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Table 4 Indicators for SRH knowledge, practices and outcomes among girls aged 15–19 married before age 18

From: Child marriage among Somali refugees in Ethiopia: a cross sectional survey of adolescent girls and adult women

Indicator

Married under age 18 (N = 54)

n

% (95%CI)

Knowledge of SRH

 Knowledge on how to become pregnant

39

95.12% (81.45–98.86)

 Knowledge on how to keep healthy during pregnancy

38

92.68% (72.23–98.40)

 Knowledge of dangers of early childbearing

26

63.41% (44.63–78.85)

 Knowledge on contraception

25

60.98% (39.26–79.07)

Practices and outcomes

 Ever use of a health facility

35

85.37% (71.78–93.04)

 Use of contraceptive method

6

10.91% (4.94–22.40)

 Ever given birth

33

60.00% (45.56–72.89)

 Death of a child

1

3.13% (0.37–22.12)

 Number of children (mean +/− sd)

1.21

+/−0.60

 Age at first birth (mean +/− sd)

16.85

+/− 2.95