From: Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: a cross-sectional hospital-based study
Characteristics | Pregnancies ≤19 years old | Pregnancies >20 years old | |||
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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 (%) | |
Previous contraceptive use | |||||
yes | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 5 (9.8%) | 7 (6.7%) | 119 (28.7%) |
no | 7 (87.5%) | 36 (80%) | 41 (80.3%) | 84 (80.7%) | 217 (52.4%) |
missings# | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (16%) | 5 (9.8%) | 13 (12.6%) | 78 (18.8%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | 0.14 (0.03-0.59) | 0.24 (0.08-0.6) | 0.33 (0.2-0.5) | |
p value | - | 0.007 | 0.007 | ≤0.001* | |
Pregnancy was planned | |||||
yes | 0 (0%) | 5 (11%) | 14 (27.4%) | 19 (18.3%) | 102 (24.6%) |
no | 5 (62.5%) | 30 (67%) | 25 (49%) | 60 (57.7%) | 231 (55.8%) |
missings# | 3 (37.5%) | 10 (22%) | 12 (23.5%) | 25 (24%) | 81 (19.6%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | 0.39 (0.1-1.0) | 1.2 (0.6-2.5) | - | |
p value | - | 0.06 | 0.49 | - | |
Gravidity | |||||
1 | 7 (87.5%) | 39 (87%) | 27 (52.9%) | 73 (70.2%) | 54 (13%) |
2 | 1 (12.5%) | 5 (11%) | 19 (37.3%) | 25 (24%) | 78 (18.8%) |
3 or more | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 5 (9.8%) | 6 (5.8%) | 282 (68.1%) |
OR and 95% CI | 17.7 (9-26) | ||||
p value | ≤0.001** | ||||
Abortion/ miscarriage | |||||
0 | 7 (87.5%) | 41 (91%) | 41 (82%) | 89 (85.5%) | 274 (66.2%) |
1 | 1 (12.5%) | 4 (9%) | 9 (18%) | 14 (13.5%) | 105 (25.4%) |
2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 | 22 (5.3%) |
>3 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 | 13 (3.1%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | ||||
p value | - | ||||
Living children | |||||
0 | 8 (100%) | 43 (96%) | 35 (68.6%) | 86 (82.7%) | 74 (17.9%) |
1 | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 13 (25.5%) | 15 (14.4%) | 89 (21.5%) |
2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (5.9%) | 3 (2.9%) | 97 (23.4%) |
>3 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 | 154 (37.2%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | ||||
p value | - | ||||
1st attendance ANC | |||||
<12th | 3 (37.5%) | 18 (40%) | 34 (66.6%) | 55 (52.9%) | 218 (52.7%) |
>12th | 3 (37.5%) | 22 (49%) | 12 | 37 (35.6%) | 136 (32.8%) |
missings | 2 (25%) | 5 (11%) | 5 (9.8%) | 12 (11.5%) | 60 (14.5%) |
OR and 95% CI | 0.8 (0.17-4.3) | 0.7 (0.3-1.4) | 2.47 (1.2-4.9) | - | |
p value | 0.87 | 0.39 | 0.01 | - | |
ANC | |||||
at least once | 104 (100%) | 413 (99.7%) | |||
<4 visits | 2 (25%) | 8 (18%) | 5 (9.8%) | 15 (14.4%) | 55 (13.3%) |
4-7 visits | 4 (50%) | 21 (47%) | 20 (39.2%) | 45 (43.3%) | 196 (47.3%) |
>8 visits | 2 (25%) | 16 (36%) | 26 (51%) | 44 (42.3%) | 163 (39.4%) |
OR and 95% CI | - | ||||
p value | - | ||||
Want to do family planning | |||||
yes | 1 (12.5%) | 34 (76%) | 16 (31.3%) | 51 (49%) | 165 (39.9%) |
no | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (5.9%) | 4 (3.8%) | 39 (9.4%) |
missings# | 7 (87.5%) | 10 (22%) | 32 (62.8%) | 49 (47.1%) | 194 (46.9%) |
OR and 95% CI | 0.66 (0.4-1.03) | ||||
p value | 0.07 |