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Table 3 Characteristics of the delayers, spacers and limiters aged 13–49 years

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)

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)

  1. n/a not applicable
  2. IQR Inter-quartile range, 25th and 75th percentiles
  3. a Characteristics of sexually active women desiring a child/another child soon within 2 years and infecund women are excluded from the table