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Factors Associated with Pregnancy among Teenage Girls Age 15–19 in Tanzania: Analysis of the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (English) 

Document Type

Working Papers

Publication Topic(s)

Youth

Country(s)

Tanzania

Language

English

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Nyamhanga, Tumaini, and Pankras Luoga. 2024. Factors Associated with Pregnancy among Teenage Girls Age 15–19 in Tanzania: Analysis of the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey. DHS Working Papers No. 208. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF.

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Publication Date

September 2024

Publication ID

WP208

Abstract:

Overall, few studies on teenage pregnancy in Tanzania have used a nationally representative sample, and even fewer have conducted comprehensive analyses of the risk and protective factors for teenage pregnancy. Consequently, there is limited evidence to inform public health programs that seek to reduce teenage pregnancy. This study seeks to determine the prevalence and factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Tanzania. We conducted a secondary data analysis of 3,083 teenagers age 15–19 drawn from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey (2022 TDHS-MIS). The analysis considered the complex sampling design used in the survey. Descriptive and inferential analyses, including chi-square and multivariable logistic regression, were performed. All variables from the bivariate model were entered in the multivariable model after checking for multi-collinearity. After controlling for other covariates, teenagers age 18–19 (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 4.5; 95%