Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics for different adolescent subgroups and total adolescent pregnant girls in comparison to the older women group
From: Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: a cross-sectional hospital-based study
Characteristics | Pregnancies ≤19 years old | Pregnancies >20 years old | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
very early childbearing (≤15) n= 8 (%) | early childbearing (≥16 and ≤17) n=45 (%) | late childbearing (≥18 and ≤19) n=51 (%) | Total adolescents n= 104 (%) | n=414 (%) | |
Residence | |||||
rural | 6 (75%) | 30 (67%) | 27 (52.9%) | 63 (60.6%) | 213 (51.4%) |
urban | 1 (12.5%) | 15 (33%) | 22 (43.2%) | 38 (36.5%) | 194 (46.9%) |
missings | 1 (12.5%) | - | 2 (3.9%) | 3 (2.9%) | 7 (1.7%) |
OR and 95% CI | 0.1 (0.02-1.5) | 0.5 (0.29-1.06) | 0.8 (0.48-1.59) | 0.66 (0.4-1.03) | |
p value | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.66 | 0.07 | |
Mother´s education level | |||||
elementary only | 5 (62.5%) | 20 (44%) | 19 (37.3%) | 44 (42.3%) | 160 (38.6%) |
secondary | 3 (37.5%) | 25 (56%) | 32 (62.7%) | 60 (57.9%) | 254 (61.4%) |
OR and 95% CI | 2.8 (0.66-11.9) | 1.4 (0.75-2.63) | 0.9 (0.5-1.8) | 1.3 (0.9-2) | |
p value | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.99 | 0.19 | |
Employed | |||||
no | 5 (62.5%) | 31 (69%) | 32 (64%) | 68 (65.4%) | 262 (63.3%) |
yes | - | 1 (2%) | 7 (14%) | 8 (7.7%) | 134 (32.4%) |
missings | - | - | 1 (6.3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 9 (2.2%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | - | - | 0.17 (0.8-0.37) | |
p value | - | - | - | ≤0.001* | |
Still studying | |||||
yes | 3 (37.5%) | 13 (29%) | 11 (22%) | 27 (26%) | 9 (2.2%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | - | - | 15.8 (7-35) | |
p value | - | - | - | ≤0.001** | |
Married | |||||
no | 6 (75%) | 14 (31%) | 13 (25.5%) | 33 (31.7%) | 59 (14.3%) |
yes | 2 (25%) | 31 (69%) | 37 (72.5%) | 70 (67.3%) | 336 (81.2%) |
missings | - | - | 1 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 19 (4.6%) |
OR and 95% CI | 0.05 (0.01-0.2) | 0.34 (0.16-0.7) | 0.46 (0.23-0.9) | 0.39 (0.2-0.6) | |
p value | ≤0.001 | 0.003 | 0.03 | ≤0.001*** | |
Babies’ father support | |||||
yes | 6 (75%) | 34 (76%) | 44 (86.3%) | 84 (80.7%) | 373 (90.1%) |
no | 2 (25%) | 11 (24%) | 7 (13.7%) | 20 (19.2%) | 41 (9.9%) |
OR and 95% CI | 0.3 (0.06-1.7) | 0.34 (0.1-0.7) | 0.7 (0.29-1.6) | 0.41 (0.2-0.7) | |
p value | 0.19 | 0.005 | 0.42 | 0.002**** | |
Father´s age | |||||
<20 years old | 2 (25%) | 11 (24%) | 4 (9.1%) | 17 (16.3%) | 2 (0.5%) |
20-29 | 5 (62.5%) | 27 (60%) | 33 (75%) | 65 (62.5%) | 124 (30%) |
30-39 | - | 3 (7%) | 7 (15.9%) | 10 (9.6%) | 161 (38.9%) |
40-49 | - | - | - | - | 64 (15.5%) |
>49 | - | - | - | - | 25 (6%) |
missing | 1 (9.2%) | 4 (9%) | 7 (13.7%) | 12 (11.5%) | 38 (9.2%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | - | - | - | |
p value | - | - | - | - | |
Father´s education level | |||||
elementary only | 3 (37.5%) | 9 (20%) | 16 (31.4%) | 28 (26.9%) | 129 (31.2%) |
secondary | 3 (37.5%) | 15 (33%) | 19 (37.2%) | 37 (35.6%) | 151 (36.5%) |
doesn´t know/missingɫ | 2 (25%) | 21 (47%) | 16 (31.4%) | 39 (37.5%) | 134 (32.4%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | - | - | - | |
p value | - | - | - | - | |