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Table 2 Adolescent fertility rates (per 1000 women 15–19 years), relative difference, absolute change, adjusted change and difference in differences in the SIRIAN programme intervention and comparison neighbourhoods in the pre-intervention (2005–2010) and post-intervention periods (2011–16)

From: Impact of a community contraceptive counselling intervention on adolescent fertility rates: a quasi-experimental study

Neighbourhood group

AFRa

Pre

2005–10

AFRa

Post

2011–16

Relative differenceb

Absolute changec AFRa (95%CI)

p value

Difference in differencesd

AFRa (95%CI)

p value

Adjusted changec

AFRae (95%CI)

p value

Difference in differencesd AFRae

(95%CI)

p value

Intervention

27.90

19.34

−30.7

−8.56 (−13.22 to − 3.80)

< 0.001

−12.84 (− 20.67 to − 5.01)

< 0.01

− 12.30 (− 12.45 to − 12.21)

< 0.001

− 10.97 (− 13.91 to − 8.03)

< 0.001

Comparison

21.84

26.17

19.8

4.33 (−1.93 to 10.59)

0.175

  

1.91 (−2.25 to 6.07)

0.368

  
  1. aAFR Adolescent fertility rate (per 1000 women 15–19 years)
  2. bRelative difference: (AFR Pre-AFR post/AFR Pre)*100
  3. cβI [Intervention]: Intervention and comparison groups
  4. dβT*I [Time*Intervention]: interaction between period and intervention
  5. eAdjusted by annual neighbourhood’s immigrant population per group