Table 3

Distribution of contraceptive use across individual and contextual factors of parenting adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Contraceptive use	χ2 (P value)
Age				62.9 (<0.001)
15–17	2679	28.2	21.0
18–19	6809	71.8	29.6
Marital status				2.83 (0.418)
Never married	2612	27.5	28.0
Married	4811	50.7	26.3
Cohabiting	1456	15.4	28.6
Widowed/divorced/separated	609	6.4	26.4
Level of education				576.9 (<0.001)
No education	2514	26.5	9.5
Primary	4079	43.0	32.2
Secondary/higher	2895	30.5	35.2
Parity				36.7 (<0.001)
One birth	7901	83.3	28.4
Two births or more	1587	16.7	21.0
Exposure to media				42.8 (<0.001)
No	6834	72.0	25.7
Yes	2654	28.0	30.9
Ideal number of children				535.7 (<0.001)
0–3	2835	29.9	38.6
4–5	3995	42.1	29.2
6 or more	2658	28.0	11.8
Wealth index				58.9 (<0.001)
Poorest	2252	23.7	23.2
Poorer	2392	25.2	24.9
Middle	2022	21.3	29.0
Richer	1689	17.8	29.2
Richest	1133	11.9	33.4
Place of residence				3.9 (0.049)
Urban	2603	27.4	28.5
Rural	6885	72.6	26.6
Subregions				7.35 (<0.001)
West Africa	3017	28.9	13.7
East Africa	1912	29.3	31.2
Central Africa	2248	17.9	12.4
Southern Africa	2310	23.9	55.5

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys.