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Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.9 Teenage pregnancy and motherhoodPercentage of women age 15-19 who have had a live birth or who are pregnant with theirfirst child and percentage who have begun childbearing, by background characteristics,<strong>Afghanistan</strong> <strong>2010</strong>BackgroundcharacteristicHave had a livebirthPercentage who:Are pregnantwith first childPercentage whohave begunchildbearingNumber ofwomenAge15 0.4 1.2 1.6 2,66216 1.5 1.7 3.2 2,48317 5.6 5.2 10.8 1,95118 12.4 6.9 19.6 2,90919 24.6 8.5 33.2 1,491ResidenceUrban 6.1 2.6 8.9 2,381Rural 8.1 4.8 13.1 9,115ZoneNorthern 7.4 3.2 10.7 3,250Central 9.1 4.0 13.3 4,251Southern 6.5 5.6 12.2 3,995RegionNorth Eastern 8.0 3.9 12.0 1,527Northern 6.8 2.7 9.6 1,722Western 13.8 5.9 19.8 1,475Central Highlands 10.1 6.1 16.6 452Capital 5.9 2.3 8.5 2,325Eastern 8.9 5.4 14.4 1,967Southern 5.7 4.4 10.1 783South Eastern 3.2 6.8 10.1 1,245EducationNo education 9.6 5.2 15.0 7,377Madrassa 9.5 7.8 17.3 160Primary 5.9 3.9 9.8 1,617Secondary 2.7 1.8 4.5 2,255Higher 3.3 1.7 5.0 87Wealth quintileLowest 10.1 3.8 14.0 2,052Second 8.4 4.2 12.9 2,317Middle 7.3 4.8 12.1 2,317Fourth 6.6 5.4 12.1 2,457Highest 6.4 3.5 10.0 2,354Remoteness quintileMost remote 8.3 3.6 12.1 2,748Second 7.0 5.0 12.2 3,366Middle 7.4 5.4 12.8 2,282Fourth 6.9 4.2 11.3 1,913Least remote 10.0 2.6 12.7 1,187Total 7.7 4.3 12.2 11,496Note: Table excludes women age 12-14 years. There were no women age 12-13 who hadbegun childbearing and only 11 women age 14 who had begun childbearing.3.3 MARRIAGENuptiality (including current marital status and age at first marriage) is one of the principalfactors that affect fertility levels in societies. When sexual activity usually takes place within marriage(such as in <strong>Afghanistan</strong>), marriage signals the onset of a woman’s exposure to the risk of childbearing. Inturn, in the absence of consistent contraceptive use or a widespread practice of abortion, the length oftime women are exposed to childbearing is closely associated with fertility levels in a society. Anexamination of changes over time in the age at which women marry is useful for understanding thefactors that may have contributed to the fertility declines.50 | Fertility, Marriage, and Family Planning

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