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Table 1 Teenage Pregnancy by Prevention of Unwanted Pregnancy and other Social factors

From: A comparative analysis of predictors of teenage pregnancy and its prevention in a rural town in Western Nigeria

 

Total No (%)

Teenage Pregnancy No (%)

Older Pregnant Women No [%]

Unadjusted Odds Ratio

Marital Status

    

Never Married

50 [22.2]

27 [48.2]

23 [13.6]

5.91 [2.83-12.43

Married

175 [77.8]

29 [51.8]

146 [86.4]

1.00

Total

225 [100.0]

56 [100.0]

169 [100.0]

 

Ethnicity

    

Yoruba

171 [75.6]

44 [78.6]

127 [75.0]

2.10 [0.24-47.47]

Igbo

24 [10.7]

3 [5.4]

21 [12.5]

0.86 [0.06-25.69]

Hausa

23 [10.3]

8 [14.3]

15 [8.9]

3.20 [0.27-83.54]

Others

8 [3.6]

1 [1.8]

6 [3.6]

1.00

Level of Education

    

Nil

19 [8.5]

2 [3.6]

17 [10.1]

0.97 [0.13-5.71]

Primary

21 [9.4]

11 [19.4]

10 [6.0]

9.07 [2.58-33.07]

Secondary

110 [49.1]

35 [62.5]

75 [44.6]

3.85 [1.57-9.73]

Post -Secondary

74 [33.0]

8 [14.3]

66 [38.3]

1.00

Correct Condom use

    

Correct use

153 [68.3]

33 [58.9]

120 [71.4]

0.57 [0.29-2.21]

Incorrect use

72 [31.7]

23 [41.1]

49 [28.6]

1.00

Use of fertile period

    

Observe

194 [86.8]

46 [82.1]

148 [87.6]

0.65 [0.27-1.61]

Do not observe

31 [13.2]

10 [17.9]

21 [12.4]

1.00

Use of Contraceptive pills

    

Ever use

13 [5.8]

4 [7.1]

9 [5.3]

1.37 [0.34-5.14]

Never use

212 [94.2]

52 [92.9]

160 [94.7]

1.00