Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of young women in low and middle income countries, 2022 (295,001)
Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | Weighted Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Individual level factors | |||
Age in years | 15–19 | 152,529 (51.30) | 150,822 (51.13) |
20–24 | 144,817 (48.70) | 144,179 (48.87) | |
highest educational level | no education | 25,144 (8.46) | 24,408 (8.27) |
primary | 33,660 (11.32) | 33,148 (11.24) | |
secondary | 194,322 (65.35) | 189,939 (64.39) | |
higher | 44,220 (14.87) | 47,506 (16.10) | |
Marital status | never in union | 190,996 (64.2) | 184,488 (62.54) |
married | 102,943 (34.62) | 107,223 (36.35) | |
divorced/windowed | 3,407 ( 1.15) | 3,291 (1.12) | |
Wealth status | poorest | 64,018 (21.53) | 57,577 (19.52) |
poorer | 67,956 (22.85) | 62,987 (21.35) | |
middle | 62,647 (21.070 | 61,775 (20.94) | |
richer | 55,758 (18.75) | 60,110 (20.38) | |
richest | 46,967 (15.80) | 52,551 (17.81) | |
Sex of household head | Male | 241,666 (81.27) | 239,892 (81.32) |
Female | 55,680 (18.73) | 55,109 (18.68) | |
Type of toilet facility | Improved | 209,553 (70.47) | 205,998 (69.83) |
Unimproved | 87,79 (29.53) | 89,003 (30.17) | |
Source of drinking water | Improved | 202,823 (68.21) | 208,768 (70.77) |
Unimproved | 94,523 (31.79) | 86,236 (29.23) | |
Family size | < 5 | 97,225 (32.70) | 97,006 (32.88) |
5–10 | 182,411 (61.35) | 179,209 (60.75) | |
> = 10 | 17,710 (5.96) | 18,785 (6.370) | |
Had media exposure | Yes | 232,222 (78.10) | 232,053 (78.66) |
No | 65,122 (21.90) | 62,943 (21.34) | |
Current pregnancy status | Yes | 19,014 (6.39) | 19,457 (6.60) |
No or unsure | 278,332 (93.61) | 275,544 (93.40) | |
Currently breast feeding | Yes | 51,190 (17.22) | 52,463 (17.78) |
No | 246,156 (82.78) | 242,538 (82.22) | |
Body Mass Index (BMI) | underweight | 79,428 (27.25) | 81,521 (28.19) |
normal | 183,679 (63.02) | 177,299 (61.32) | |
overweight | 28,344 (9.73) | 30,340 (10.49) | |
Contraceptive use | Yes | 43,424 (14.60) | 45,472 (15.41) |
No | 253,917 (85.40) | 249,525 (84.59) | |
Ever had terminated pregnancy | Yes | 12,172 (4.09) | 13,265 (4.50) |
No | 285,174 (95.91) | 281,737 (95.50) | |
Took iron during pregnancy | Yes | 63,672 (84.66) | 65,643 ( 84.77) |
No | 11,538 (15.40) | 11,790 (15.23) | |
Health insurance coverage | Yes | 68,678 (23.74) | 63,012 (21.96) |
No | 220,567 (76.26) | 223,90 (78.04) | |
Community level factors | |||
Place of residence | Urban | 77,654 (26.12) | 92,364 (31.31) |
Rural | 219,692 (73.88) | 202,637 (68.69) | |
Distance to health facility | no problem | 213,211 (71.70) | 218,561 (74.09) |
big problem | 84,135 (28.30) | 76,440 (25.91) | |