Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of 15–19 years old late-adolescents who had pregnancy or children in the past five years preceding the survey in the Gambia, GDHS 2019/20 (n = 2,633)
Variables | Pregnancy and early motherhood | Total, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
No, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | ||
Age | |||
15 | 463(99.00) | 5(1.00) | 468(17.78) |
16 | 544(96.31) | 21(3.69) | 565(21.46) |
17 | 485(87.96) | 66(12.04) | 551(20.94) |
18 | 412(79.41) | 107(20.59) | 519(19.71) |
19 | 375(70.79) | 155(29.21) | 530(20.11) |
Wealth index | |||
Poor | 759(80.00) | 190(20.00) | 949(36.05) |
Middle | 432(82.96) | 89(17.04) | 521(19.79) |
Rich | 1,088(93.57) | 75(6.43) | 1,163(44.15) |
Marital status | |||
Single/divorced/widowed | 2,074(97.10) | 62(2.90) | 2,136(81.11) |
Married/living together/separately with partners | 206(41.39) | 291(58.91) | 497(18.89) |
Educational attainment | |||
No education | 279(64.22) | 156(35.78) | 435(16.52) |
Primary | 374(79.52) | 96(20.48) | 470(17.86) |
Secondary and above | 1,626(94.13) | 102(5.87) | 1,728(65.62) |
Occupational status | |||
Currently not working | 1,665(88.68) | 213(11.32) | 1,878(71.33) |
Currently working | 614(81.35) | 141(18.65) | 755(28.67) |
Religion | |||
Islamic | 2,205(86.27) | 351(13.73) | 2,556(97.10) |
Christian | 74(96.76) | 3(3.24) | 77(2.90) |
Ethnicity | |||
Mandinka/Jahanka | 789(91.50) | 73(5.80) | 862(32.73) |
Wollof | 300(88.22) | 40(11.78) | 340(12.92) |
Jola/Karoninka | 262(94.36) | 16(5.64) | 277(10.53) |
Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo | 442(84.53) | 81(15.47) | 523(19.24) |
Serere | 86(92.06) | 8(7.94) | 94(3.56) |
Sarahule | 173(81.99) | 38(18.01) | 211(8.02) |
Creole/Aku /Marabout | 14(100.0) | 0(0.0) | 14(0.54) |
Manjago | 25(100.0) | 0(0.0) | 25(0.93) |
Bambara | 32(84.86) | 6(15.14) | 38(1.42) |
Other | 12(65.75) | 7(34.25) | 19(0.72) |
Non-Gambian | 145(62.81) | 86(37.19) | 231(8.79) |
Knowledge of ovulatory cycle | |||
During her period | 90(89.02) | 11(10.98) | 101(3.85) |
After period ended | 638(80.33) | 156(19.67) | 795(30.18) |
Middle of the cycle | 332(84.51) | 61(15.49) | 393(14.93) |
Before period begin | 306(87.90) | 42(12.10) | 349(13.24) |
At anytime | 196(89.09) | 24(10.91) | 220(8.34) |
Do not know | 717(92.40) | 59(7.60) | 776(29.46) |
Knowledge of any methods | |||
No know | 127(92.52) | 10(7.48) | 137(5.20) |
Knows modern method | 2,153(86.25) | 343(13.75) | 2,496(94.80) |
Relationship with the household head | |||
Head and wife | 17(17.89) | 75(82.11) | 92(3.49) |
Daughter | 1,079(94.29) | 66(5.71) | 1,145(43.48) |
Daughter-in-law | 38(33.12) | 76(66.88) | 114(4.32) |
Granddaughter | 165(96.90) | 5(3.10) | 170(6.47) |
Sister and other relatives | 694(87.14) | 103(12.86) | 797(30.26) |
