Adolescent pregnancies | Other pregnancies | Total | Significance | ||||
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n | % | n | % | ||||
Ethnicity (N = 1041) | |||||||
Sinhala | 206 | 88.4 | 710 | 88.1 | 222 | Chi-Square | 0.085 |
Moor/Malay | 24 | 10.3 | 89 | 10.8 | 32 | p | 0.958 |
Other | 3 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 3 | ||
Highest educational level—pregnant woman (N = 1036) | |||||||
Up to Grade 10 | 27 | 11.3 | 40 | 4.9 | 36 | Chi-Square | 152.909 |
Grade 11 | 169 | 73.5 | 270 | 33.8 | 178 | p | < 0.001 |
Grade 12–13 | 35 | 15.2 | 490 | 61.4 | 38 | ||
Highest educational level—husband (N = 1033) | |||||||
Up to Grade 10 | 32 | 13.4 | 47 | 5.6 | 39 | Chi-Square | 105.909 |
Grade 11 | 176 | 76.2 | 376 | 47.0 | 187 | p | < 0.001 |
Grade 12–13 | 24 | 10.4 | 378 | 47.4 | 27 | ||
Self-reported formal sexual education (N = 1036) | |||||||
Received | 122 | 52.4 | 505 | 62.9 | 625 | Chi-Square | 8.340 |
Not received | 110 | 47.6 | 299 | 37.1 | 407 | p | 0.003 |
Marital status (N = 1041) | |||||||
Currently married | 182 | 78.4 | 801 | 99.1 | 980 | Chi-Square | 148.304 |
Currently not married | 51 | 21.6 | 7 | 0.9 | 57 | p | < 0.001 |
Duration since marriage (N = 983) | |||||||
6 months or less | 80 | 44.0 | 248 | 31.1 | 328 | Chi-Square | 30.951 |
7–12 months | 61 | 33.5 | 191 | 23.9 | 252 | p | < 0.001 |
More than12 months | 41 | 22.5 | 359 | 45.0 | 400 |