From: Delaying first birth: an analysis of household survey data from rural Southern Tanzania
 | Sexually active a (married and unmarried) women 13–49 years who are: (N = 2128) | |||||
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Background Characteristics | Delayers (N = 83) | Spacers (N = 790) | Limiters (N = 409) | |||
 | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) |
Age group (yrs) | ||||||
 13–14 | 9 | 11 (6–18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 15–19 | 59 | 71 (61–79) | 60 | 8 (6–10) | 0 | 0 |
 20–24 | 10 | 12 (6–23) | 168 | 21 (18–25) | 11 | 3 (2–5) |
 25–29 | 1 | 1 (0–8) | 157 | 20 (17–24) | 25 | 6 (4–9) |
 30–34 | 3 | 4 (1–11) | 170 | 22 (18–25) | 41 | 10 (7–13) |
 35–39 | 1 | 1 (0–8) | 121 | 15 (13–18) | 57 | 14 (11–18) |
 40–44 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9 (7–12) | 126 | 31 (27–35) |
 45–49 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 (4–7) | 148 | 36 (31–42) |
Median age | ||||||
 Median | 83 | 16 (IQR 15–18) | 790 | 30 (IQR 24–36) | 409 | 42 (IQR 37–46) |
Marital status | ||||||
 Currently married | 9 | 11 (6–19) | 647 | 82 (79–85) | 354 | 87 (82–90) |
 Cohabiting | 1 | 1 (0–8) | 23 | 3 (2–4) | 15 | 4 (2–7) |
 Divorced/separated | 3 | 4 (1–10) | 90 | 11 (9–14) | 40 | 10 (7–13) |
 Widow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Single | 70 | 84 (77–90) | 30 | 4 (3–5) | 0 | 0 |
Education | ||||||
 No education | 6 | 7 (3–15) | 99 | 13 (10–15) | 79 | 19 (15–24) |
 Some primary | 5 | 6 (3–14) | 90 | 11 (9–14) | 54 | 14 (10–17) |
 Completed primary | 72 | 87 (77–93) | 590 | 75 (71–78) | 272 | 67 (62–71) |
 Some secondary or higher | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 (0–3) | 2 | <1 (0–2) |
Religion | ||||||
 Muslim | 80 | 96 (89–99) | 768 | 97 (96–98) | 388 | 95 (92–97) |
 Others | 3 | 4 (1–11) | 22 | 3 (2–4) | 21 | 5 (3–8) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Makonde | 78 | 94 (84–98) | 730 | 92 (89–95) | 376 | 92 (87–95) |
 Others | 5 | 6 (2–16) | 60 | 8 (5–11) | 33 | 8 (5–16) |
Household socio-economic status | ||||||
 Q1 (most poor) | 10 | 12 (7–20) | 85 | 11 (9–13) | 37 | 9 (6–13) |
 Q2 | 18 | 22 (14–31) | 126 | 16 (13–19) | 58 | 14 (11–18) |
 Q3 | 18 | 22 (14–31) | 144 | 18 (16–21) | 97 | 24 (19–29) |
 Q4 | 20 | 24 (16–35) | 220 | 28 (24–32) | 107 | 26 (22–31) |
 Q5 (least poor) | 17 | 20 (13–30) | 215 | 27 (24–31) | 110 | 27 (22–32) |
Parity | ||||||
 Mean parity | 83 | n/a | 790 | 3 births (range 1–8) | 409 | 4 births (range 1–11) |
Total | 83 | 4 (3–5) | 790 | 41 (39–43) | 409 | 19 (18–21) |