Table 1 Trends in adolescent (15-19 years) fertility rate per 1000 by different inequality dimensions, 1993–2014
From: Socio-economic and geographical inequalities in adolescent fertility rate in Ghana, 1993–2014
1993 (118.73) | 1998 (90.29) | 2003 (73.83) | 2008 (69.69) | 2014 (73.28) | ||||||
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Dimension | Sample | Rate (95% CI) | Sample | Rate (95% CI) | Sample | % | Sample | Rate (95% CI) | Sample | Rate (95% CI) |
Economic status | ||||||||||
Quintile 1 (poorest) | 553 | 153.57 [112.60, 205.99] | 839 | 128.18 [98.36, 165.39] | 758 | 132.37 [100.37, 172.62] | 662 | 122.59 [87.18, 169.71] | 1352 | 95.65 [68.66, 131.75] |
Quintile 2 | 775 | 145.63 [112.84, 185.97] | 671 | 118.45 [88.38, 156.99] | 827 | 106.35 [76.44, 146.12] | 876 | 96.97 [73.78, 126.45] | 1438 | 111.63 [85.75, 144.09] |
Quintile 3 | 823 | 142.13 [108.24, 184.45] | 882 | 113.69 [86.34, 148.30] | 1028 | 103.46 [77.80, 136.35] | 1047 | 82.26 [60.17, 111.50] | 1726 | 87.10 [65.55, 114.86] |
Quintile 4 | 1095 | 115.04 [88.24, 148.66] | 1001 | 90.13 [68.85, 117.16] | 1294 | 59.14 [44.26, 78.59] | 1146 | 60.74 [43.07, 85.02] | 1758 | 52.89 [35.34, 78.45] |
Quintile 5 (richest) | 997 | 63.18 [46.69, 84.97] | 1129 | 27.28 [18.35, 40.39] | 1554 | 20.57 [13.74, 30.70] | 1092 | 13.10 [6.82, 25.03] | 1556 | 26.09 [13.32, 50.49] |
Education | ||||||||||
No education | 972 | 178.92 [140.84, 224.61] | 909 | 137.42 [104.43, 178.74] | 898 | 115.53 [86.14, 153.28] | 525 | 148.21 [106.03, 203.36] | 626 | 162.71 [97.45, 259.13] |
Primary school | 2745 | 115.08 [99.46, 132.80] | 784 | 112.16 [87.15, 143.21] | 1127 | 114.55 [89.42, 145.60] | 915 | 131.03 [100.58, 168.97] | 1257 | 133.61 [106.92, 165.72] |
Secondary/higher | 526 | 26.58 [15.10, 46.39] | 2830 | 69.09 [57.84, 82.34] | 3437 | 49.57 [41.27, 59.43] | 3384 | 40.93 [32.86, 50.88] | 5949 | 51.11 [40.27, 64.67] |
Place of residence | ||||||||||
Rural | 2459 | 144.74 [130.18, 160.63] | 2827 | 109.81 [97.57, 123.38] | 2488 | 111.79 [98.92, 126.10] | 2368 | 92.42 [78.71, 108.24] | 3819 | 98.55 [88.08, 110.10] |
Urban | 1785 | 82.89 [70.98, 96.60] | 1697 | 57.78 [45.41, 73.25] | 2975 | 42.08 [34.27, 51.57] | 2456 | 47.78 [38.34, 59.39] | 4013 | 49.23 [40.05, 60.38] |
Region | ||||||||||
Western | 430 | 151.10 [117.51, 192.20] | 580 | 104.37 [76.70, 140.49] | 529 | 86.43 [63.79, 116.11] | 393 | 69.46 [46.93, 101.65] | 929 | 72.58 [54.58, 95.91] |
Central | 438 | 127.73 [103.77, 156.26] | 519 | 90.35 [69.34, 116.93] | 431 | 116.01 [84.11, 157.91] | 430 | 110.16 [72.75, 163.43] | 733 | 92.56 [62.71, 134.58] |
Greater accra | 634 | 72.56 [52.42, 99.61] | 754 | 44.87 [27.42, 72.61] | 1017 | 35.57 [24.01, 52.40] | 898 | 34.76 [21.68, 55.29] | 1418 | 45.06 [32.30, 62.54] |
Volta | 385 | 80.47 [61.73, 104.26] | 479 | 85.13 [61.03, 117.56] | 431 | 92.61 [62.93, 134.28] | 418 | 74.93 [49.54, 111.81] | 604 | 82.37 [62.94, 107.12] |
Eastern | 488 | 120.88 [94.04, 154.09] | 538 | 102.37 [78.26, 132.84] | 565 | 75.06 [51.58, 108.00] | 458 | 87.38 [60.84, 123.98] | 769 | 88.44 [63.25, 122.36] |
Ashanti | 696 | 146.45 [122.36, 174.33] | 740 | 106.26 [83.60, 134.17] | 1164 | 65.85 [50.23, 85.89] | 1005 | 52.82 [37.06, 74.77] | 1424 | 57.24 [41.02, 79.34] |
Brong-Ahafo | 526 | 121.54 [88.96, 163.89] | 351 | 115.12 [80.68, 161.69] | 522 | 95.81 [69.58, 130.55] | 417 | 80.07 [59.24, 107.40] | 720 | 103.52 [77.02, 137.76] |
Northern | 337 | 115.67 [84.30, 156.72] | 212 | 140.96 [91.82, 210.33] | 378 | 84.82 [56.10, 126.27] | 443 | 107.14 [77.52, 146.28] | 667 | 96.42 [77.82, 118.90] |
Upper west | 89 | NA | 99 | NA | 134 | 78.69 [52.02, 117.35] | 225 | 65.48 [41.88, 100.97] | 356 | 66.37 [44.52, 97.85] |
Upper east | 219 | 159.21 [101.21, 241.52] | 248 | 54.64 [33.96, 86.78] | 288 | 67.76 [44.98, 100.87] | 133 | 74.99 [48.62, 113.95] | 207 | 60.85 [41.03, 89.36] |