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Table 2 Social Characteristics Predictive of Teenage Pregnancy

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

 

Total

Teenage Pregnant Women

Matured Pregnant Women

Unadjusted Odds Ratio OR [95% C.I]

Adjusted Odds Ratio OR [95% C.I]

Religion

     

Christianity

141 [62.7]

23 [41.1]

118 [69.8]

1.00

0.44 [0.21-0.91]

Islam

84 [37.3]

33 [58.9]

51 [30.2]

3.32 [1.70-6.52]

1.00

Occupation

     

Unemployed

39 [17.3]

11 [19.6]

28 [16.6]

1.00

1.00

White collar job

52 [23.1]

1 [1.8]

51 [30.2]

0.05 [0.00-0.41]

0.09 [0.01-0.81]

Traders

55 [24.4]

9 [16.1]

46 [27.2]

0.5 [0.16-1.50]

0.65 [0.21-2.00]

Students

48 [21.3]

20 [35.7]

28 [16.6]

1.82 [0.67-4.96]

3.27 [1.02-10.46]

Apprentices

31 [13.8]

15 [26.8]

16 [9.5]

2.39 [0.79-7.28]

2.01 [0.7-5.81]

Social Class

     

Low

165 [73.3]

50 [89.3]

115 [68.0]

3.91 [1.49-10.84]

2.25 [1.31-3.85]

High

60 [26.7]

6 [10.7]

54 [32.0]

1.00

1.00