Qualitative evaluation of the Teenage Mothers Project in Uganda: a community-based empowerment intervention for unmarried teenage mothers

Table 2 Demographic and social characteristics of teenage mother participants

Characteristic	N = 1036	%
Religious background ( N = 1023)
Catholic	749	73.2
Protestant	238	23.3
Muslim	36	3.5
Marital status ( N = 1022)
Married	591	57.8
Unmarried	431	42.2
Participation in TMP
Passed away	17	1.6
Retracted from project because of continued education, employment, business, or marriage	512	49.4
Participating in project	507	49.0
*Highest level of education ( N = 960)**
Primary education (level 1–7)	385	40.1
At least lower secondary education (level 1–4)	468	48.8
At least higher secondary education (level 5–6)	88	9.2
Higher education or university	19	2.0

* These figures include both project participants who attended education and participants who resigned from education.

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