Adopted and not related | 287(90.88) | 29(9.12) | 316(11.98( |
Age of household head | |||
18–28 | 69(66.41) | 35(33.59) | 104(3.95) |
29–39 | 271(82.31) | 58(17.59) | 329(12.49) |
40–50 | 614(89.14) | 75(10.86) | 689(26.15) |
51–61 | 673(90.08) | 74)9.92) | 748(28.39) |
= 62 + | 653(85.43) | 111(14.57) | 764(29.02) |
Household member | |||
1–10 | 1,055(87.24) | 154(12.76) | 1,209(45.93) |
= 10 + | 1,224(86.01) | 199(13.99) | 1,423(54.07) |
Owning mobile phone | |||
No | 1,106(89.20) | 134(10.80) | 1,240(47.10) |
Yes | 1,173(84.24) | 219(15.76) | 1,393(52.90) |
Use of the internet | |||
Never | 1,140(88.07) | 154(11.93) | 1,294(49.15) |
Ever use | 1,140(85.14) | 199(14.86) | 1,339(50.85) |
Watching to television | |||
No | 958(83.65) | 187(16.35) | 1,145(43.50) |
Yes | 1,322(88.83) | 166(11.17) | 1,488(56.50) |
Listening radio | |||
No | 1,584(86.79) | 241(13.21) | 1,825(69.30) |
Yes | 696(86.09) | 112(13.91) | 808(30.70) |
Reading to magazine/newspaper | |||
No | 2,204(86.20) | 353(13.80) | 2,556 |
Yes | 76(99.14) | .7(0.86) | 77 |
Entries in the birth history | |||
No | 2,271(96.50) | 82(3.50) | 2,353(89.37) |
Yes | 9(3.14) | 271(96.86) | 280(10.63) |
Contraceptive use and intention | |||
Not intended | 1,727(88.87) | 216(11.13) | 1,943((73.79) |
Using any method | 3(7.13) | 38(92.87) | 41(1.56) |
Intended to use | 550(84.75) | 99(15.25) | 649(24.65) |
Heard family planning by text message | |||
No | 2,248(86.75) | 344(13.25) | 2,593(98.43) |
Yes | 31(75.69) | 10(24.31) | 4191.57) |
Heard about family planning from the health professional | |||
No | 2,077(90.39) | 221(9.61) | 2,298(87.27) |
Yes | 202(60.47) | 133(39.53) | 335(12.73) |
Heard family planning by traditional communicators | |||
No | 2,147(87.02) | 321(12.98) | 2,468(93.73) |
Yes | 132(79.95) | 33(20.05) | 165(6.27) |
Heard about family planning from friends/relatives | |||
No | 1,097(86.74) | 168(13.26) | 1,265(48.05) |
Yes | 1,182(86.43) | 186(13.57) | 1,368(51.95) |
Covered by health insurance | |||
No | 2,227(86.40) | 351(13.60) | 2,578(97.90) |
Yes | 53(95.08) | 3(4.92) | 55(2.10) |
Age at first sex | |||
Never | 2,129(100.0) | 0(0.0) | 2,129(80.88) |
12–14 | 12(21.18) | 46(78.82) | 58(2.19) |
15–16 | 99(28.20) | 253(71.80) | 352(13.38) |
18–19 | 38(41.13) | 55(58.87) | 93(3.55) |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 1,693(89.05) | 208(10.95) | 1,901(72.20) |
Rural | 587(80.16) | 145(19.84) | 732(27.80) |
Region | |||
Banjul | 31(89.89) | 4(10.11) | 35(1.32) |
knifing | 471(88.01) | 64(11.99) | 535(20.31) |
Brikama | 1,065(90.91) | 107(9.09) | 1,174(44.60) |
mansakonko | 81(82.39) | 17(17.61) | 98(3.73) |
kerewan | 221(85.27) | 38(14.73) | 259(9.84) |
kuntaur | 92(71.55) | 37(28.45) | 129(4.89) |
janjanbureh | 110(77.56) | 32(22.44) | 142(5.40) |
basse | 206(78.90) | 55(21.10) | 261(9.90) |