Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood

 

Percentage of women age 15-19 who have ever had a live birth, percentage who have ever had a pregnancy loss, percentage who are currently pregnant, and percentage who have ever been pregnant

 

Definition

 

1)      Percentage of women age 15-19 who have had a live birth.

2)      Percentage of women age 15-19 who have ever had a pregnancy loss.

3)      Percentage of women age 15-19 who are currently pregnant.

4)      Percentage of women age 15-19 who have ever been pregnant..

 

Coverage:

Population base: All women age 15-19  (IR file)

Time period: Current status at time of survey

 

Numerators:

1)      Number of women age 15-19 (v013 = 1) who are mothers: Number of women who have had a birth (v201 > 0)

2)      Number of women age 15-19 (v013 = 1) who have ever had a pregnancy loss (v245 > 0)

3)      Number of women age 15-19 (v013 = 1) who are currently pregnant (v213 = 1)

4)      Number of women age 15-19 (v013 = 1) who have ever been pregnant (v201 > 0 or v245 > 0 or v213 = 1)

 

Denominator: All women age 15-19 (v013 = 1)

 

Variables: IR file.

v013

Age in five year groups

v201

Number of children ever born

v213

Currently pregnant

v245

Pregnancy losses

v005

Woman’s individual sample weight

 

Calculation

 

Percentage of women who have begun childbearing is the sum of the percentage who are mothers and the percentage who are pregnant with their first child.

 

Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.

 

Denominator is the number of women of all marital statuses. Ever-married samples denominators are adjusted by the all women factors.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Women who have missing data for current pregnancy or are unsure whether they are pregnant are considered not pregnant at the time of interview.

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 5.12

API Indicator IDs:

FE_TNPG_W_LVB, FE_TNPG_W_PRG, FE_TNPG_W_CBR

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