Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents in Burundi using the 1987, 2010 and 2016/17 BDHS
Variables / categories | BDHS year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1987 (N = 731) | 2010(N = 2359) | 2016–17(N = 3859) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Adolescent’s Age | |||
15–17 years | 390 (53.4) | 1442 (61.1) | 2489 (64.5) |
18–19 years | 341 (46.6) | 917 (38.9) | 1370 (35.5) |
Residence | |||
Rural | 700 (95.7) | 2087 (88.4) | 3310 (85.8) |
Urban | 31 (4.3) | 273 (11.6) | 548 (14.2) |
Health Regions | |||
Bujumbura Mairie | 193 (8.2) | 315 (8.2) | |
North | 657 (27.8) | 1046 (27.1) | |
Central East | 565 (23.9) | 947 (24.5) | |
West | 378 (16.0) | 589 (15.3) | |
South | 568 (24.1) | 961 (24.9) | |
Marital Status | |||
Single | 682 (93.2) | 2128 (90.2) | 3601 (93.3) |
Married/living together | 43 (5.9) | 201 (8.5) | 227 (5.9) |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 6 (0.8) | 30 (1.3) | 31 (0.8) |
Education | |||
No education | 536 (73.3) | 500 (21.2) | 281 (7.3) |
Primary | 186 (25.4) | 1425 (60.4) | 1836 (47.6) |
Secondary and above | 9 (1.2) | 434 (18.4) | 1742 (45.1) |
Currently working | |||
No | 677 (92.5) | 1112 (47.1) | 1634 (42.4) |
Yes | 54 (7.5) | 1248 (52.9) | 2224 (57.6) |
Wealth Quantile | |||
Poorest | 444 (18.8) | 589 (15.3) | |
Poorer | 469 (19.9) | 711 (18.4) | |
Middle | 468 (19.8) | 769 (19.9) | |
Richer | 453 (19.2) | 840 (21.8) | |
Richest | 525 (22.2) | 950 (24.6) | |
Religion | |||
No religion | 12 (0.5) | 10 (0.3) | |
Catholic | 1442 (61.1) | 2147 (55.7) | |
Protestant | 792 (33.5) | 1417 (36.7) | |
Adventist | 43 (1.8) | 124 (3.2) | |
Muslim | 50 (2.1) | 105 (2.7) | |
Othersa | 22 (0.9) | 56 (1.5) | |