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Table 4.8 Median age at first birth<br />

Median age at first birth among women age 25-49 years, according to background<br />

characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

25-29 30-34<br />

Current age<br />

35-39 40-44 45-49<br />

Women<br />

age<br />

25-49<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 22.4 22.8 23.5 22.3 22.7 22.7<br />

Rural<br />

District<br />

22.0 21.5 22.1 22.6 24.0 22.3<br />

Aileu 21.8 20.9 21.8 23.0 22.7 22.0<br />

Ainaro 21.7 21.0 23.2 22.7 24.7 22.4<br />

Baucau 23.4 21.8 23.7 24.5 27.6 24.0<br />

Bobonaro 22.9 21.1 22.2 22.2 23.6 22.4<br />

Covalima 20.5 20.5 21.3 21.9 23.5 21.3<br />

Dili 22.6 23.1 24.1 22.4 22.7 23.0<br />

Ermera 22.5 21.7 21.4 21.6 23.5 21.9<br />

Lautem 21.7 21.9 21.7 21.7 22.9 21.9<br />

Liquiçá 23.2 20.9 21.6 21.6 22.9 21.9<br />

Manatuto 22.0 22.8 23.3 22.5 22.9 22.7<br />

Manufahi 21.9 21.5 21.9 22.8 24.1 22.1<br />

Oecussi 20.5 20.8 22.0 22.5 21.3 21.5<br />

Viqueque<br />

Education<br />

21.0 21.9 22.9 24.0 25.2 22.7<br />

No education 21.7 21.1 21.9 22.3 23.5 22.2<br />

Primary 20.7 20.9 21.5 21.5 22.9 21.3<br />

Secondary 22.6 22.5 23.5 23.8 26.4 23.0<br />

More than secondary<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

a 26.2 27.4 29.9 23.2 a<br />

Lowest 21.1 21.1 22.4 23.5 26.1 22.5<br />

Second 22.2 21.3 22.1 22.5 24.1 22.2<br />

Middle 22.5 21.6 21.8 22.2 23.2 22.2<br />

Fourth 22.2 22.1 21.7 21.9 22.5 22.1<br />

Highest 22.4 22.8 23.8 22.4 23.0 22.9<br />

Total 22.1 21.9 22.4 22.5 23.6 22.4<br />

a = Omitted because less than 50 percent <strong>of</strong> the women had a birth before reaching<br />

the beginning <strong>of</strong> the age group<br />

4.7 ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD<br />

Early teenage pregnancy can cause severe health problems for both the mother <strong>and</strong> child.<br />

Moreover, an early start to childbearing greatly reduces the educational <strong>and</strong> employment opportunities<br />

<strong>of</strong> women <strong>and</strong> is associated with higher levels <strong>of</strong> fertility. Table 4.9 shows the percentage <strong>of</strong> women<br />

age 15-19 who have had a live birth, the percentage who are pregnant with their first child <strong>and</strong> the<br />

combined percentage <strong>of</strong> those who have begun childbearing, by background characteristics.<br />

Seven percent <strong>of</strong> women age 15-19 have already had a birth or are pregnant with their first<br />

child. The percentage <strong>of</strong> women who have begun childbearing increases rapidly with age, from 1<br />

percent among women age 15 to 20 percent among women age 19. Rural women are more than twice<br />

as likely as urban women to have begun childbearing early. Adolescent childbearing is lowest in Dili<br />

(2 percent) <strong>and</strong> highest in Oecussi (16 percent). Teenage pregnancy is also markedly higher among<br />

women with little or no education (13 to 16 percent) than among mothers with secondary or higher<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> education. The percentage <strong>of</strong> teenagers who have begun childbearing is also relatively higher<br />

among those in the lowest three wealth quintiles compared with those in the highest two wealth<br />

quintiles.<br />

Fertility | 57

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