Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent mothers in both icddr,b service area (ISA) and Government service area (GSA)
Socio-demographic variables | ISA (2892) | GSA (2104) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Maternal education | |||||
No education | 83 (2.9) | 74 (3.5) | < 0.001* | ||
Primary | 472 (16.3) | 431 (20.5) | |||
Above primary | 2337 (80.8) | 1599 (76.0) | |||
Paternal education | |||||
No education | 1270 (43.9) | 905 (43.0) | 0.008* | ||
Primary | 600 (20.7) | 511 (24.3) | |||
Above primary | 1022 (35.3) | 688 (32.7) | |||
Religion | |||||
Islam | 2570 (88.9) | 1963 (93.3) | < 0.001* | ||
Hindu | 322 (11.1) | 141 (6.7) | |||
Asset score | |||||
Lowest | 454 (15.7) | 324 (15.4) | 0.090 | ||
Second | 545 (18.8) | 403 (19.2) | |||
Middle | 525 (18.2) | 417 (19.8) | |||
Fourth | 644 (22.3) | 499 (23.7) | |||
Richest | 724 (25.0) | 461 (21.9) | |||
Parity | |||||
Nullipara | 46 (1.6) | 43 (2.0) | < 0.001* | ||
1 | 2749 (95.1) | 1922 (91.3) | |||
2 | 97 (3.4) | 139 (6.6) | |||
Place of delivery | |||||
Home | 549 (19.0) | 1262 (60.0) | < 0.001* | ||
Facility | 2343 (81.0) | 842 (40.0) | |||