Prevalence of Teenage Pregnancy and Associated Factors in Agago District, Uganda: A Community-Based Survey

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Table 1 Baseline Socio-Demographic Characteristics of 289 Participants in Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Frequency N=289	Percentage (%)
Residence
	Urban	134	46.4
	Rural	155	53.6
Age in years mean (SD)		15.1±1.5
Still in school
	No	59	20.4
	Yes	230	79.6
Marital status
	Not married	271	93.8
	Married	18	6.2
Parents alive
	Both parents	240	83.0
	Only one/no parent	49	17.0
Living status
	Both parents	201	69.6
	One parent/relative	88	30.5
Religion
	Christians	265	91.7
	Non-Christians	24	8.3
Level of education
	No education	16	5.5
	Primary	246	85.1
	Secondary/tertiary	27	9.3
Socio-economic status
	Low	273	94.5
	High	16	5.5

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Family, individual and socio-cultural factors of teenage girls in Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Frequency N=289	Percentage (%)
History of sexual intercourse
	No	227	78.5
	Yes	62	21.5
Family history of teenage pregnancy
	No	243	84.1
	Yes	46	15.9
History of sexual education
	No	221	76.5
	Yes	68	23.5
Alcohol consumption
	No	248	85.8
	Yes	41	14.2
Sexually abused
	No	257	88.9
	Yes	32	11.1
Physically abused
	No	173	59.9
	Yes	116	40.1
Living with drunkard
	No	141	48.8
	Yes	148	51.2
Father’s education status
	No/primary	203	70.2
	Secondary/tertiary	86	29.8
Mother’s education status
	No/primary	246	85.1
	Secondary/tertiary	43	14.9
Parent’s occupation status
	Farmer	257	88.9
	Others	32	11.1
Feel pressure
	Some pressure	84	29.1
	No pressure	205	70.9
Acceptable for a girl <18 years to have sex
	Agree	25	8.7
	Disagree	264	91.4
Acceptable for a girl <18 years to get married
	Agree	27	9.3
	Disagree	262	90.7

Table 3 Characteristics of Teenage Girls with a History of Sexual Engagement in Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Frequency N=62	Percentage (%)
Pregnancy status
	Yes	8	2.8
	No	281	97.2
Age at initial sexual intercourse
	Age 13–15 years	35	56.5
	Age 16–17 years	27	43.5
Number of sexual intercourses per month
	Less than 3 times	41	66.1
	Greater than 2 times	21	33.9
More than one sexual partner
	No	42	67.7
	Yes	20	32.3
Contraceptive use n=20
	Sometimes	3	15
	Always	17	85

Table 4 Bivariate analysis of socio-demographic factors with teenage pregnancy (N=289), Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Teenage pregnancy		OR	95% CI	p-value
		Yes N=8 (%)	No N=281 (%)
Residence
	Urban	1 (0.8)	133 (99.2)	Reference
	Rural	7 (4.5)	148 (95.5)	6.291	0.764, 51.800	0.087
Age (years)				3.032	1.208, 7.613	0.018
Still in school
	No	4 (6.8)	55 (93.2)	Reference
	Yes	4 (1.7)	226 (98.3)	0.243	0.059, 1.003	0.051
Marital status
	Not married	5 (1.9)	266 (98.1)	Reference
	Married	3 (16.8)	15 (83.2)	10.640	2.320, 48.791	0.002
Parents alive
	Both parents	7 (2.9)	233 (87.1)	Reference
	Only one/no parent	1 (2.0)	48 (98.0)	0.693	0.833, 5.767	0.735
Living status
	Both parents	5 (2.5)	196 (97.5)	Reference
	One parent/relative	3 (3.4)	85 (96.6)	1.384	0.323, 5.921	0.662
Religion
	Christians	7 (2.6)	258 (97.4)	Reference
	Non-Christians	1 (4.2)	23 (95.8)	1.602	0.189, 13.596	0.666
Level of Education
	No/primary	4 (1.5)	258 (98.5)	Reference
	Secondary/Tertiary	4 (14.8)	23 (85.2)	10.729	2.561, 44.932	0.001
Socio-economic status
	Low	7 (2.6)	266 (97.4)	Reference
	Yes	1 (6.3)	15 (93.7)	2.533	0.292, 21.942	0.399

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval.

Table 5 Bivariate Analysis of Family, Individual and Sociocultural Factors of 289 Teenage Girls in Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Teenage Pregnancy		OR	95% CI	p-value
		Yes N=8 (%)	No N=281 (%)
Family history of teenage pregnancy
	No	7 (2.9)	236 (97.1)	Reference
	Yes	1 (2.2)	45 (97.8)	0.749	0.090, 6.238	0.789
History of sexual education
	No	5 (2.3)	216 (97.7)	Reference
	Yes	3 (4.4)	65 (95.6)	1.994	0.464, 8.568	0.354
Alcohol consumption
	No	3 (1.2)	245 (98.8)	Reference
	Yes	5 (12.2)	36 (87.8)	11.343	2.599, 49.504	0.001
Sexually abused
	No	5 (2.0)	252 (98.0)	Reference
	Yes	3 (9.4)	29 (90.6)	5.214	1.184, 22.951	0.029
Physically abused
	No	3 (1.7)	170 (98.3)	Reference
	Yes	5 (4.3)	111 (95.7)	2.553	0.598, 10.895	0.206
Living with drunkard
	No	3 (2.1)	138 (97.9)	Reference
	Yes	5 (3.4)	143 (96.6)	1.608	0.377, 6.859	0.521
Father’s education status
	No/primary	4 (2.0)	199 (98.0)	Reference
	Secondary/tertiary	4 (4.6)	82 (95.4)	2.427	0.593, 9.936	0.218
Mother’s education status
	No/primary	7 (2.8)	239 (97.2)	Reference
	Secondary/tertiary	1 (2.3)	42 (97.7)	0.813	0.097, 6.778	0.848
Parent’s occupation status
	Farmer	7 (2.7)	250 (97.3)	Reference
	Others	1 (3.1)	31 (96.9)	1.152	0.137, 9.678	0.896
Feel pressure
	Some pressure	3 (3.6)	81 (96.4)	Reference
	No pressure	5 (2.4)	200 (97.6)	0.675	0.156, 2.890	0.596

Notes: Others-Business person, Government/NGO employee, Carpenter/welder.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Table 6 Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Teenage Pregnancy Among 289 Girls in Lapono Sub-County

Variable	Category	Adjusted Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
Alcohol consumption
	No	Reference
	Yes	13.221	1.737, 100.627	0.013
Level of education
	No/primary	Reference
	Secondary/tertiary	10.201	1.447, 71.893	0.020
Residence
	Urban	Reference
	Rural	7.451	0.710, 78.182	0.094
Age (years)		2.001	0.735, 5.447	0.174
Marital status
	Not married	Reference
	Married	3.594	0.359, 36.005	0.277
Sexually abused
	No	Reference
	Yes	0.449	0.052, 3.920	0.469
Still in school
	No	Reference
	Yes	0.884	0.091, 8.539	0.915