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Table 2 Pregnancy termination among young women aged 15–24 in Nigeria, 2003–2018 NDHS

From: Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15–24 year-old women in Nigeria: a multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003–2018

Variables

2003

2008

2013

2018

Total

Weighted %

Weighted %

Weighted %

Weighted %

Weighted%

Unweighted cases

Age group

**

**

**

**

 

**

 15–19

3.4

2.3

2.0

2.2

2.2

24,627

 20–24

8.6

8.5

6.6

8.3

7.8

21,105

Education

*

**

**

**

 

**

 No Education

7.7

5.9

5.4

7.8

6.5

12,979

 Primary

6.5

7.0

6.7

7.2

6.9

6080

 Secondary and above

4.3

4.5

3.1

3.2

3.5

26,673

Marital status

**

**

**

**

 

**

 Never married

2.3

2.6

1.3

0.9

1.5

25,626

 Currently married

9.9

8.2

7.5

10.2

8.7

18,546

 Living with a partner

11.9

15.5

11.1

12.9

12.5

853

 Previously married

4.3

6.1

7.3

9.5

7.6

706

Wealth index

ns

ns

*

**

 

**

 Poorest

8.0

5.5

4.6

6.5

5.8

8165

 Poorer

5.9

5.7

5.1

6.1

5.7

9186

 Middle

5.1

4.8

4.2

6.0

5.1

9878

 Richer

5.7

5.9

4.0

3.7

4.5

9998

 Richest

4.8

4.4

3.4

2.4

3.4

8505

Ever use of any method of contraceptive

**

**

**

**

*

**

 Never used

4.3

4.0

1.4

4.7

4.3

27,254

 Used

12.0

12.4

4.6

7.1

9.9

3880

Age at first sex

**

**

**

**

 

**

 Never had sex

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

17,359

 Less than 15

9.7

8.6

7.4

11.1

8.9

6791

 15–17

9.2

8.7

6.7

8.5

8.0

13,355

 18+

6.2

6.8

5.6

6.5

6.2

8148

Forced sex

ns

*

ns

 

**

 No

0.0

5.7

4.8

6.0

5.3

19,766

 Yes

0.0

12.0

9.5

11.3

10.7

1248

Frequency of reading newspaper

ns

ns

**

**

 

**

 Not at all

6.2

5.2

4.8

5.3

5.2

35,696

 Less than once a week

4.0

6.6

2.5

3.1

3.7

5663

 At least once a week or more

5.5

4.2

2.5

2.8

3.5

4160

Frequency of **

listening to radio

ns

*

*

ns

 

*

 Not at all

6.1

5.4

4.2

5.0

4.9

17,607

 Less than once a week

5.8

6.7

5.0

5.0

5.3

10,209

 At least once a week or more

5.7

4.8

3.6

4.6

4.5

17,819

Frequency of ***

watching TV

ns

ns

**

**

 

**

 Not at all

6.1

5.5

4.7

6.3

5.6

21,279

 Less than once a week

3.2

5.9

4.3

3.9

4.4

7864

 At least once a week or more

6.1

4.9

3.7

3.5

4.1

16,483

No of living ***

Children

**

**

**

**

 

**

 0

3.9

3.6

2.7

2.4

2.9

29,625

 1

8.8

8.3

7.5

9.8

8.6

8693

 2

8.5

8.8

5.7

10.4

8.3

4863

 3+

12.1

7.5

6.7

7.6

7.6

2551

Ethnicity

*

**

**

**

 

**

 Hausa

6.6

6.3

5.7

7.0

6.4

11,058

 Igbo

4.0

3.1

2.4

1.7

2.5

6499

 Yoruba

2.0

1.8

2.8

2.4

2.4

5895

 Others

6.7

6.4

4.4

5.1

5.4

22,272

Religion

*

ns

**

**

 

**

 Catholic

5.5

4.5

2.6

3.2

3.6

5179

 Other Christians

4.9

5.9

3.8

3.3

4.3

18,222

 Islam

6.6

5.1

4.8

6.1

5.5

22,207

Place of Residence

ns

*

**

**

 

**

 Urban

5.7

4.6

3.4

3.5

3.8

17,109

 Rural

5.8

5.6

4.8

6.0

5.5

28,623

Region

**

**

**

**

 

**

 North Central

4.5

3.6

1.8

4.5

3.7

8356

 North East

9.2

6.0

4.8

6.0

5.9

8503

 North West

6.4

5.6

5.7

6.7

6.1

10,910

 South East

2.1

2.8

2.5

1.3

2.2

5401

 South South

7.2

12.4

4.7

4.6

6.8

6515

 South West

2.7

2.2

2.9

2.7

2.7

6047

Total

     

45,732

  1. * significant at 5% level (p < 0.05); ** = p < 0.001; ns = Non-significant