Background characteristics of study participants (N=809)
| Weighted N | Overall (15–24 years) | 15–19 years | 20–24 years | |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 39 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| Primary | 115 | 14.3 | 18.2 | 10.9 |
| Middle/JSS/JHS | 369 | 45.6 | 53.1 | 39.0 |
| Secondary/SSS/SHS | 259 | 32.0 | 22.9 | 39.7 |
| More than secondary | 27 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 6.1 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 444 | 54.9 | 46.7 | 62.0 |
| Rural | 365 | 45.1 | 53.3 | 38.0 |
| Household wealth quintile | ||||
| Lowest | 124 | 15.4 | 23.3 | 8.5 |
| Second | 195 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 24.6 |
| Middle | 201 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 25.7 |
| Fourth | 188 | 23.2 | 21.6 | 24.6 |
| Highest | 101 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 16.5 |
| Region | ||||
| Western | 138 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 19.7 |
| Central | 57 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.7 |
| Greater Accra | 82 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| Volta | 96 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 9.8 |
| Eastern | 85 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 10.1 |
| Ashanti | 176 | 21.8 | 18.1 | 24.9 |
| Brong Ahafo | 92 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
| Northern | 52 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 3.5 |
| Upper East | 12 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Upper West | 19 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Age at first sex | ||||
| ≤14 years | 171 | 21.1 | 31.4 | 12.2 |
| ≥15 years | 638 | 78.9 | 68.6 | 87.8 |
| Ever been pregnant | ||||
| No | 452 | 55.9 | 70.7 | 43.0 |
| Yes | 357 | 44.1 | 29.3 | 57.0 |
| Ever had an abortion | ||||
| No | 627 | 77.5 | 87.2 | 69.1 |
| Yes | 182 | 22.5 | 12.8 | 30.9 |
| Ever given birth | ||||
| No | 600 | 74.1 | 80.8 | 68.3 |
| Yes | 209 | 25.9 | 19.2 | 31.7 |
JHS, junior high school; JSS, junior secondary school; SHS, senior high school; SSS, senior secondary school.