Teenage pregnancy and the sociodemographic attributes as a major contributor: Findings from an urban referral center in Nepal

Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the participants, n = 1359

Variables			n (%)
Type of pregnancy		Teen	679 (50.0)
		Non teenage	680 (50.0)
Age of marriage in yr		Teenage	1156 (85.1)
		Non-teenage	203 (14.9)
Living arrangement		Married and living with husband	1261 (92.8)
Marriage type		Love marriage	972 (71.5)
		Teen	938 (69.0)
Temporary address		In the Kathmandu valley	1116 (82.1)
		Outside the valley	243 (17.9)
Permanent address		In the Kathmandu valley	169 (12.4)
		Outside the Valley	1190 (87.6)
Ethnicity		Upper Caste	398 (29.3)
		Others	961 (70.7)
Religion		Hindu	1046 (77.0)
Family type		Nuclear	800 (58.9)
Education	Grade ≥ 8	Patient	972 (71.5)
		Husband	961 (70.7)
		Mother	71 (5.2)
	Illiterate/< Grade 8	Patient	387 (28.5)
		Husband	397 (29.2)
		Mother	1288 (94.8)
Employment	Formally employed	Patient	225 (16.6)
		Husband	644 (47.4)
	Unemployed	Patient	1134 (83.4)
		Husband	714 (52.5)
Knowledge of family planning		Yes	1141 (84.0)
Use of any family planning methods		No	887 (65.3)
Present pregnancy		Planned	1085 (79.8)

Table 2 Cross-tabulation between teenage and non-teenage pregnancy and their distribution and association with sociodemographic variables

Variables		Present pregnancy type		Unadjusted OR (95%CI)
		Non teenage, n (%)	Teen, n (%)
Age marriage	Below 20	477 (41.3)	679 (58.7)	2.423 (2.262-2.596)1
Living arrangement	Married and living with husband	631 (50.0)	630 (50.0)	0.998 (0.662-1.506)
Marriage type	Love marriage	439 (45.2)	533 (54.8)	2.018 (1.585-2.570)1
Age 1st pregnancy	Teen	259 (27.6)	679 (72.4)	3.622 (3.265-4.017)1
Temporary address	In the valley	569 (51.0)	547 (49.0)	1.237 (0.936-1.634)
Permanent address	In the valley	93 (55.0)	76 (45.0)	1.257 (0.909-1.737)
Ethnicity	Upper Caste	227 (57.0)	171 (43.0)	1.489 (1.176-1.884)1
Religion	Hindu	536 (51.2)	510 (48.8)	0.811 (0.629-1.044)
Family Type	Nuclear	404 (50.5)	396 (49.5)	0.956 (0.770-1.187)
Education-patient	Grade 8 or above	519 (53.4)	453 (46.6)	1.608 (1.267-2.041)1
Education-husband	Grade 8 or above	507 (52.8)	454 (47.2)	1.446 (1.143-1.830)1
Education-mother	Grade 8 or above	34 (47.9)	37 (52.1)	1.095(0.679-1.767)
Employment-patient	Unemployed	562 (49.6)	572 (50.4)	1.122 (0.843-1.495)
Employment-husband	Unemployed	357 (50.0)	357 (50.0)	1.006 (0.813-1.245)
Knowledge of family planning	Yes	626 (54.9)	515 (45.1)	3.692 (2.657-5.129)1
Use of any family planning methods	Yes	307 (65.0)	165 (35.0)	2.564 (2.034-3.232)1
Present pregnancy	Planned	548 (50.5)	537 (49.5)	0.911 (0.699-1.188)

¹Statistically significant.

Table 3 Binary logistic regression analysis of predictors of teen pregnancy

Variables		Adjusted OR	95%CI for OR		P value
			Lower	Upper
Marriage age	At or above 20	1.040	0.000	.	1.000
	Below 201
Marital state and living with	Husband abroad, separated or others	0.902	0.477	1.708	0.752
	Married and living with husband1
Marriage type	Arrange marriage	0.550	0.389	0.778	0.001b
	Love marriage1
1st pregnancy based on age	Non Teen	0.000	0.000	.	0.993
	Teen1
Temporary address	In the Kathmandu valley	1.093	0.699	1.710	0.696
	Outside the valley1
Permanent address	In the Kathmandu valley	1.215	0.712	2.072	0.475
	Outside the valley1
Ethnicity	Upper caste	0.884	0.619	1.260	0.495
	Others1
Religion	Others	0.938	0.646	1.361	0.735
	Hindu1
Family type	Joint or extended	1.192	0.826	1.722	0.348
	Nuclear1
Education status	Grade 8 or above	0.670	0.522	0.861	0.002b
	Illetrate or less than Grade 81
Husband Education status	Grade 8 or above	0.783	0.611	1.003	0.053
	Illetrate or less than Grade 81
Education status of Mother	Grade 8 or above	1.095	0.679	1.767	0.710
	Illiterate or less than Grade 81
Employment status	Formally employed	0.988	0.646	1.511	0.956
	Unemployed1
Husband Employment status	Formally employed	0.807	0.590	1.104	0.180
	Unemployed1
Knowledge of family planning	Yes	0.474	0.288	0.779	0.003b
	No1
Use of any family planning methods	Yes	0.345	0.248	0.479	0.000c
	No1
Present pregnancy	Unplanned	0.911	0.635	1.307	0.612
	Planned1

¹Reference taken, 95% confidence interval and 5% standard error considered, with < 0.05 as significance.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.001.