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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the respondents for IDIs in Teso sub-region Uganda

From: “… I would have left that man long time ago but, …” exploring circumstances of and motivators for repeat adolescent birth in Eastern Uganda

Category of respondents

Women with repeat adolescent birth

(N = 28)

Women without repeat adolescent birth

(N = 15)

Partners to women with repeat adolescent birth (N = 09; 5 urban)

Parents to women with repeat birth (N = 11; 5 rural)

Parents to women without repeat birth (N = 7; 4 rural)

Urban (10)

Rural (18)

Urban (n = 7)

Rural (n = 8)

   

Mean age at first birth (years)

16.0

15.9

16.6

16.8

NA

NA

NA

Education

 No/incomplete primary

7

13

2

3

4

9

2

 Complete primary

2

4

0

2

1

0

2

 Secondary and above

1

1

5

3

4

2

3

Earning cash at interview

 yes

4

2

6

3

7

2

4

 no

6

16

1

5

0

9

3

Father to both 1st and repeat birth

 

4

 
  1. NA Not applicable