Socio-demographic determinants of pregnancy termination among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2 Distribution of pregnancy termination among adolescent girls and young women by the explanatory variables (Weighted)

Variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Pregnancy termination		p-value
Individual level variables	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)	Yes	No	p-value
Age					p < 0.001
15–19	33,492	53.4	2.4	97.6
20–24	29,255	46.6	8.5	91.5
Level of education					p < 0.001
No Education	19,780	31.5	6.5	93.5
Primary	16,604	26.5	6.2	93.8
Secondary/Higher	26,363	42.0	3.7	96.3
Marital Status					p < 0.001
Single	34,510	55.0	1.4	98.6
Cohabiting	5870	9.4	12.1	87.9
Married	22,367	35.7	9.4	90.6
Wealth quintile					p < 0.001
Poorest	10,302	16.4	6.1	94.0
Poorer	11,844	18.9	6.0	94.0
Middle	12,164	19.4	5.7	94.3
Richer	13,082	45.9	5.0	95.0
Richest	15,355	24.5	4.1	96.0
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine					p < 0.001
Not at all	52,322	83.4	5.5	94.5
Less than once a week	5242	8.4	3.9	96.1
At least once a weak	5182	8.3	4.0	96.0
Frequency of listening to radio					p < 0.001
Not at all	26,172	41.7	5.0	95.0
Less than once a week	12,319	19.6	5.1	94.9
At least once a week	24,256	38.7	5.6	94.4
Frequency of watching television					p < 0.001
Not at all	35,436	56.5	5.8	94.2
Less than once a week	8361	13.3	4.7	95.3
At least once a weak	18,951	30.2	4.4	95.6
Parity					p < 0.001
Zero births	35,551	56.7	2.3	97.7
One birth	12,869	20.5	8.8	91.2
Two births	8484	13.5	9.9	90.1
Three or more births	5842	9.3	8.6	91.4
Contextual level variables
Place of residence					p < 0.001
Urban	23,133	36.9	4.3	95.7
Rural	39,614	63.1	5.8	94.2
Community literacy level					p < 0.001
Low	20,879	33.3	6.2	93.9
Moderate	20,635	32.9	5.2	94.8
High	21,233	33.8	4.4	95.6
Community socio-economic status					p < 0.001
Low	31,750	50.6	5.9	94.1
Moderate	8746	13.9	5.2	94.8
High	22,251	35.5	4.3	95.7

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