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Table 1 Adolescent fertility rate disaggregated across socio-economic, urban-rural and subnational subpopulations in Timor-Leste using data from the 2009–2016 Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Surveys

From: Inequality in fertility rate among adolescents: evidence from Timor-Leste demographic and health surveys 2009–2016

Dimension of Inequality

Subgroup

2009

2016

Estimate

(95% CI)

Population

Estimate

(95% CI)

Population

Economic status

Poorest quintile

62.61 (50.83, 76.90)

2134

80.20 (60.50, 105.58)

1746

Poorer quintile

58.03 (45.97, 73.01)

2574

66.99 (52.88, 84.54)

2217

Middle quintile

70.56 (56.95, 87.12)

2764

47.88 (35.97, 63.47)

2347

Richer quintile

50.77 (39.26, 65.41)

3022

29.90 (22.09, 40.34)

3002

Richest quintile

35.35 (24.63, 50.50)

3159

19.94 (13.41, 29.54)

3264

Education

No education

73.90 (59.85, 90.94)

1806

91.46 (67.84, 122.23)

1158

Primary school

105.50 (86.83, 127.62)

2633

104.55 (76.18, 141.85)

1053

Secondary school +

36.02 (30.30, 42.77)

9216

32.77 (27.63, 38.84)

10,366

Place of residence

Rural

58.66 (53.02, 64.85)

9905

58.20 (50.82, 66.58)

7831

Urban

43.26 (34.57, 54.02)

3750

21.08 (15.99, 27.75)

4748

Subnational region

01 Aileu

54.99 (41.34, 72.81)

656

31.32 (21.20, 46.04)

578

02 Ainaro

59.62 (41.74, 84.49)

645

44.87 (26.19, 75.83)

461

03 Baucau

58.62 (43.22, 79.07)

1395

45.53 (28.15, 72.83)

1355

04 Bobonaro

63.81 (50.50, 80.33)

1464

67.47 (46.46, 97.02)

767

05 Cova lima

49.67 (35.57, 68.96)

836

65.46 (38.52, 109.08)

665

06 Dili

42.92 (31.45, 58.30)

2603

20.60 (14.47, 29.24)

3647

07 Ermera

48.62 (33.74, 69.58)

1665

35.97 (23.46, 54.78)

1193

08 Liquica

47.79 (33.59, 67.55)

888

36.72 (23.05, 58.03)

625

09 Lautem

62.87 (45.30, 86.64)

801

76.99 (56.97, 103.29)

824

10 Manufahi

60.10 (43.32, 82.80)

498

76.64 (48.14, 119.89)

448

11 Manatuto

54.42 (39.07, 75.33)

661

51.31 (35.05, 74.52)

735

12 Oecussi

81.12 (62.22, 105.11)

742

81.09 (55.65, 116.74)

537

13 Viqueque

50.43 (34.35, 73.46)

796

53.94 (35.90, 80.30)

739