (2.6) | 7.7 (2.5) |
Secondary education (%) | 21.4 | 47.8 | 12 | 33.5 | 6.4 | 35.1 | 4.5 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 59.6 |
Urban residence (%) | 18.4 | 31.9 | 13.5 | 24.3 | 27.3 | 37.3 | 11.7 | 17.5 | 51.5 | 48.0 |
Richest households (%) | – | 19.2 | – | 23.2 | – | 29.7 | – | 23.4 | – | 27.9 |
Exposure to mediaa (%) | 71.8 | 74.9 | 38.6 | 62.4 | 55.5 | 56.7 | 61.7 | 54.1 | 67.7 | 69.21 |
Ever married (%) | 18.5 | 14.2 | 40.8 | 22.8 | 28.3 | 25.3 | 41.2 | 26.8 | 29.7 | 17.0 |
Sexually active (%) | 46.1 | 37.2 | 62.3 | 45.7 | 51.4 | 52.2 | – | 51.9 | 61.0 | 49.1 |
Median age at first sex (median age) | 15.0 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.4 | – | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Median age at 1st marriage (median age) | 16.1 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 16 | 16.0 |
Knowledge of contraception (%) | 80 | 96.4 | 73.2 | 96.7 | 51.4 | 94.2 | 75.5 | 93.6 | 76.8 | 95.3 |
Current use of contraception (%) | 4.0 | 27.1 | 2 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 29.1 | 2.8 | 10.6 |