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Table 5 The bi-variable and multivariable multilevel binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in East Africa in the final model

From: Prevalence and associated factors of adolescent pregnancy (15–19 years) in East Africa: a multilevel analysis

Variables

Teenage pregnancy

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95%CI)

Yes

No

Respondent age

15–17

2808

4169

1

1

18–19

6607

3660

2.88 (2.70, 3.07)

3.06 (2.83, 3.31)*

Highest educational level

No education

999

429

1

1

Primary education

5997

3941

0.68 (0.62, 0.76)

1.20 (1.00, 1.37)

Secondary and above

2418

3458

0.31 (0.28, 0.35)

0.78 (0.68, 0.91)*

Wealth status

Poor

4511

2487

1

1

Middle

1996

1443

0.77 (0.71, 0.84))

1.01 (0.91, 1.11)

Rich

2909

3898

0.41 (0.38, 0.43)

0.64 (0.58, 0.71)*

Respondent current working

working

5090

3513

1.47 (1.39, 1.56)

1.11 (1.03, 1.19)*

Not working

4327

4315

1

1

Marital statues

Married

6216

1796

1

1

Unmarried

3200

6033

0.51 (0.14, 0.16)

0.25 (0.23, 0.28)*

contraceptive use

Yes

2550

1431

1.65 (1.53, 1.78)

1.41 (1.28, 1.55)*

No

6867

6398

1

1

Media exposure

Yes

6151

5994

0.57 (0.54, 0.61)

0.85 (0.78, 0.92)*

No

1835

3265

1

1

Residence

Urban

1996

2525

1

1

Rural

5304

7420

1.79 (1.68, 1.92)

1.02 (0.93, 1.12)

Relation to house hold head

Head/spouse

4495

1131

6.04 (5.57, 6.57)

1.62 (1.45, 1.82)*

Relative or other

2418

3004

1.15 (1.02, 1.24)

0.89 (0.82, 1.01)

Daughter

2502

3605

1

1

Age at first sex

5–14

2620

1935

1

1

15–17

5891

4823

0.88 (0.82, 0.95)

0.69 (0.63, 0.75)*

18–19

904

1060

0.65 (0.58, 0.72)

0.31 (0.27, 0.35)*

Community poverty level

Low

3479

4018

1

1

High

5937

3811

1.16 (1.09, 1.24)

1.00 (0.92, 1.07)

Community contraceptive

Low

3839

4023

1

1

High

5393

3990

1.22 (1.14, 1.30)

1.10 (1.02, 1.19)*

  1. *p ≤ 0.05