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Table 5 Baseline and final survey estimates for adolescent first birth for urban and rural for women aged 20–24 years at time of survey disaggregated by age groups

From: Trends in adolescent first births in sub-Saharan Africa: a tale of increasing inequity?

 

Urban Baseline

Rural Baseline

Urban Final

Rural Final

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

< 16

16/17

18/19

< 20

Benin

3.1

15.6

19.4

38.1

7.8

18.8

31.3

57.9

6.2

10

15.3

31.5

13.6

16.8

21.2

51.6

Burkina Faso

5.5

19.7

21

46.2

10.3

23.0

33.6

66.9

2.6

11.5

18.8

32.9

8.8

25.7

33.7

68.2

Cameroon

17.5

21.9

20

59.4

24.3

27.7

21.1

73.1

7.8

13.6

16.9

38.3

18.2

24.1

23.3

65.6

Chad

16.4

25.8

25.5

67.7

20.8

25.7

25.7

72.1

19.6

17.3

17

53.9

29.3

26.4

20.2

76.0

Cote d’Ivoire

13.6

20.5

19.3

53.4

22.1

29.9

19.9

71.9

8.4

12

15.3

35.7

16.3

27.7

23.7

67.7

Ghana

4.9

13.5

18.5

36.9

7.5

20.8

20.4

55.9

4.2

8.7

9.6

22.4

6.1

15.4

20.6

42.1

Guinea

13.3

19.7

16.4

49.4

28.6

27.1

20.4

76.1

10.9

14.8

16.9

42.6

26.3

24.9

21.7

72.9

Mali

11.8

22.2

23.7

57.7

18.2

34.1

23.9

76.2

14.2

19.7

18.5

52.4

25.4

25.5

23.4

74.3

Niger

10

17.5

22.1

49.6

21.7

30.4

24.2

76.3

10.6

15.6

22.9

49.1

24.7

29.1

26.4

80.2

Nigeria

9.3

12

17

38.3

22.3

17.8

19.3

59.4

5.3

9.4

13.4

28.1

16.2

22.9

20.7

59.8

Senegal

4.8

10.5

12.6

27.9

13.8

20.8

21

55.6

2.7

5.8

11.2

19.7

8.8

15.1

21

44.8

W/M Regional Average

10.0

17.9

19.6

47.5

17.5

25.1

25.0

67.5

8.4

12.6

16.0

37.0

17.6

23.1

23.3

63.9

Urban/ rural ratio

    

0.56

0.72

0.80

0.71

    

0.48

0.55

0.69

0.58

Ethiopia

5.6

11.5

11.3

28.5

7.7

18.1

21.3

47.1

1.1

5

6.4

12.5

9.4

16.5

20.7

46.6

Kenya

4.5

16.2

18.5

39.2

10.6

19.5

26

56.1

6.1

11.7

17

34.7

9.2

19.3

22.2

50.8

Madagascar

8.5

13.8

21.9

44.2

15.5

20.5

25.4

61.4

4.2

14.3

19.4

37.9

16.1

23.7

21.3

61.1

Malawi

11.2

21.8

23.3

56.3

17.3

21

26.3

64.6

6.5

15

20.6

42.1

9.3

23.4

32

64.7

Mozambique

10.9

29.2

25.2

65.3

19

25.2

21.2

65.4

11.1

23.8

23.6

58.5

21.4

25.2

27.3

73.9

Namibia

2.8

15.5

25.2

43.4

5.8

11.8

22.9

40.4

2.5

9.6

16.8

28.9

4.5

14.9

24.7

44.1

Rwanda

2.0

5.7

11.7

19.4

1.6

6.8

16.7

25.1

1.3

5.3

13

19.5

0.7

5.2

14.8

20.7

Tanzania

5.5

15.9

25.7

47.1

7.7

19.2

27.6

54.5

4.7

10.8

19.5

35

6.4

20.3

32.2

58.9

Uganda

7.5

17.2

28.6

53.3

15.6

26.3

27.1

69

5.6

12.6

20.8

39

10.7

22

27.9

60.6

Zambia

8

24.1

24.1

56.2

10.2

27.6

31.3

69.1

5.8

16.2

25.1

47.1

8.5

30.9

31.5

70.9

Zimbabwe

3.2

12

19.5

34.7

9.4

18.7

26.1

54.2

2.3

11.9

21

35.3

5.7

22.1

34.2

62

E / S Regional Average

6.3

16.6

22.0

44.9

10.9

19.5

23.3

53.8

4.7

12.4

18.5

35.5

9.3

20.3

26.3

55.8

Urban / rural ratio

    

0.58

0.85

0.94

0.84

    

0.50

0.61

0.70

0.64