Table 3 Percentage of adolescent’s recent pregnancies and births that were unintended in the East African countries, using the most recent DHS
Variables | Kenya, 2014 n = 481 | Malawi, 2015 n = 1515 | Uganda,2016 n = 1053 | Tanzania, 2015 n = 771 | Zambia, 2014 n = 1025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational status | |||||
No education | 8.8 | 29.9 | 41.6 | 21.4 | 34.0 |
Primary | 60.8 | 49.9 | 52.4 | 40.0 | 46.8 |
Secondary & higher | 68.6 | 65.3 | 62.0 | 65.4 | 66.8 |
Age, in years | |||||
15 | 88.5 | 85.2 | 93.5 | 40.2 | 77.1 |
16 | 79.8 | 68.7 | 66.7 | 45.4 | 56.3 |
17 | 59.1 | 55.9 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 60.3 |
18 | 59.0 | 51.2 | 52.3 | 36.5 | 59.0 |
19 | 57.5 | 44.0 | 50.3 | 39.9 | 52.2 |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 56.0 | 51.9 | 56.1 | 57.0 | 69.2 |
Rural | 64.5 | 51.6 | 53.9 | 35.9 | 50.5 |
Wealth index | |||||
Poorest | 52.6 | 43.6 | 52.4 | 28.4 | 40.3 |
poorer | 69.5 | 34.8 | 53.2 | 36.9 | 50.9 |
Middle | 64.0 | 30.5 | 58.6 | 46.0 | 65.9 |
Richer | 68.2 | 24.7 | 47.9 | 49.4 | 62.3 |
Richest | 48.8 | 15.3 | 61.9 | 57.5 | 76.5 |
Total (%) | 61.7 | 51.6 | 54.3 | 41.3 | 56.8 |